Vietnam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam · South-Eastern Asia
Vietnam is a country in South-Eastern Asia, with Hanoi as its capital, home to about 101,598,527 people. Vietnam shares land borders with 3 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Hanoi |
|---|---|
| Region | South-Eastern Asia |
| Currency | Vietnamese đồng (VND ₫) |
| Calling code | +84 |
| ISO codes | VN / VNM / 704 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇻🇳 |
| Population | 101,598,527 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 331,212 km² |
| Languages | Vietnamese |
| Internet domain | .vn |
| Demonym | Vietnamese |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Vietnam mean?
Vietnam's red field is explained in official and popular accounts alike as standing for revolution and the bloodshed of the struggle for independence, drawing on wider communist flag symbolism. The gold five-pointed star is said to represent the soul of the nation, with its five points each standing for one of the country's core social groups: intellectuals, farmers, workers, entrepreneurs and soldiers, united under a single national identity. The flag was first adopted by the Viet Minh in 1940 and became the flag of a unified Vietnam in 1976.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Vietnam
About Vietnam
Vietnam, officially Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a United Nations member state in South-Eastern Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Hanoi. It shares land borders with 3 countries. The official currency is the Vietnamese đồng (₫), using the code VND.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Vietnam for Hanoi’s own facts and history.
To call Vietnam from abroad, dial the country code +84. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes VN (alpha-2) and VNM (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 101,598,527.
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How Vietnam compares
- Area: 331,212 km², ranking 66 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 101,598,527, ranking 16 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 307 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 3, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Vietnam
6 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.