|  Geography
Unlike most other countries of a similar size, Vietnam extends across two climatic
zones, with a moderate climate in the North, and a tropical climate in the South.
The country measures more than 1,650km from North to South with a coastline about
2,000km long, covering an area of 329,560 square kilometres. Laos and Cambodia
share its western borders, with China to the North, and the South China Sea to
the East and South. There are five distinct geographic regions: the mountainous
north with peaks above 3,000 metres; the Red River delta of Hanoi; the Annamite
Mountain Range, which divides North and South; the narrow coastal strip between
the Annamite Mountain Range and the South China Sea, and the Mekong delta in the
South.
Climate
Covering two different climatic
zones, Vietnam has a moderate northern zone, with winter from November to April,
and summer from May to October, and a tropical southern zone, with the climate
much like the rest of Southeast Asia. The south's cool, dry season is from November
to January, the hot dry season from February to April or May, and the rainy season
from May or June to October. Vietnam is occasionally affected by typhoons during
the rainy season.
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