A little girl meant to ramble in the country (7)
I believe the answer is:
'country' is the definition.
(Viet Nam is an example)
'a little girl meant to ramble in' is the wordplay.
'a little girl' becomes 'vi' (short for Violet. I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'to ramble' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'rambles' mean this).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'meant' with letters rearranged gives 'etnam'.
'vi' put within 'etnam' is 'VIETNAM'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vietnam that I've seen before include "Asian country, divided north and south from 1954 to 1975" , "Country in SE Asia, capital Hanoi" , "Met Ivan at the edge of the South China Sea" , "country abroad" , "Far East country" .)