List of regions of Vietnam

Updated on Sep 29, 2024

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Often, the Vietnamese government groups the various provinces into eight regions: Northwest, Northeast, Red River Delta, North Central Coast, South Central Coast, Central Highlands, Southeast, and Mekong River Delta. These regions are not always used, and alternative classifications are possible.

List of regions and sub-regions

Northern Vietnam

Northwest (Tây Bắc) contains inland provinces in the west of Vietnam's northern part. There are four provinces in this region. Two of them are along Vietnam's border with Laos, and one borders China.

Northeast (Đông Bắc) contains most of the mountainous provinces that lie to north of the highly populated Red River lowlands. There are eleven provinces in this region.

Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng) contains the small but populous provinces along the mouth of the Red River. There are nine provinces in this region, plus the national capital, Hanoi, and the municipality of Haiphong — both are independent of any provincial government.

Central Vietnam

North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ) contains the coastal provinces in the northern half of Vietnam's narrow central part. There are six provinces in this region. They all stretch from the coast in the east to Laos in the west.

South Central Coast (Nam Trung Bộ) contains the coastal in the southern half of Vietnam's central part. There are seven provinces, plus the municipality of Da Nang in this region. Vietnam is wider at this point than in the North Central Coast region, and so the inland areas are separate provinces.

Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) contains the most inland provinces of south-central Vietnam. There are five provinces in this region. While mostly inhabited by ethnic minorities, there are many Vietnamese living here.

Southern Vietnam

Southeast (Đông Nam Bộ) contains those parts of lowland southern Vietnam which are north of the Mekong delta. There are five provinces, plus the municipality of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon).

Mekong River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long) is Vietnam's southernmost region, mostly containing small but populous provinces in the delta of the Mekong. There are twelve provinces, plus the municipality of Cần Thơ. The other name of this region is Southwest (Tây Nam Bộ).

Table of provinces per region

1 - a.k.a. Greater Ha Noi (Hà Nội Kinh)

2 - a.k.a. South Western Vietnam (Tây Nam Bo Việt Nam)

References

List of regions of Vietnam Wikipedia

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Contents

List of regions and sub-regions

Table of provinces per region

References