Vietnam and the Philippines

The Philippine Islands and Vietnam share a number of important similarities that make their cultures similar. The Philippines is a group of islands while Vietnam is a long coastal piece of land.

The Philippines is made up of islands and form a part of the geography of the Malay Archipelago. The islands are about 750 miles east off the coast of Vietnam. On the east is the Philippine Sea and on the south is the Celebes Sea and the on the west is the South China Sea. The Philippines has about 7100 islands, and only 460 are more than 1 sq. mile. The plain rains goes into the Agno River in the north and by the Pampanga River in the south. Luzon has a narrow, mountain range to the southeast called the Bicol Peninsula

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Rivers are another similarity that both countries have in common. Also in this region are the Central Highlands, a big upland plateau set between the Cambodian border and the South China Sea.

Four of the five largest cities in Vietnam are on or very near the coast.

Vietnam has four major geographic regions. Vietnam and the Philippines are different yet the same in many ways. Lots of lives have been lost from raging rivers and mud slides in both countries. In Vietnam, these mountains are 10,312 ft at Fan Si Pan, that is the highest point in Vietnam. Vietnam's two major rivers are the Red River in the north and the Mekong River in the south, both of which are navigable for their entire lengths within Vietnam. Vietnam's northern tip is a jumbled mass of rugged and solidly forested mountains that stretch out into Vietnam from China's Yunnan Plateau. Both countries suffer from bad erosion problems due to the flooding of the rivers and the heavy rains.

Vietnam is on the eastern coast of the Indochinese Peninsula. Manila is the capital of the Philippines and the country's chief port, and main commercial center, and largest city.

Both countries have big problems in the transportation area. Making it easier to get trade to market to the seaports of the country.

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