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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 …

Singapore is a city-state with a population of 5.70 million in 2019. The country has a total coastline length of 268 km and the total area of the exclusive economic zone is 744 km2. As a small country, Singapore has limited resources in terms of land, sea space, and workforce; …

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 …

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world situated between two oceans, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean consisting of 17,504 islands with a total land area of 1,922,570 km2. The country has a total coastline length of 95,181 km and its exclusive economic zone has an area …

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 …

Brunei Darussalam is located in the northwestern part of Borneo. The country has a total land area of 5,765 km2 and a coastline of 269 km long fronting the South China Sea. The continental shelf area is about 8,600 km2 and the exclusive economic zone has an area of 5,614 …

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 …