The Socialist Republic of Vietnam or Vietnam as it is commonly referred to as, is located in Southeast Asia. It is the easternmost nation on the Indochina Peninsula. On its east it is bordered by the South China Sea, on its southwest it is bordered by Cambodia, on its northwest it shares border with Laos and it has China on its north. With a population of about eighty-six million people, Vietnam is considered to be the 13th most populated nation in the world. There are fifty-eight provinces in the country and these provinces are further divided in to townships, counties and provincial municipalities.