The flag of Vietnam.
Capital: Hanoi
Area: 326,797 km2
Population: 82,689,518 (July 2004 est.)
Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
1 Aussie Dollar = 16400 Vietnamese Dollars
1 US Dollar = 18400 Vietnamese Dollars
The Vietnam War
The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations.
Side note: Communism is a social structure and political ideology in which property is commonly controlled. Communism (written with a capital C) is a modern political movement that aims to create a classless society where all goods are publicly owned.
The United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. Military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962.
Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the Tet Offensive. After this, U.S. ground forces were withdrawn as part of a policy called Vietnamization.
The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities, including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese from both sides, 1.5 to 2 million Laotians and Cambodians, and 58,159 U.S. soldiers.
Australia and the Phillipines were also on the Anti-Communist side.
The infamous photo of Phan Thị Kim Phúc.
8 June 1972: Kim Phúc, center left, running down a road near Trang Bang after a South Vietnamese Air Force napalm attack.
Since the war, Vietnam has been slowly turning itself around.
-In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration.
-By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade.
-These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007.and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2008.
Halong Bay
A world heritage site, Historical research surveys have shown the presence of prehistorical human beings in this area ten of thousands years ago.
Nowadays, Ha Long Bay is one of the most popular travel destinations in Vietnam. 
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