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The China–Vietnam border is the international boundary between China and Vietnam, consisting of a 1,297 km (806 mi) terrestrial border stretching from the tripoint with Laos in the west to the Gulf of Tonkin coast in the east, and a maritime border in the Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea.
Which country is Vietnam closest to?
It is bordered by China to the north, the South China Sea to the east and south, the Gulf of Thailand (Gulf of Siam) to the southwest, and Cambodia and Laos to the west.
Who are Vietnamese people descended from?
The forerunners of the ethnic Vietnamese were Proto-Vietic people who descended from Proto-Austroasiatic people who may have originated from somewhere in Southern China, Yunnan, the Lingnan, or the Yangtze River, together with the Monic, who settled further to the west and the Khmeric migrated further south.
Which countries border Vietnam to the south?
It is bordered to the north by China, to the east and south by the South China Sea, and to the west by Laos and Cambodia. Vietnam is a country of approximately 98 million people. After declaring independence from France in 1945, Vietnam was divided into two states, North Vietnam and South Vietnam, in 1954.
Does Vietnam 越南 mean “South Vietnam” in Chinese?
No it doesn’t. Vietnam 越南 means South to Viet (Yue) 越 in accordance with Classical Chinese grammar. But if it was Namviet, it will means: The South Viet (in opposite with the ‘North Viet’ if it exists). Yue is a historical term means some places of Southern China and Southeastern China in today.
Are the northern and Southern Han Chinese genetically closest to each other?
Another study shows that the northern and southern Han Chinese are genetically closest to each other and it finds that the genetic characteristics of present-day northern Han Chinese were already formed as early as three thousand years ago in the Central Plain area.
What is the history between Vietnam and China?
Vietnam and China kept fighting each other for thousands of years. In the war from 1075 to 1077, Vietnam even invaded a whole province of China, disrupted their political situation and forced them to make peace. The Vietnamese have always been in Northern Vietnam. Despite conflicts, plagues, politics, the place has always been inhabited by them.