Q 01/05

What is the capital of Vietnam?

A) Ho Chi Minh City

B) Hanoi

C) Da Nang

D) Hue

Answer · why

B) Hanoi

Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, is the largest city; Hue was the imperial capital under the Nguyen dynasty.

Q 02/05

Which three countries share a land border with Vietnam?

A) China, Laos and Thailand

B) China, Laos and Cambodia

C) Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar

D) China, Cambodia and Thailand

Answer · why

B) China, Laos and Cambodia

The Gulf of Thailand lies to the south-west and the South China Sea to the east; the country's population is over 102 million.

Q 03/05

What is Vietnam's currency?

A) The kip

B) The riel

C) The dong

D) The baht

Answer · why

C) The dong

The kip is Laos's, the riel Cambodia's and the baht Thailand's; Vietnam is one of only two communist states in Southeast Asia.

Q 04/05

Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam and on the whole Indochinese Peninsula, stands how tall?

A) 2,143 m

B) 3,143 m

C) 4,143 m

D) 5,143 m

Answer · why

B) 3,143 m

It sits on the border of Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces; at its narrowest, in Quang Binh, the country is only 50 km wide.

Q 05/05

Hang Son Doong, in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, is famous for caverns big enough to hold what?

A) A jumbo jet

B) A 40-storey skyscraper

C) A football stadium

D) An aircraft carrier

Answer · why

B) A 40-storey skyscraper

The cave runs more than 8.8 km and has its own rainforest in a sinkhole over 183 m deep.