Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia, it borders China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It lies on the eastern edge of the peninsula known as Indochina. Vietnam has an area of 311,699 square kilometres (120,348 sq mi) and a population of over 97 million people, making it the world’s sixteenth-most populous country in the world. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City (commonly referred to by its former name, Saigon).