Vietnam Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is
the easternmost country on what Peninsula in Southeast Asia?
A: The Indochina Peninsula.
As of 2014, what is the estimated population of the
country?
A: 90.5 million.
Where does Vietnam rank in the world as for population?
A: It's the world's 13th-most-populous country.
The name Vietnam translates as what?
A: "Southern Viet" (synonymous with the much older term Nam Viet).
The name was first officially adopted in what year by
Emperor Gia Long?
A: 1802.
What country borders Vietnam to the north?
A: China.
The country is bordered on the northwest by what country?
A: Laos.
To the southwest is what country?
A: Cambodia.
To the east is what?
A: The South China Sea.
Vietnam's capital city is what?
A: Hanoi.
Since the year 2000, Vietnam's economic growth rate has
been among the what?
A: Highest in the world.
Vietnam's successful economic reforms resulted in its
joining the what in 2007?
A: World Trade Organization.
Vietnam still suffers from high levels of income
inequality, disparities in access to healthcare and a lack of what?
A: Gender equality.
In 1862, the southern third of Vietnam became the
French
colony of what?
A: Cochinchina.
By 1884, all of Vietnam was ruled by what country?
A: France.
French rule was formally integrated into the union of
French Indochina in what year?
A: 1887.
Vietnam is divided into how many provinces?
A: 58.
How big is Vietnam in square miles?
A: It covers a total area of approximately 127,881 sq mi.
Vietnam is almost the size of what European country?
A: Germany.
What is the combined length of Vietnam's land boundaries?
A; 2,883 miles.
How long is its coastline in miles?
A: 2,140 miles long.
At its narrowest point the country is as little as how many
miles across?
A: 31.
About how wide is the country in the north?
A: about 370 miles.
Vietnam's land is mostly hilly and densely what?
A: Forested.
About what percentage of the land is level?
A: No more than 20%.
About what percentage do Mountains account for?
A: 40% of the country's land area.
Tropical forests cover around what percentage of the land
area?
A: 42%.
The Red River Delta is criss-crossed by a maze of rivers
and canals, which carry so much sediment that the delta advances how far each
year?
A: 60 to 80 meters into the sea every year.
What are Vietnam's two World Natural Heritage Sites?
A: Hạ Long Bay and Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park.
Vietnam is one of twenty-five countries considered to
possess a uniquely what?
A: High level of biodiversity.
Vietnam is ranked 16th worldwide in biological diversity,
being home to approximately what percentage of the world's species?
A: 16%.
How many species of flora have been identified in Vietnam,
of which 10% are endemic?
A: 15,986 species.
For much of its history, Vietnam has been a predominantly
agricultural civilization based on the cultivation of what?
A :Wet rice.
Vietnam is now the world's largest producer of what kind of
tree nuts?
A: Cashew nuts.
What share of the cashew nut world wide market does Vietnam
have?
A: One third.
Vietnam is the second-largest exporter of what staple in
the world, after Thailand?
A: Rice.
Vietnam is the world's second largest exporter of what
agricultural product used to make a beverage?
A: Coffee.
