Vietnam Abbreviations

VNM is the abbreviation for Vietnam, the 65th largest country in the world. Officially Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vietnam is a country located in south-eastern Asia, bordering Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam. Major cities include Ho Chi Minh City (population: 3,467,320), Hanoi (population: 1,431,259), Da Nang (population: 752,482), Haiphong (population: 602,684), Biên Hòa (population: 407,197), Huế (population: 287,206), Nha Trang (population: 283,430), Can Tho (population: 259,587), Rach Gia (population: 228,345), and Qui Nhon (population: 210,327).

Country Profile

• Capital: Hanoi
• Language: Vietnamese
• Area: 331,212 km²
• Population: 94,569,072
• Currency: đồng (VND)
• Time zone: UTC+7
• Calling code: 84
• ISO 2-Letter Abbreviation: VN
• UN 3-Letter Abbreviation: VNM
• Internet TLD: .vn
• State Government Website: http://www.vietnam.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/English

List of Vietnam Acronyms

The most commonly used abbreviations about Vietnam are VNM which stands for Vietnam and VND which means đồng (Vietnam currency). In the following table, you can see all acronyms related to Vietnam, including abbreviations for airport, city, school, port, government, and etc.

Geography

Vietnam is located in Southeast Asia and is a narrow country with a long coastline. Inland, the natural landscape is characterized by mountains and hills, which pass into flatter fields on the coast. The country is characterized by two large river deltas, with green rice fields by the Mekong River in the south and by the Song Hong River in the north. Channels and tributaries flow across.

The rivers form the basis for agriculture and labor in the country, but also pose a threat. the areas around the rivers are plagued by floods and overfishing. In addition, during the war with the United States, large quantities of the chemical agent Agent Orange were dispersed in nature and caused major environmental damage to nature and humans. Vietnam has a hot and humid tropical climate in most of the country. Most of the country does not have winter, but rainy season, so-called monsoon season. It is the warmest and wettest from April to August, and the coldest and driest from December to February.

History

For over a thousand years, Vietnam was part of China. In the 900s, the Vietnamese liberated themselves and Vietnam became a separate country. The country resisted several attacks from the north, and also grew over time to what is today Vietnam. From the end of the 19th century, the French fought for power in the country, and Vietnam became part of French Indochina. After the war, Vietnam gained its own government and gained some power, but remained under French control until the Communist forces in Vietnam won its liberation in 1954.

The war against the French ended with Vietnam being divided into two, a socialist North Vietnam and an anti-Communist South Vietnam. As part of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, South Vietnam was supported by the Americans and North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China. A war broke out between the two parts in 1957. The United States intervened on the side of South Vietnam to prevent Vietnam from becoming communist. The Vietnam War lasted until 1975. Then Saigon in the south was conquered by North Vietnamese forces, and the north and south again became one Vietnam.

The Vietnam War shocked the world, with great human suffering. As many as five million civilians were killed, as well as 1.4 million soldiers. After the great devastation, Vietnam spent the 1980s rebuilding the country. This has largely been successful.

Society and politics

Vietnam is a one-party state, only the Communist Party is allowed – other political parties and opposition organizations are banned. The President is appointed by the National Assembly. He or she is elected for five years at a time and serves as head of state and commander of the military.

There are tendencies for disagreements within the Communist Party, where a conservative part of the party disagrees with a more reform-friendly part regarding the form of political change. The Communist Party has lost popularity today due to corruption and abuse of power.

There is little freedom of speech in Vietnam, and the Communist Party controls most of the media. Criticism against the government is not tolerated and journalists, bloggers and government critics are threatened with imprisonment and punishment.

Among the major challenges facing Vietnam are population growth and population density. There is no one-child policy, but it is a norm in the country to have a maximum of two children. Moving to the big cities also creates challenges.

Economics and Commerce

Vietnam has undergone great growth and changes in the economy. From World War II until 1986, the country had a state-run economy, a planned economy. After 1986, they switched to a more open market economy. Vietnam used to be one of the world’s poorest countries, but the production and export of various food and electronics has led to growth in the country’s economy. Since the 1990s, the proportion of poor people has dropped significantly. Today, the minority population in the highlands is the poorest part of the population.

More than half of the labor force in Vietnam is employed in agriculture around the two major rivers in the north and south. Vietnam is a major exporter of rice, coffee, cashew nuts and seafood. In addition to this, growing tourism has helped the economy. In the last decades, the textile, shoes and electronics industry has also grown in Vietnam. Some foreign companies move parts of their production to Vietnam due to low labor costs. The United States, China, the EU, Japan and the ASEAN countries are Vietnam’s largest trading partners.

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