| Vĩnh Phúc province | |||||
| Native Name: | Tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc | ||||
| Native Name Lang: | vi | ||||
| Type: | Province | ||||
| Nickname: | Fortune | ||||
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| Coordinates: | 21.3°N 141°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Red River Delta | ||||
| Seat Type: | Capital | ||||
| Seat: | Vĩnh Yên | ||||
| Leader Title: | People's Council Chair | ||||
| Leader Name: | Trịnh Đình Dũng | ||||
| Leader Title1: | People's Committee Chair | ||||
| Leader Name1: | Nguyễn Ngọc Phi | ||||
| Area Footnotes: | [1] | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 1236.00 | ||||
| Population Total: | 1,511,300 | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2023 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics | ||||
| Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnicities | ||||
| Demographics1 Info1: | Vietnamese, Sán Dìu, Sán Chay, Tày | ||||
| Demographics Type2: | GDP[2] | ||||
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total | ||||
| Demographics2 Info1: | VND 94.498 trillion US$ 4.104 billion | ||||
| Blank1 Name: | HDI (2020) | ||||
| Blank1 Info: | 0.751[3] | ||||
| Timezone: | ICT | ||||
| Utc Offset: | +7 | ||||
| Area Code Type: | Area codes | ||||
| Area Code: | 211 | ||||
| Iso Code: | VN-70 | ||||
Vĩnh Phúc (in Vietnamese vïŋ˦ˀ˥ fʊwk͡p̚˧˦/) is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam.
Vĩnh Phúc is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions:
They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townlets), 112 communes, and 13 wards.
Tay Dinh banh gio: also known as sun cake, is a famous Vinh Phuc specialty for a long time. This is an indispensable dish in traditional Tet holidays and some other holidays of the people of Tay Dinh - Vinh Phuc like banh chung. With long-standing accumulated experience, accompanied by the creativity of Tay Dinh villagers, they have created a specialty with bold flavors and unique features of Tay Dinh banh gio. The cake has a beautiful golden brown color. When eating, we can feel the aroma of rice and the chewiness of the cake, combined with sugar or molasses to create a characteristic sweet and cool taste.[4]
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. On February 13, 2020, Vĩnh Phúc province has decided to lock down Sơn Lôi Commune - a rural community of over 10,600 in Bình Xuyên District - for fourteen days as an effort to contain the disease caused by the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV 2) virus. Seven of the total of sixteen people contracted the virus in Vietnam are residents of Sơn Lôi Commune - including a three-month-old girl. Authorities have established mobile shops and provided food and face masks to the community.[5]