The area of Vietnam campares with that state in the US?

Answer 1

Even though Florida or Louisiana might have the humidity of (Former) South Vietnam (most US veterans can't speak for North Vietnam, as most US veterans have never been there; excepting US POWs); those states do not have the mountains such as South Vietnam's "Central Highlands." In addition, Florida or Louisiana don't have a single coast line corresponding with their geography...Vietnam has a coast line along the Pacific Ocean (although it's called the South China Sea). This leaves California as a comparable state to correspond with Vietnam: California has a coast line along the Pacific Ocean; California has a Central Highlands (Sierra Nevada Mountains); California has (or had) several Mekong Deltas (swamps) in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco Bay areas; these areas in California are often referred to as "Wildlife Areas", consisting primarily of waterfowl and other marsh birds. California has a major rice industry (rice fields) within the Sacramento Valley. Both California and Vietnam are long and skinny regions and each has bordering neighbors: California has Oregon along it's northern border, Nevada along it's east northern border, and Arizona along it's south eastern border, with the ocean on it's western coast line. Vietnam has Red China along it's northern border; Laos along it's north west border; Cambodia along it's south west border, and the ocean along it's eastern coastline.