Vietnam3 would officially Republic Socialist of Viet Nam ( in Vietnamese: C ng hoa Xa h i ch ngh © Vi t Nam ) is a sovereign country of Southeast Asia, the eastern-most of the Indochinese peninsula.????? With an estimated population of 90 million, is the 13th most populous country in the world and the eighth in Asia. The country's name translates as "Viet South", a synonym for the former name of the Kingdom of Nanyue, and was officially adopted for the first time in 1802 by Emperor Gia Long. In 1945 returned to be officially the place name with the Foundation of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam led by H Chi Minh City. The country has border on the North with China, by Northwest Laos and Cambodia by Southwest, while to the East it has an extensive coastline washed by the sea of the South China. Its capital is Hanoi since the reunification of North Viet Nam and Viet Nam in the South in 1976.
