SOUTH VIETNAM

Name:Vietnam
(State of Vietnam;
Republic of Vietnam;
Republic of South Vietnam)
Local name (Vietnamese):Viêt Nam
(Viêt Nam Quôc;
Viêt Nam Công hòa;
Công hòa Mien nam Viêt Nam)
Bordering countries:North Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Status:sovereign state in 1954-1976
Surface:170.8 ths. sq. km
Population (1970):20 230 ths.
Capital:Saigon (Sài Gòn)
Official language:Vietnamese


Historical symbols:
State of Vietnam (1945-1955)
Republic of Vietnam (1955-1975)
Republic of South Vietnam (1975-1976)



Vietnam

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