Question

Is vietnam a country or a state

Answer 1

Vietnam, a one-party Communist state, has one of south-east Asia's fastest-growing economies and has set its sights on becoming a developed nation by 2020. It became a unified country once more in 1975 when the armed forces of the Communist north seized the south

Answer 2

Vietnam is both a country and a nation-state

Step-by-step explanation:

It is not a federation, so it does not have autonomous states, nor does it belong to some other country/nation-state.