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Where in the world: country

5 August 2023
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Rice fields and a hut in Vietnam
Image: Shutterstock

Can you identify this country using the following clues?

• It has roughly the same land area as Oman and Poland, and shares borders with three countries

• It’s mountainous in the north and flat in the south

• A quarter of its electrcity comes from hydroelectric sources and its entire population is electrified 

A train running down a thin busy street in vietnam
Image: Shutterstock

• Its government recognises 54 different ethnic groups

• It’s the world’s largest producer of cashew nuts and the second-largest exporter of rice  


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