sort name by albhabetical order

how to sort country name by alphabetical order
_lstOEMCountry = db.OEMcountries.ToList();
ddlCountry.DataSource = _lstOEMCountry; ddlCountry.DataTextField = "name"; // ddlCountry.DataValueField = "CountryId"; ddlCountry.DataValueField = "name"; ddlCountry.AppendDataBoundItems = true; ddlCountry.DataBind();