Southeast (Vietnam)
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Southeast region
Đông Nam Bộ | |
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 Map showing location of Đông Nam Bộ (Southeast Vietnam) | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Area | |
• Total | 28,046.21 km2 (10,828.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 23,034,068 |
| • Density | 821.2899/km2 (2,127.131/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | VND 4.423,2 trillion US$ 170.124 billion (2024) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC +7) |
| HDI (2024) | 0.818[3] high · 1st |
Đông Nam Bộ (literally "Southeast region") is a region in Southern Vietnam. This region includes one municipality, Ho Chi Minh City; and the provinces: Đồng Nai and Tây Ninh. This region is the most economically developed region in Vietnam. In 2006, this region contributed 148,000 billion VND (equal to $9.25 billion) out of 251,000 billion VND to the state budget.[4] This region is also the most highly urbanized in the country with more than 50% people living in urban areas (while the equivalent figure for Vietnam is just 25%).
Administrative divisions
[edit]The Southeast region comprises 2 municipality and 1 province.
| Province- Level Division |
Establish | Capital | Area (km2)[1][2] | Population (2025)[1] |
Population density (person/km2) |
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| Hồ Chí Minh | July 2nd, 1976 | Sài Gòn ward | 6,772.59 | 14,002,598 | 2067 |
| Đồng Nai | April 30th, 2026 | Trấn Biên ward | 12,737.18 | 4,836,798 | 379 |
| Tây Ninh | 1836 | Long An ward | 8,536.44 | 3,254,170 | 381 |
Bold: Municipality
Transport
[edit]Tan Son Nhat International Airport is the largest airport in Vietnam, with the passenger traffic of 8.5 million in 2006 but it will be replaced by a larger newly constructed airport, Long Thanh International Airport after 2025.
Saigon Port and several deep-water ports in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu are the busiest ports in the country. National Route 1, National Route 13, National Route 22, National Route 51, and TransAsia Highway (AH1, AH17) are the principal roads in this region.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Area, population and population density by province". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 12 April 2024. – Interactive table which you can view by making your selection in three boxes: (1) Cities, provinces: Select all; (2) Year: Select 2022; (3) Items: Select all.
- ^ a b Phê duyệt và công bố kết quả thống kê diện tích đất đai năm 2022 [Approve and announce the results of land area statistics in 2022] (Decision 3048/QĐ-BTNMT) (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). 18 October 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
- ^ Official fiscal report in 2006 by the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam at its official website [1]
| Ho Chi Minh City |
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| Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province | ||
| Bình Dương province |
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| Bình Phước province |
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| Đồng Nai province | ||
| Tây Ninh province |
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※ denotes provincial seat | ||
10°45′N 106°45′E / 10.750°N 106.750°E
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