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Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China (PRC) to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea, referred to as East Sea , to the east. With a population of over 89 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.

Vietnam became independent from China in AD 938 after their victory at the battle of Bạch Đằng River. Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975.

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In 1010, king Ly Thai To, or king Ly the First changed the capital of the kingdom to Thang Long (Hanoi's formal name, a.k.a. Flying Dragon) because Thang Long's geographic characteristics fit for many benefits from defensive system to farming, trade routes,...

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French domination since the 1860s...war from 1940 to 1975.

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It was a French colony.

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