List of regions of Vietnam
The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and centrally-governed cities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam. These regions can be further subdivided into six subregions, officially referred to as "socio-economic regions": the Northern Midland and Mountainous Regions, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast and Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong Delta.[1]
List of regions and subregions
[edit]| Region | Subregion
("Socio-economic" region) |
Provinces | Area (km2)[2][3] | Population[2] | Density (people per km2) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Vietnam (Bắc Bộ, Miền Bắc) | Northern Midland and Mountainous (Trung du và miền núi phía Bắc) | 92,517.40 | 12,601,800 | 136.00 | Located in northern Vietnam, sharing national borders with China and Laos. Contains geographical subregions:Northwest and Northeast | |
| Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng) | 15,070.70 | 22,091,250 | 1,465.84 | Contains densely-populated subdivisions in the Thái Bình river system and Red River system.
The Red River Delta has the smallest area but highest population and population density of all regions. | ||
| Central Vietnam (Trung Bộ, Miền Trung) | North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ) | 51,242.75 | 11,190,830 | 218.39 | It contains the coastal provinces in the northern half of Vietnam's narrow central part. They all stretch from the coast in the east to Laos in the west. | |
| South Central Coast and Central Highlands (Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ và Tây Nguyên) | 99,153.43 | 15,872,000 | 160.10 | It contains the coastal and highlands provinces in the southern half of Vietnam's central part. | ||
| Southern Vietnam (Nam Bộ, Miền Nam) | Southeast (Đông Nam Bộ, Miền Đông) | 23,551.42 | 18,810,780 | 798.71 | It contains the lowland parts of southern Vietnam north of the Mekong delta. | |
| Mekong Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long) or Southwest (Tây Nam Bộ, Miền Tây) |
40,922.58 | 17,432,120 | 425.98 | It is Vietnam's southernmost region, mostly containing small but populous provinces in the Mekong delta. It is sometimes referred to as the Southwest region (Tây Nam Bộ, Miền Tây). |
ǂ Indicates a centrally-governed city (municipality).
Table of provinces per region
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| Name | Capital (ward) | Population (2025)[2] |
Area (km2)[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Vietnam (Bắc Bộ) | |||
| Northern Midland and Mountainous (Trung du và miền núi phía Bắc) | |||
| Cao Bằng | Thục Phán | 562,900 | 6,703.00 |
| Lạng Sơn | Lương Văn Tri | 820,600 | 8,307.30 |
| Phú Thọ | Việt Trì | 3,701,500 | 9,346.70 |
| Thái Nguyên | Phan Đình Phùng | 1,711,600 | 8,374.50 |
| Tuyên Quang | Minh Xuân | 1,748,200 | 13,795.50 |
| Điện Biên | Điện Biên Phủ | 667,400 | 9,548.00 |
| Lai Châu | Tân Phong | 501,200 | 9,068.70 |
| Lào Cai | Yên Bái | 1,675,700 | 13,255.10 |
| Sơn La | Chiềng Cơi | 1,341,200 | 14,108.90 |
| Red River Delta (Đồng bằng sông Hồng) | |||
| Bắc Ninh (centrally-governed city) | Bắc Giang | 3,572,400 | 4,713.80 |
| Hưng Yên | Phố Hiến | 3,235,200 | 2,637.800 |
| Ninh Bình | Hoa Lư | 3,843,800 | 3,946.10 |
| Quảng Ninh (centrally-governed city) | Hạ Long | 1,411,600 | 6,231.30 |
| Hà Nội (centrally-governed city) | Hoàn Kiếm | 8,857,500 | 3,359.80 |
| Hải Phòng (centrally-governed city) | Thủy Nguyên | 4,149,900 | 3,184.50 |
| Central Vietnam (Trung Bộ) | |||
| North Central Coastal (Bắc Trung Bộ) | |||
| Hà Tĩnh | Thành Sen | 1,335,100 | 5,994.30 |
| Nghệ An | Trường Vinh | 3,497,800 | 16,486.10 |
| Quảng Trị | Đồng Hới | 1,594,100 | 12,686.80 |
| Thanh Hóa | Hạc Thành | 3,771,800 | 11,111.20 |
| Huế | Thuận Hóa | 1,190,300 | 4,947.10 |
| South Central Coast and Central Highlands (Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ và Tây Nguyên) | |||
| Khánh Hòa | Nha Trang | 1,898,500 | 8,706.80 |
| Quảng Ngãi | Cẩm Thành | 1,881,200 | 14,826.00 |
| Đà Nẵng (centrally-governed city) | Hải Châu | 2,856,400 | 11,870.30 |
| Đắk Lắk | Buôn Ma Thuột | 2,849,200 | 18,099.80 |
| Gia Lai | Quy Nhơn | 3,182,700 | 21,580.90 |
| Lâm Đồng | Xuân Hương – Đà Lạt | 3,356,400 | 24,239.10 |
| Southern Vietnam (Nam Bộ) | |||
| Southeast Vietnam (Đông Nam Bộ) | |||
| Đồng Nai (centrally-governed city) | Trấn Biên | 4,493,700 | 12,737.20 |
| Tây Ninh | Long An | 2,980,300 | 8,524.40 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (centrally-governed city) | Saigon | 13,803,800 | 6,796.90 |
| Mekong River Delta (Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long)1 | |||
| An Giang | Rạch Giá | 3,694,600 | 9,893.90 |
| Cà Mau | Tân Thành | 2,150,400 | 7,887.30 |
| Đồng Tháp | Mỹ Tho | 3,403,800 | 5,938.60 |
| Vĩnh Long | Long Châu | 3,379,600 | 6,875.90 |
| Cần Thơ (centrally-governed city) | Ninh Kiều | 3,224,900 | 6,361.00 |
1 – a.k.a. Southwest Vietnam (Tây Nam Bộ)
See also
[edit]References
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- 1 2 3 4 "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 2025; (3) Items: Select all.
- 1 2 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.