List of islands of Vietnam
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The following is a list of island
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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
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- Halong BayHalong BayHa Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phả town, and part of Van Don district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes...
Islets- Tuần Châu
- Co To Islands
- Bach Long ViBach Long ViBach Long Vi island is located in the Gulf of Tonkin, about halfway between Hai Phong and Hainan Island . The island is an offshore district of Haiphong City. Fishing comprises the majority of economic activity in the Gulf of Tonkin, and Bach Long Vi is a major nursery and harvesting area for...
- Cu Lao Cham
- Cu Lao Xanh
- Phu QuyPhu QuyPhu Quy island is a small island located about 100 km from Phan Thiet city, Vietnam. Only the rocky, northern half of the island is inhabited, with a population of 20,698 people.-Geography:...
- Con Son (Con Dao)
- Can Gio fluvial islands
- Phu Quoc
- Hon Khoai
- Con CoCon CoCồn Cỏ is a rural district of Quang Tri province in the North Central Coastal region of Vietnam.It is an island and is located 27 km to the east of Mũi Lay 27 km, at 17°10' North and 107°21' East of Greenwich...
- Ly SonLy Son, VietnamLý Sơn , previously known as Cù Lao Ré, Canton Island, and Poulo Canton, is an island and also a district in Quang Ngai province, off the South Central Coast of Vietnam.-Geography and geology:...
- Cat Ba
- Tho ChauTho ChauTho Chau Island or Tho Chau Island is a Vietnamese archipelago in the Gulf of Thailand.In the 1970s, during the Cambodian-Vietnamese War, Khmer Rouge forces attacked and occupied the island for a short time before Vietnam reclaimed it with a larger force...
- Hon Tre
- Paracel IslandsParacel IslandsThe Paracel Islands, also called Xisha Islands in Chinese and Hoàng Sa Islands in Vietnamese, is a group of islands under the administration of Hainan Province, The People's Republic of China. Vietnam and the Republic of China also claim sovereignty of these islands...
(Hoang Sa) - Spratly IslandsSpratly IslandsThe Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia , about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land...
(Truong Sa)
See also
- List of islands
- Geography of VietnamGeography of VietnamVietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,688 square kilometers, of which about 25 % was under cultivation in 1987. It borders the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia...