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The country is bordered by China to the North, Laos to the Northwest, Cambodia to the Southwest, and the South China Sea to the East. The coordinates of Vietnam are 21.0333° N, 105.8500° E according to google maps. The shape of Vietnam on a map resembles a long, verticle figure.

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Vietnam's flag is a red with the star in the middle that represents revolution and blood (red background), and the main classes in Vietnamese (star). The flag was designed by Nguyễn Hữu Tiến, and was used to stand against the french rule in Vietnam. The red background originates from the background in the china, and communist flag, which also shares the color yellow in the symbols in the center. The war flag was later accepted as the national flag after the Vietnam War on July 2nd, 1976.

Resources:

http://www.mapsofworld.com/flags/vietnam-flag.html

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People in Vietnam follow the religion of Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, and Confucianism. I think that many countries such as Thailand, Japan, Sri Lanka, and so on follow the religion Buddhism like Vietnam. According to www.vietspring.org, the web states, "Religion has exerted a deep influence on Vietnamese culture and their concept of life. Vietmanese people have a deep imprint of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism."

Resource: http: www.vietspring.org

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According to World Population Review, http://worldpopulationreview.com, the publisher states, " Vietnam's population in 2014 is at 92,948,278". The increase of the population has had an impact on space for housing and resources. Also as the population has increases, so has the number of jobs in the area.

Resource: http://worldpopulationreview.com

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The architecture of houses that remain occupied, have the style between the 19th century, and modern styles. The houses of the 19th century have long corridors ingrained with many details. The exterior shows many details below a usually green curved roof. Besides speaking Vietnamese, the people of Vietnam speak many other languages such as Mandarin, or Cantonese. The Vietnamese language (tiếng việt / 㗂越) is originated from chinese script, and is spoken by almost 82 million people worldwide. As many other languages, the Vietnamese language contains of more letters. Many cultural foods include Com, which is a boiled rice. As eaten in many Asian households, Rice is served with many dishes. Pho is the Vietnamese word for noodles, which is also eaten a lot in Vietnamese houses. Instead of forks and knife, the people eat with metal chopsticks and spoons.

Also similar to many Asian culture, the dragon is the most important creature, symbolizing rain, thunder, and lightning.

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The country of Thailand has many features such as big mountains or long rivers, which many other countries don't have. Thailand's economy is the 2nd biggest economy in Southeast Asia, which puts it ahead of many other countries. Many foods that are popular here such as Pad Thai are from Thailand. All in all Thailand is very important to us today, while itself, is growing economically and puts itself to be one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

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Thailand's weather and climate is dry from November through February, the winds usually come from the north, when the season starts.  Thailand's hottest time of the year ranges between March and  June, the coldest are November trough February the air comes down from the north and is usually cold the tempature  is usually from  30-35 C (85-95 F). Many people live in these places and they are used to the climate and weather but new people might not be used to these  places and might get sick they would eventually get used to the climate and they would not get sick after a while. The area is made up of many different places and biomes, some places  are colder than others and some places are warmer than but Thailand is still a beautiful place that many people enjoy.

Found at:http://www.thailandguru.com/thailand-weather-climate.html

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Thailand is full of extreme mountains in the west, which trail all the way to near the Malay peninsula. In other areas, farming for crops in Thailand is very common, because some areas of the land are flat areas with rich soil and dirt. The rivers connect throughout Thailand which then leads to the South China Sea. Thailand is split up into districts, which are then split up to sub-districts. As of 2006 there are 877 sub-districts, which in size, which puts Thailand to be the 51st largest country in the world, smaller than Yemen, and larger than Spain. The land is split up by 5 different regions, being determined by population, natural features and social and economic development in areas of land. Many natural resources that Thailand offers include tin, rubber, natural gas, tantalum, tungsten, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, and arable land.

Resource:

http://www.gothailand.com/indexregions.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=thailand+natural+recources&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS608US608&oq=thailand+natural+recources&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2j69i59l2j69i60.6260j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8&gws_rd=ssl&safe=active

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The people in Thailand follow the religion is Buddhism. The people of Thailand also celebrate the Buddhist holidays such as New Years Day, Chakri Day, Makha Bucha, Songkram,Visakha Bucha, June Solstice, Asalha Bucha, Mother's Day, September equinox, Chulalongkorn Day, Loy Krathong, Father's Day, and Constitution Day. I think that Thailand, Vietnam, and many other countries share the religion of Buddhism. According to the web, www.timeanddate.org the author had a calendar that shows," Jan 1:New Years Day, Feb 14: Makha Bucha, Apr 6 & 7:Chakri Day, Apr 13-16: Songkran, May 13: Visakha Bucha, June 21: June Solstice, Jul 11: Asalha Bucha, Aug 12: Mother's Day, Sept 23: September equinox, Oct 23: Chulalongkorn Day, Nov 7: Loy Krathong, Dec 5: Father's Day, and Dec 10: Constitution Day.

Resource: www.timeanddate.com

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Not everyone might know this from Thailand's flag, but the world's oldest living branch ever is Theravada Buddhism (pronounced "terra-VAH-dah")! According to the article "What is Theravada Buddhism?", Theravada has been the predominant religion of the whole Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka, India for many centuries.

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This year, the population in Thailand is 67,367,943. Last year, people estimated that the population was 67,108,507. The website, http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/thailand-population/ states, "People estimates show a 2014 population in Thailand of 67,367,943."

Resource: http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/thailand-population/

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Thai Thailand's movement of goods include gold, coal, lead, and zinc, which are exported to other countries. Thailand relied on petroleum that was exported from other countries, until Natural gas deposits were found in the shores and beaches of Thailand.

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Like many other states, Thailand has it's own money called Thai Baht. Thai Baht comes in $20, $50, $100, $500, and the rarest dollar of all: $1,000. One US dollar is really expensive in the state because a dollar equals to about 32.61 Thai Baht. According to "Amazing Thailand", Thailand’s economy remains on depending on exports from other countries, with exports being responsible for 60% of a GDP that stood at roughly 7.7 trillion Thai Dollars as of 2008. This positions the economy of Thailand as the 2nd largest in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia, a distinction it has held for many years. According to the website "phuket.com", many of Thailand's local resources include gold, coal, lead, zinc, and precious stones. Natural gas deposits were found near beaches in the 70s, which lead Thailand to not using as much imported petroleum.

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Thailand's Flag is a red flag that has a navy blue stripe in the middle with two white lines outlining it. The red part of it represents the people, the white represents Theravada, the oldest living branch, and the blue represents monarchy. The flags colors are made up of an even amount of red, white, and blue paint.

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Many interactions people have with this place is fishing, growing foods, agricultural activities, and driving from place to place around to different locations. They also have things that some people are against, deforestation, soil erosion and animal wildlife.

People have changed the environment to better suit their needs such as hunting the wildlife and fishing because a lot of people were facing hunger. But sometimes, they have to help the animals even though they are against animals to depending on food by

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Thailand is located north from Malaysia, south from Burma and Laos, and west from Cambodia. It's hemispheres are the Northern Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.

According to the Encyclopedia of the Nations, it says: "With an area of about 514,000 square kilometers (198,457 square miles), the country is slightly more than twice the size of the state of Wyoming."

According to Google Maps, Thailand's coordinates are 13.7500°N and 100.4833°E. Thailand is located in the southeastern part of Asia.

Resources:

Google.com

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According to Kwintessential, The people of Thailand speak a language that comes from Indian and Chinese origins, and has 44 consonants and 32 vowels. Other languages include Chinese, Lao, Malay, English, and many other languages such as Mon-Khmer. As the most popular religion is Buddhism, most of the people are Thai, followed by Chinese, and about 11% percent contains of other countries. Many foods in Thailand include Nam Tok, (a beef lettuce wrap with rice), Papaya Salad, (a salad of shredded papaya, chilies, garlic, and more.) Many Thai dishes include regional ingredients as fish sauce, palm sugar, dark soy sauce, shrimp paste, tamarind paste, and many more ingredients. The Thai tradition follows many rules of etiquette. Children are taught to honor their parents, while many rules of discipline and table manners still remain today.

Resource:

www.kwintessential.co.uk