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February 20, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
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Section sizes

Section size for Vietnam (53 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	15,160	15,160	465	465
Etymology	6,171	6,171	457	457
History	92	37,119	0	3,102
Prehistory and early history	3,953	3,953	210	210
Dynastic Vietnam	6,825	6,825	592	592
French Indochina	7,577	7,577	751	751
First Indochina War	8,108	8,108	599	599
Vietnam War	5,603	5,603	550	550
Reunification and reforms	4,961	4,961	400	400
Geography	5,438	19,394	446	1,541
Climate	4,690	4,690	296	296
Biodiversity	9,266	9,266	799	799
Government and politics	8,236	21,749	466	1,103
Administrative divisions	3,851	3,851	55	55
Foreign relations	4,908	4,908	351	351
Military	1,501	1,501	121	121
Human rights and sociopolitical issues	3,253	3,253	110	110
Economy	6,863	27,725	631	2,662
Agriculture	1,128	1,845	143	188
Seafood	717	717	45	45
Science and technology	3,740	3,740	125	125
Tourism	1,940	1,940	221	221
Transport	5,961	5,961	651	651
Energy	2,570	2,570	279	279
Telecommunication	1,401	1,401	160	160
Water supply and sanitation	3,405	3,405	407	407
Demographics	3,199	24,800	286	2,365
Urbanisation	3,949	3,949	513	513
Languages	5,636	5,636	283	283
Religion	5,811	5,811	495	495
Education	2,246	2,246	289	289
Health	3,959	3,959	499	499
Culture	6,003	20,577	551	2,011
Literature	2,233	2,233	221	221
Music	2,560	2,560	279	279
Media	1,737	1,737	192	192
Cuisine	2,844	2,844	290	290
Holidays and festivals	1,817	1,817	187	187
Sports	3,383	3,383	291	291
See also	41	41	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Sources	14	154,485	0	0
Print	31,267	31,267	0	0
Legislation and government source	19,204	19,204	0	0
Academic publications	32,628	32,628	0	0
News and magazines	44,214	44,214	0	0
Websites	26,732	26,732	0	0
Free content	426	426	0	0
Further reading	1,281	1,281	0	0
External links	295	1,324	0	48
Government	243	243	0	0
Tourism	786	786	48	48
Total	329,882	329,882	13,754	13,754

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 May 2026

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Under the subheading "Administrative divisions" of "Government and politics", I suggest that Đồng Nai be moved to the 'Municipalities' section, as, since April 30th 2026 the then-province has officially become a 'municipality'.[1] Blueconcorde (talk) 09:57, 24 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Edit request 22 June 2026

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What I think should be changed (format using {{textdiff}}):

Why it should be changed: The National Assembly established Đồng Nai as a centrally governed municipality effective 30 April 2026. Đồng Nai has a natural area of 12,737.18 km², exceeding Đà Nẵng's area of 11,859.59 km². The infobox's identification of Đà Nẵng as Vietnam's largest city by municipal boundary is therefore outdated. The replacement coordinates are those currently used in the Đồng Nai article.

References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button): VnExpress reports that the National Assembly approved the establishment of Đồng Nai as a centrally governed municipality, with the resolution taking effect on 30 April 2026.^[1] The Government of Vietnam's portal gives Đồng Nai's natural area as 12,737.18 km² and Đà Nẵng's as 11,859.59 km².^[2]

XD4hlia (talk) 09:45, 22 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

References

↑ Vũ, Tuân (24 April 2026). "Đồng Nai lên thành phố từ 30/4". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
↑ "Chi tiết 34 đơn vị hành chính cấp tỉnh từ 12/6/2025". Xây dựng chính sách, pháp luật (in Vietnamese). Government of Vietnam. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2026.

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 23 June 2026

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–Please update the infobox. Specifically as follows:

Plesea change GDP_PPP_rank from 23rd to 24th. See: List of countries by GDP (PPP)
Plesea change GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank from 104th to 102th. See: List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
Plesea change GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank from 119th to 121th. See: List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita.

Kim Nito (talk) 02:12, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done Destinyokhiria _{(talk / cont)} 02:54, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 July 2026

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Change 24rd to 24th, in the economic stats of Vietnam at the front of the page Wikadeka (talk) 11:28, 5 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Fixed. Yue🌙 (talk) 03:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names)#Places in Vietnam

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There is a discussion in progress at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names)#Places in Vietnam that affects many Vietnam-related pages. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. Greenknight dv (talk) 15:46, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 July 2026

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The term Vietnam War is not accurate. It should be Resistance War Against America to Save the Nation or American War in Vietnam (local common term) since the name reflects the true nature of the war.

https://historynet.com/vietnam-war/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/opinion/what-was-the-vietnam-war-about.html Juliee50 (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done Vietnamese language has no authority in the English-speaking world. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 19:02, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, would you please explain "Vietnamese language has no authority in the English-speaking world". My edit request was written in English with English sources. The term Vietnam War is not accurate. It should be Resistance War Against America to Save the Nation or American War in Vietnam since the names reflect the true nature of the war. Juliee50 (talk) 19:05, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

One single source using "Resistance War Against America to Save the Nation or American War in Vietnam" is not authoritative to move a page. People in the English world call this event "Vietnam War", and the name reflects it, regardless if your proposal "reflects the true nature of the war". Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 19:08, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

You can find the Vietnamese name in Vietnam at Vietnam War#Names. It is noted that Vietnamese-speakers outside Vietnam call it a name which is similar to the English one as well. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 19:20, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

[1] Vũ, Tuân (24 April 2026). "Đồng Nai lên thành phố từ 30/4". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 22 June 2026.

[2] "Chi tiết 34 đơn vị hành chính cấp tỉnh từ 12/6/2025". Xây dựng chính sách, pháp luật (in Vietnamese). Government of Vietnam. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2026.

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