Vietnam/Catalogs/Provinces
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Vietnam is divided administratively into tinhs or provinces Tinhs change over time.[1]
Tinhs are further subdivided into smaller provinces, or districts, called than pho. Smaller divisions are municipalities and wards. The capital of a province (e.g., Can Tho Province) often has the same name as the province but with the suffix "city" (or sometimes "town") added (e.g., Can Tho City). Some of the larger cities (such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon and Hue) are themselves urban provinces.
Before the colonial period, Vietnam was divided into three provinces, for which both Vietnamese and Chinese names were used: Tonkin in the north; Dai Viet or the Empire of Annam was in the center; and Cochin China in the south. Tonkin included the Red River Delta while Cochin China contains the Mekong Delta.
Urban Provinces
- Haiphong [r]: Vietnam's third largest city and second largest port, and largest transportation area for northern Vietnam; key military supply import point during the Vietnam War [e]
- Hanoi [r]: Located on the Red River in northern Vietnam (i.e., Tonkin), it is the national capital, about 65 miles west of Haiphong, on the South China Sea [e]
- Ho Chi Minh City [r]: The largest city, but not the capital, of Vietnam; formerly called Saigon before unification in 1975 [e]
- Hue [r]: Third largest city of Vietnam, which was the capital of the classic Empire of Annam and is considered the cultural center of the country. [e]
Northwest
- Hoa Binh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lai Chau Province [r]: A province in the northeastern corner of Vietnam, with its capital Dien Bien Phu City, now a regional airport; it has both cultural and military tourist attractions [e]
- Son La Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
Northeast
- Bac Giang Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bac Ham Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bac Ninh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cao Bang Province [r]: A province of Vietnam, on the border with China, containing Ho Chi Minh's 1941 headquarters [e]
- Ha Giang Province [r]: A Vietnamese province on the Chinese border, which was China's primary target in the 1984 invasion [e]
- Lang Son Province [r]: A province of Vietnam, in a relatively remote area on the Chinese border, that may add transportation and tourism to its current agricultural economy [e]
- Lao Cai Province [r]: A province in the north of Vietnam, on the China-Vietnam border, neighboring Lai Chau Province, Ha Giang Province and Yen Bai Province [e]
- Phu Tho Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quang Ninh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thai Nguyen Province [r]: A province of northern Vietnam, between Hanoi and the Chinese border provinces, becoming an educational, research, and economic center [e]
- Tuyen Quang Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vinh Phuc Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yen Bai Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
Red River Valley
- Ha Nam Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ha Noi Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ha Tay Province [r]: Former province in Vietnam that in 2008 merged with the Hanoi municipality that surrounded it. [e]
- Hai Duong Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hai Phong Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hung Yen Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nam Dinh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ninh Binh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thai Binh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
North Central Area
- Ha Tinh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nghe An Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quang Binh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quang Tri Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thanh Hoa Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thua Thien Hue Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
Mid Central
- Binh Dinh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Da Nang Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Khanh Hoa Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Phu Yen Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quang Nam Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quang Ngai Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
Central Highland
- Dac Lac Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gia Lai Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kon Tum Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
Northeast Southern
- Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Binh Duong Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Binh Phuoc Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Binh Thuan Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dong Nai Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lam Dong Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ninh Thuan Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tay Ninh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
Mekong Delta
- An Giang Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bac Lieu Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ben Tre Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ca Mau Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Can Tho Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dong Thap Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kien Giang Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Long An Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Soc Trang Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tien Giang Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tra Vinh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vinh Long Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
References
- ↑ Gwillam Law, Provinces of Vietnam, Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")