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Where is Vietnam?

Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia.

Vietnam in gold; its neighbours are lighter. Drawn from the outlines the game uses.
Type
Country
Continent
Asia
Region
Southeast Asia
Land borders
3: Cambodia, China, Laos
Area
About 330,000 km² on the game’s map
Hemispheres
Northern; Eastern
Capital city
21.03° N, 105.85° E

About Vietnam

The Red River delta in the north and the Mekong delta in the south are the two rice baskets; the narrow central coast is the pole. Chinese rule lasted from 111 BC to 938 AD, French rule from the 1880s to 1954. Coffee arrived with French planters and now covers the central highlands.

Clues from Atlas Daily

Round 1 on 3 September 2026 (#2), hardest clue first:

  1. A long, narrow country shaped like a carrying pole with a rice basket at each end, as its people say.
  2. It was ruled from China for about a thousand years and by France for about seventy.
  3. A war fought here ended in 1975 with the fall of its southern capital.
  4. It is the world's second-largest coffee exporter, mostly of the robusta variety.

Round 3 on 12 September 2026 (#11), hardest clue first:

  1. A long, narrow country shaped like a carrying pole with a rice basket at each end, as its people say.
  2. It was ruled from China for about a thousand years and by France for about seventy.
  3. A war fought here ended in 1975 with the fall of its southern capital.
  4. It is the world's second-largest coffee exporter, mostly of the robusta variety.

Round 2 on 21 September 2026 (#20), hardest clue first:

  1. A long, narrow country shaped like a carrying pole with a rice basket at each end, as its people say.
  2. It was ruled from China for about a thousand years and by France for about seventy.
  3. A war fought here ended in 1975 with the fall of its southern capital.
  4. It is the world's second-largest coffee exporter, mostly of the robusta variety.

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Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Vietnam. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.