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Vietnam was a Geography and places good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 20, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
December 2, 2018	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Current status: Former good article nominee

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Section sizes

Section size for Vietnam (53 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	19,013	19,013
Etymology	4,387	4,387
History	91	32,510
Prehistory and early history	4,063	4,063
Dynastic Vietnam	5,181	5,181
French Indochina	7,574	7,574
First Indochina War	5,926	5,926
Vietnam War	4,929	4,929
Reunification and reforms	4,746	4,746
Geography	4,718	16,998
Climate	2,959	2,959
Biodiversity	9,321	9,321
Government and politics	6,678	20,375
Administrative divisions	5,205	5,205
Foreign relations	5,157	5,157
Military	1,399	1,399
Human rights and sociopolitical issues	1,936	1,936
Economy	6,930	27,571
Agriculture	1,118	1,838
Seafood	720	720
Science and technology	3,589	3,589
Tourism	1,903	1,903
Transport	5,950	5,950
Energy	2,555	2,555
Telecommunication	1,402	1,402
Water supply and sanitation	3,404	3,404
Demographics	3,251	23,215
Urbanisation	3,953	3,953
Languages	5,108	5,108
Religion	4,672	4,672
Education	2,239	2,239
Health	3,992	3,992
Culture	5,968	20,822
Literature	2,236	2,236
Music	2,864	2,864
Media	1,736	1,736
Cuisine	2,930	2,930
Holidays and festivals	1,867	1,867
Sports	3,221	3,221
See also	81	81
Notes	26	26
References	35	35
Sources	14	192,493
Print	33,528	33,528
Legislation and government source	23,279	23,279
Academic publications	42,168	42,168
News and magazines	57,519	57,519
Websites	35,579	35,579
Free content	406	406
External links	771	2,532
Government	735	735
Media and censorship	380	380
Tourism	646	646
Total	360,058	360,058