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2025 Information Updated The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam is located on the eastern edge of the Indochinese Peninsula. It shares land borders with China to the north, Lao PDR and Cambodia to the west, and maritime borders with Indonesia. The South China Sea borders the country to the east …

2025 Information Updated The Kingdom of Thailand is located between latitudes 5° 37’ N and 20° 27’ N and longitudes 97° 22’ E and 105° 37’ E, encompassing a total area of 513,115 km2 (Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, 2022). The country is bordered by the …

2025 Information Updated The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is located in the Southeast Asian region with a total land area of 676,580 km2, and bordered by India, China, Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand (Figure 1). Myanmar possesses a long coastline, a marine fishing area of 486,000 km2 within its …

Malaysia covers a total area of 329,847 km² consisting of two geographical regions, namely: West Malaysia (also known as Peninsular Malaysia) and East Malaysia. The country’s total coastline length is 9,323 km and total area of the exclusive economic zone is 198,173 km2. The fisheries sector is vital to the …

2025 Information Updated Situated in the heart of Southeast Asia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), spans an area of 236,800 km²and is a landlocked country. It shares borders with five nations, namely: China and Myanmar to the north, Cambodia to the south, Viet Nam to the east, and Thailand …

2025 Information Updated The Republic of Indonesia is located between Asia and Australia and bordered by the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The country comprises five main islands, namely: Sumatera, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua (Figure 1). The country has a total area of 5.18 million km², with 1,905 million km² …

2025 Information Updated The Kingdom of Cambodia has a total land area of 181,035 km2 and is bordered by Thailand in the northwest, Lao PDR in the northeast, Viet Nam in the east, and the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest (Figure 1). The capital is Phnom Penh and the …

2025 Information Updated The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia consisting of 7,641 islands with a total land area of 301,000 km². The Philippines is situated at the western edge of the Pacific Ocean, between 4°N and 21°N latitude and 116°E and 127°E longitude. The …

by Thuch Panha 2018 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) for Cambodia Introduction Cambodia shares its international borders with Lao PDR, Viet Nam, and Thailand (Figure 1). The country covers a total area of 181,035 km2 composed of 97.5 % land and 2.5 % water. The 440 km coastline of the …

by Mr. Nguyen Tuan Uyen 2017 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Viet Nam INTRODUCTION  Viet Nam is located in the west bank of the South China Sea (Figure 1) with an area of more than 331,000 km2 with population of around 92.7 million in 2016. The country’s internal …