Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 238,650 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $902 million (1996)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.4% (1996)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: claims all of Guyana west of the Essequibo
River; maritime boundary dispute with Colombia in the Gulf of
Venezuela
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis, opium, and coca leaf for the international drug trade on a small scale; however, large quantities of cocaine and heroin transit the country from Colombia; important money-laundering hub; active aerial eradication program primarily targeting opium ______________________________________________________________________
VIETNAM
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Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of
Tonkin, and South China Sea, between China and Cambodia
Geographic coordinates: 16 00 N, 106 00 E