Vietnam

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Codes and identifiers

ISO alpha-2
VN
ISO alpha-3
VNM
ISO numeric
704
FIPS 10-4
VM
GeoNames ID
1562822

Key facts

Capital
Hanoi
Area
329,560 km²
Population
95,540,395
Currency
Dong (VND)
Calling code
+84
Top-level domain
.vn
Official languages
vi,en,fr,zh,km

Continent

Name
Asia
Code
AS
In this dataset
51 countries

Asia in the country atlas

Location

Latitude
16.16667
Longitude
107.83333
Min latitude
8.565578518000052
Min longitude
102.11865523300008
Max latitude
23.366275127000065
Max longitude
109.47242272200003

Boundary

Vietnam

The API call behind this page

Request

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/VN?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "area_sq_km": 329560,
    "capital": "Hanoi",
    "continent_code": "AS",
    "currency_code": "VND",
    "iso3_code": "VNM",
    "iso_code": "VN",
    "name": "Vietnam",
    "population": 95540395
  }
}

Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.

Other endpoints for this country

  • /v1/countries/VN/regions
  • /v1/cities?country=VN
  • /v1/postal-codes?country=VN
  • /v1/timezones?country=VN
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Name in other languages

Arabic
فيتنام
Chinese
越南
English
Vietnam
French
Viêt Nam
German
Vietnam
Hindi
वियतनाम
Italian
Vietnam
Japanese
ベトナム
Korean
베트남
Portuguese
Vietname
Russian
Вьетнам
Spanish
Vietnam
Total language variants
144

The API returns any of them with ?lang=.

Time zones

IANA ID UTC offset DST offset
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh UTC+07:00 UTC+07:00

Postal code format

Format
######
Pattern
^(\d{6})$

First-level administrative regions

  • Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
  • Hanoi
  • An Giang
  • Tỉnh Thanh Hóa
  • Dong Nai
  • Hai Phong
  • Tỉnh Nghệ An
  • Ninh Binh
  • Dong Thap
  • Vinh Long
  • Can Tho City
  • Phu Tho
  • Lam Dong
  • Bac Ninh
  • Gia Lai
  • Hung Yen
  • Dak Lak
  • Tay Ninh
  • Da Nang City
  • Quang Tri
  • Tuyen Quang
  • Lao Cai
  • Ca Mau
  • Thai Nguyen

24 of 34 shown, largest first

Largest cities

City Population
Ho Chi Minh City 14,002,598
Hanoi 8,053,663
Haiphong 2,625,200
Cần Thơ 1,507,187
Huế 1,380,000
Da Nang 1,276,000
Biên Hòa 1,272,235
Thanh Hóa 850,000
Vinh 790,000
Thuận An 588,616

Coverage in this dataset

Cities
41,977
First-level regions
34
Postal codes
0
Name languages
144
Boundary polygon
Yes

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