No, the North Sea does not border Vietnam, but there is no boundary between Vietnam and the North Sea across the Beibu Gulf. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, referred to as "Vietnam", is a socialist country in Asia. Located at the southeast end of Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia, surrounded by the sea on three sides, the terrain is narrow and slightly S-shaped. It borders China, Guangxi and Yunnan in the north and Laos and Cambodia in the west. Its territory is long and narrow, covering an area of about 330,000 square kilometers, adjacent to the South China Sea of China, with a coastline of more than 3,260 kilometers. It is a multi-ethnic country with the Jing nationality as the main body. The whole country is divided into 58 provinces and 5 municipalities directly under the central government.