Vietnam2

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= **Geographical Profile/Political Info** =

Relative location: South of China East of Laos and Cambodia In the South China Sea North of Malaysia West of the Philippines Absolute location: latitude 8 degrees and 24 degrees North, and Longitude 102 degrees and 110 degrees East Distance and direction from Lancaster, PA: 8697.252miles Size: 331,688Km Larger than Italy and almost the size of Germany Boundaries is 4,639 km

Climate:

Higher in the plains than in the mountains and plateaus, the southern plains go in the temperatures between 69.8 and 82.4 degrees F over the course of a year. During the seasons in the mountains and plateaus and in the north are much more dramatic, and temperatures may vary from 41 degrees in December and Jan and 98.6 degrees in July and August.

Physical Features: Densely forested mountains with level land covering no more than 20% mountains account for 40% of the area, with smaller hills accounting for 40% and tropical forests 42%

Cultural Characteristics: Clothing: it is the required uniform for girls in high school and was once wore by men and women but now mainly for women Food: They use very little oil and many vegetables in their food. The main are usually rice, soy sauce, and fish sauce. Characteristic flavors are sweet, spicy, sour,n uoc mam, others are mint basil Major cities:
 * captial- Hanoi
 * Ho Chi Minh City
 * Da Nang
 * Mongolia
 * Cote d Ivoire
 * Hai Phong

government: The Socialist Republic Head of State: Prime Minister- Nguyen Tan Dung Head of Government: President of Vietnam- Nguyen Minh Triet Global Organizations: National Liberation

=economic information= currency and exchange rate:

natural resources: agricultural products:
 * coal
 * crude oil
 * zinc
 * copper
 * silver
 * gold
 * manganese and iron
 * wet rice cultivating

imports and import partners: partners:
 * machinery
 * oiland gas
 * iron and steel
 * garment materials
 * plastics
 * China
 * Japan
 * Singapore
 * Taiwan
 * South Korea
 * Hong Kong
 * Thailand

exports and export partners: partners: GDP: $ 275,639 billion GDP per capita: $2,942 [|HDI] (2010) 0.572[|[4]] ( medium ) ([|113th])
 * Crude oil
 * textiles
 * garments
 * footwear
 * U.S
 * EU
 * Japan
 * China
 * Australia
 * Singapore
 * Germany
 * the UK

**Human Rights**

The rights of the people in Vietnam are not really even there for them at all. In the US the human rights issues were recorded as poor and continuation of serious abuse. They have imprisoned those who fight for the human rights for those don’t have them. The people are restricted freedom of assembly, association, and also the right to even change their government. The government doesn’t let anyone speak the things they want to, they are not allowed to speak out against the government or they are put in prison.Their government pretty much controls what they are and are not allowed to say.The International Organizations that defend human rights are the people that are affected by the human rights problem.These people are usually the women who have enough courage to protest against the government.