Municipalities of Vietnam explained

On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into 58 provinces (Vietnamese: tỉnh|links=no) and 5 municipalities (Vietnamese: thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam.[1] Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to a province.

The municipalities are divided into urban districts (Vietnamese: quận), municipal cities (Vietnamese: thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương), towns (Vietnamese: thị xã) and rural districts (Vietnamese: huyện) as the second-tier units. At the third tier, urban districts are divided into wards (Vietnamese: phường), towns are divided into wards (Vietnamese: phường) and communes (Vietnamese: ), while rural districts are divided into townships (Vietnamese: thị trấn) and communes (Vietnamese: ).__TOC__

Current municipalities

Municipalities of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
class=unsortable Municipalityclass=unsortable Vietnamese nameclass=unsortable Classclass=unsortable RegionEstablishedPopulation
Population densityArea
(km)
class=unsortable Divisions
Hà Nội align=center Special align=center 1945 align=right 8,053,663 align=right align=right 3,344.7 align=center List
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh align=center Special align=center 1955 align=right 8,993,082 align=right align=right 2,095 align=center List
Cần Thơ align=center align=center 2003 align=right 1,235,171 align=right align=right 1,389.6 align=center List
Đà Nẵng align=center align=center 1997 align=right 1,134,310 align=right align=right 1,256 align=center List
Hải Phòng align=center align=center 1955 align=right 2,028,514 align=right align=right 1,507.57 align=center List

Future municipalities

See also

Notes and References

  1. [ISO 3166-2:VN]
  2. Web site: Nguyễn . Thuấn . 2023-03-03 . Tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế sẽ mang tên gì khi là thành phố trực thuộc Trung ương? . 2023-04-09 . Nhịp sống kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới . vi.
  3. Web site: Bùi . Toàn . Khánh Hòa được định hướng là thành phố trực thuộc Trung ương . 2023-04-09 . VnExpress . vi.
  4. Web site: Bắc Ninh strives to become a centrally run city - Vietnam.vn . Vietnam.vn . 18 April 2024 . en . 26 December 2023.