Vietnam map Why draw Laos and Cambodia ? Because Vietnamese are very ambitious!
The first map to draw Vietnam , Laos, and Cambodia together should be this:
Thinking back then, these were all vassal states of the Ming and Qing dynasties . Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty believed that "all countries that surrender are all subdivided into the publication." That is to say, the Qing Dynasty actually included all the surrounding vassal states within the territory. This is the main reason why Vietnam later placed Laos and Cambodia in its territory.
During the Qing Dynasty, the main vassal states in my country were North Korea (Korean and South Korea), Sulu (Philippines), Vietnam, Myanmar, Siam (Thailand), Nanzhang (Laos), Gurkha (Nepal), Kokhan (Central Asia), Kazakhstan, zhemmeng (Sikkim), Bhutan and Ladakh (under the jurisdiction of the Minister in Tibet), Brut Khanate, Bukhara Khanate, , Aiwuhan (now Afghanistan), Badakh and Ganzhute.
is obvious. According to the attitude of the Qing Dynasty, all of these are the inherent territory of the Qing Dynasty, which is similar to the chieftain system in the mainland.
It is precisely because the Qing Dynasty had sovereignty over the land of the vassal state that a series of demarcation treaties signed by the Qing Dynasty and Russia were found. For example, the " Treaty of Nebuchu" signed by Kangxi cedes a lot of the land that originally belonged to Khalkha Mongolia to Tsarist Russia , and the " Chaktu Treaty of " signed by Yongzheng cedes, and the " Chaktu Treaty of " near Baikal to tsarist Russia. If the Qing Dynasty's territory did not include vassal states, then these treaties would have no legality and could be overturned at any time.
Vietnam has always regarded itself as the boss of Indochina Peninsula , and the two weakest neighbors are naturally considered their vassal states.
The role of Vietnam in the Indochina Peninsula is almost the same as that of India in South Asia. Vietnam is unable to unify Southeast Asia, and India has never been able to unify South Asia. Even the two major countries living on plains do not have the ability to enter mountainous and forest areas. This situation changed drastically when the colonists arrived.
Under India's colonial rule, the entire South Asia region became India. India discovered that the biggest advantage of being a slave to the country was to have a unified big country. Therefore, until now, it is still the main diplomatic method of bullying Pakistan , Nepal, Bangladesh , Bhutan and other countries every day. As for Sikkim, it has long become a state of India.
Vietnam also needs the same. When French colonists arrived, they combined Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to form the Indochina Federation. After France left, Vietnam had the idea of annexing these two countries and restored the "glory of great power" of the French colonists back then.
For example, since September 1977, with the support of the Soviet Union, Vietnam sent a large number of troops to continue to provoke Cambodia , and finally sent troops to Cambodia in January 1979, triggering a war. I also learned what happened later. I was soon beaten by a major northern country and became honest all of a sudden.
has no ambition in time, and it is also a helpless move to draw these two neighbors.
Vietnam's territory is very narrow and long, and it has a large S shape. If you want to express a map of Vietnam alone, a rectangle cannot do it. So I took the two of them and pulled them in, and it looked a little better. There are many similar examples of
. Looking at the map of China, you usually need to fully present small surrounding countries such as North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia . Draw a map of Italy, Vatican and San Marino cannot be without it.
There is another reason. Vietnam has only these two land neighbors. If these two countries are not drawn, it means that a large number of roads and ports on the western border of Vietnam cannot be fully presented. The South China Sea in the east can be rougher, and the border in the west can not be careless.
