ASIA VIETNAM

Area: 329, 560 sq.km.

Latitude: 8˚ 40’ - 23˚ 15’N

Population: 79.5 million

Longitude: 102˚ 20’ - 109˚ 30’E

Capital: Hanoi

HANOI

·         Country’s capital is the industrial and commercial centre of the north.

·         Main centre of engineering and food processing plants and a range of light industries.

HO CHI MINH CITY

·         Formerly called Saigon, has a larger urban population.

·         Food processing and textiles industry is concentrated in the city area.

LAOS

Area: 2, 36, 800 km

Latitude: 14˚ -22˚ 40’N

Population: 5.2 million

Longitude: 100˚ 10’ - 107˚ 50’ E

Capital: Vientiane

Situation: only land locked country of south East Asia has common boundary with Thailand, 

Myanmar, China, Vietnam and Cambodia.

VIETIANE

·         Laos’s capital is situated on the bank of Mekong River.

CAMBODIA (CAMPUCHEA)

Area: 1,81, 040 sq.km.

Latitude: 10˚ - 14˚ 55’N

Population: 12.1 million

Longitude: 103˚- 107˚40’E

Capital: phnom pench

Situation: to the south of Laos, between Thailand and Vietnam.

PUNOM PENH

·         Country’s capital is situated where the Mekong meets the Tonle Sap River.