VIET NAM DOCUMENTS

Maps of Vietnamese History


Administative Maps

The maps in this section are Black and White bitmaps files of A4 size or smaller at 300 dpi. The most recent map is in PDF format.

Vietnam Administrative map (2004)
PDF File

Vietnam Administrative map (1993)
After a map provided by UNDP
DRV Administrative map (pre 1976)
[Northern Vietnam]
After Whitfield (1976)
RVN Administrative map (pre 1975)
[Republic of Vietnam - Southern Vietnam]
After Whitfield (1976)
French Colonial Administrative map (pre 1954)
After Doyle and Lipsman (1981)

Ethnolinguistic Map

Some 85% of Vietnam's 75 million people belong to the majority Viet or Kinh people, among them highlands-living Muong (and related) people. In addition, Vietnam has some 60 ethnic minority groups with diverse cultural backgrounds.

Ethno-linguistic Map of the People of Vietnam
After Dang Nghiem Van et al. (1993)

Sources

The maps in this section are modified from these and other sources.

Doyle, Edward and S Lipsman (1981) Setting the Stage. Boston: Boston Publishing.

Whitfield, Danny (1976) Historical and Cultural Dictionary of Vietnam. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.

Dang Nghiem Van, Chu Thai Son and Luu Hung (1993) Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. Hanoi: The Gioi Publishers.
[Also available in Vietnamese and French editions]