The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a sovereign and reunified independent country, has a high percentage of territorial waters. Looking at the map, Vietnam is located in the center of the Southeast Asia, and shaped like the letter "S". The country lies in the eastern part of the Indochina peninsula, bordered by China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west and the East Sea and Pacific Ocean to the southeast. Vietnam's coast line is 3,260km long and its inland border measures 4,510km.
