Editing Geography of Vietnam (section)

===Coastal lowlands===
[[Image:Điện_Gió_Bình_Thuận_-_panoramio_(1).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Wind turbines in [[Tuy Phong District]], [[Bình Thuận province]], [[South Central Coast]], one of the most driest area in Vietnam, with average precipitation of {{convert|272|mm|in|abbr=on}} per year.]]
The narrow, flat coastal lowlands extend from south of the Red River Delta to the Mekong River basin. On the landward side, the Dãy Trường Sơn rises precipitously above the coast, its spurs jutting into the sea at several places. Generally the coastal strip is fertile and rice is cultivated intensively.

A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 3,069&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of tidal flats in Vietnam, making it the 10th ranking country in terms of how much tidal flat occurs there.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Murray |first1=N.J. |last2=Phinn |first2=S.R. |last3=DeWitt |first3=M. |last4=Ferrari |first4=R. |last5=Johnston |first5=R. |last6=Lyons |first6=M.B. |last7=Clinton |first7=N. |last8=Thau |first8=D. |last9=Fuller |first9=R.A. |title=The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats |journal=Nature |date=2019 |volume=565 |pages=222–225 |doi=10.1038/s41586-018-0805-8 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0805-8}}</ref>