Vietnam is located in Southeast Asia and has a population of around 95 million people. It has a long history of foreign occupation, being ruled by China for over 1,000 years and then by France from the late 1800s until 1954. This led to the country becoming divided after 1954 with a Communist government in the north and a non-Communist government in the south, setting off the Vietnam War as the north tried to reunify the country by force. The U.S. supported the south in an attempt to stop the spread of communism. After over 58,000 U.S. soldiers were killed and billions spent, the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam in 1973 and the country was unified under a Communist government two

1. Vietnam
Created by
Mr. Raponi

2. m Vietnam is the
easternmost country of
the Indochina
Peninsula.
With an estimated
_______ million people,
it is the world’s _______
most populated country.
Vietnam’s 128,500
square miles makes it
right around the size of
the state of
___________________.

3. Climate and
Agriculture
Both Monsoons, and the
longest river of the country,
the ___________________
greatly affect agriculture.
This river is 2,700 miles long
and flows through 6
countries.
Farmers grow large amounts
of rice, sugar cane, cassava,
corn, bananas, and coffee.
Vietnam’s forests provide
wood and the South China
Sea provides plenty of
____________________.

4. Mekong River

5. History of
Vietnam
The ancestors of
Vietnam’s people came
from ____________ more
than 2,000 years ago.
From the late 1800s to the
mid-1950s, Vietnam was
ruled by the
__________________.
In 1954, Vietnamese
__________________ drove
out the French and this
split the country into two
areas. Communist North
Vietnam, and Non-
Communist South
Vietnam.

6. More History The Vietnam War was
fought as a direct result
of the _________________.
The Communist
______________ wanted to
take over the South and
make one large communist
country.
The United States
supported the South
because they did not want
communism to spread
because they feared it
would make the
______________________
stronger.

7. Vietnam War
During this conflict,
more than 2.5 million
American helped to fight
the communists.
The war was extremely
unpopular at home and
in _____________ the
United States pulled
their troops out.
Within two years of this,
the communists took
over the South.
In all, more than 58,000
U.S. soldiers were killed
in the conflict.

8. The Vietnam War

9. 58,236 American Soldiers were killed in Vietnam.
Another 153,482 wounded.
1,740 soldiers were missing.

15. Richard L. Cotter Personal Data
Home of Record: Peabody, Massachusetts
Date of birth: Monday, 06/11/1945
Start Tour: Wednesday, 10/02/1968
Casualty Date: Monday, 02/10/1969
Age at Loss: 23

16. -Went to St. John’s
Elementary and Middle
School.
-Attended St. Mary’s High
School in Lynn.

18. Economy of
Vietnam
In recent years, Vietnam’s
communist leaders have
gotten away from strict
government control and
have opened the country to
Western ideas.
While still communist,
Vietnam is quickly becoming
more of a
______________________,
where people compete to
make money and prices are
determined by supply and
demand.
There is much less
government control.

19. Tour

20. Tourism
Tourism has become a
significant part of the
country’s economy.
Since 1999, tourism to
Vietnam has almost
doubled.
One major destination
is
_________________ in
North Vietnam, which
was vote as one of the
7 Wonders of the
_________________
World in 2011.

23. People of
Vietnam
With almost 90 million
people, Vietnam has the
largest population in
mainland Southeast Asia.
¾ of the population live
in ____________________.
The largest urban area is
______________________
which was named after the
country’s first communist
leader was the capital of the
old area of South Vietnam
and was known as
______________________.

24. Ho Chi Minh City Traffic

25. More People
of Vietnam
Vietnam’s capital is located
in the north and
is called _______________.
Most people of Vietnam are
Buddhists and
__________ belong to the
Vietnamese ethnic group.
The rest of the people are
made up of Chinese,
Cambodian, and other Asian
ethnicities.
______________________ is
the main language.

26. Mmmmmmmmmmmm, FROGGY

27. Mr. Raponi Eats Kermit