{Brunei} Country is in south Asia, on north Borneo Island. Old name is Sarawak. Capital is Bandar Seri Begawan.
{Burma} Country is in southeast Asia, east of Bangladesh, on Bay of Bengal. Andaman Islands are to west and Nicobar Islands are to south. Capital is Naypwidaw (Rangoon). Another name is Myanmar.
{Cambodia} Country is in southeast Asia, southeast of Thailand, on Gulf of Siam. Capital is Phnom Penh.
{East Timor} Country is in south Asia, on Timor Island, east of Indonesia. Capital is Dili.
{Indonesia} Country is in southeast Asia and contains Java, Sumatra, Bali, Sumba, Flores, south Borneo, Celebes, Buru, Seram, west New Guinea, Moluccas, and other islands in Malay Archipelago. Capital is Jakarta. Sumatra has Medan in north and Palembang in south. Java has Jakarta in west and Surabaya in east. Celebes has Ujungpandang. New Guinea has Mt. Puncak Jaya.
{Laos} Country is in southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand. Capital is Vientiane.
{Malaysia} Country is in southeast Asia, south of Thailand, and contains Malaya, North Borneo, and Sarawak. Capital is Kuala Lumpur.
{Philippines} Islands are in southeast Asia, east of Vietnam. Capital is Manila. Main cities are Cebu in center and Quezon City on north Luzon Island. It has Mindanao Island in south and Palawan Island in southwest.
{Sarawak, country} Country is in south Asia, on north Borneo Island. New name is Brunei.
{Siam} Country is in southeast Asia. New name is Thailand.
{Singapore, country} Country is in southeast Asia, south of Malaysia. Capital is Singapore.
{Thailand} Country is in southeast Asia, southeast of Burma. Old name was Siam. Capital is Bangkok.
{Vietnam} Country is in southeast Asia, east of Laos and Cambodia.
cities
Capital is Hanoi in north. Main cities are Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon in south, Haiphong on central coast, and Danang on central coast.
peoples
People settled there -500000 to -300000. Main ethnic group is Viet or Kinh, who live in lowlands. Others are Tay, Nung, Thai, Muong, H'mong, Zao, Hoa, Khmer, Bana, Giarai, and Ede.
religion
Buddhism came to Vietnam [-200].
weather
Rainy season is from May to October.
rivers
Red River flows past Hanoi. Mekong River flows south of Saigon.
alphabet
Nom [until 1900] came from Han Chinese characters [1000 to 1300]. Quoc Hgu [after 1900] came from Roman alphabet [1600 to 1700].
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