Vietnam stretches along the coast of the South China Sea, with the northernmost point being more than 1,650 km from the southernmost.
[1] Most extreme points are not in dispute with any other countries; only one extreme point, Tennent Reef, is disputed by China, Taiwan, and the Philippines as a part of the Spratly Islands dispute (though Tennent Reef is currently administered by Vietnam).
The latitude and longitude are expressed in decimal degree notation, in which a positive latitude value refers to the northern hemisphere, and a negative value refers to the southern hemisphere.
The coordinates used in this article are sourced from Google Earth, which makes use of the WGS84 geodetic reference system.
Additionally, a negative altitude value refers to land below sea level.