Viet Nam lies at the coordinates of 23°23’north to 8°27’north in the Indo China Peninsula by the Pacific Coast of the Southeast Asian Region. Viet Nam is characterized by tropical climate and diverse terrains from lowlands, mountains and plateaus to lush forests. The mainland territory includes the Northern Mountains, the Red River Delta, Truong Son Range, the Central Highlands, the Central coastal platforms and the Mekong Delta in the south. The northeast, northwest and west of Viet Nam include mountainous regions and midlands, highlands and hills which are the residence of various ethnic minorities.The Hanoi capital is located in the center of the Red River Delta while Ho Chi Minh City in the basin of Saigon – Dong Nai river in the southeastern region.

The country’s flag features a five pointed yellow star, two-thirds the flags length, set on a red rectangular background.

Vietnamese (Kinh) make up over 85% of the population and are concentrated in platform provinces and the basin of alluvial rivers. The rest of the 53 ethnicities lives in mountainous regions and midlands across the country. The rest of the population includes the Khmer Krom ethnicity 1.5%, Chinese 3% and other ethnicities including: Tay, Muong, Mong, Cham and more.

Vietnamese language is the lingua franca applied for all ethnicities in the education system, administrative machinery and social conversations.There are 24 ethnicities with distinctive writing systems such as Tay, Nung, Mong, J’rai, Ede, Thai, Khmer, Chinese or Cham… Some of these languages are optional in many public schools.

Viet Nam has a tropical monsoon climate with high humidity and rainfall levels all year (1500 – 2000mm). Average temperature varies from 21°C to 27°C and gradually ascends from the north to the south. The north (from Hai Van pass up) has the tropical monsoon climate with 4 separate seasons. The Northern winter is quite harsh as temperature in the Northern mountainous regions may drop below 0°C, and occasionally snow.The Southern territory from Hai Van pass down is characterized by the sub-equatorial climate which is consistently hot and divided into two seasons: rainy (May to November) and dry.