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Climate: Vietnam has a tropical
climate in the south that ranges to subtropical in the north, while
both are dominated by the monsoons. North Vietnam is characterized
by a hot and humid wet season from mid May to mid September as well
as a warm and humid dry season from mid October to mid March with
two short transition periods. In the south the seasons come later
and in Central Vietnam rainfall is heaviest between September and
January when the coast is subject to tropical storms. Average annual
precipitation in Hanoi is 1,830 mm (72 inches) with areas in the
Annamite Mountains exceeding 4,060 mm (160 inches). Average
temperature ranges in Hanoi are from 17 degrees Celsius (63 degrees
Fahrenheit) in January to 29 degrees Celsius (84 degrees Fahrenheit)
in June.
Location: Southeastern Asia,
bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea,
alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia .
Coordinates: 16 00 N, 106 00 E
Coastline: 3,444
km
Languages: Vietnamese (official),
English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French,
Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and
Malayo-Polynesian)
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