Municipalities of Vietnam

Map of Centrally governed cities in Vietnam

Municipalities (Template:Lang-vi; literally cities centrally directed) are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. They are centrally-controlled cities as province level.

Three levels of cities in Vietnam:

1. Municipalities
2. Provincial cities
3. Towns

Subdivisions

The municipalities are divided into urban districts and rural districts or district-level towns. In turns, urban districts are divided into wards, and rural districts are divided into communes and commune-level towns (thị trấn).

Current Vietnamese municipalities

Municipalities of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Municipality	Type	Region	Population (2009 Census)	Density (/km²)	Area (km²)	Divisions
Ha Noi	Special-class	Red River Delta	7,067,000	1,943.4	3,344.7	List
Ho Chi Minh City	Special-class	Southeast	7,891,411	3,419	2,095	List
Can Tho	1st-class	Mekong Delta	1,237,300	807	1,389.6	List
Da Nang	1st-class	South Central Coast	1,007,000	599	1,256	List
Hai Phong	1st-class	Red River Delta	1,946,000	1,250.1	1,507.57	List

Proposed municipalities

• Thừa Thiên–Huế is proposed as a new municipality to be established by 2020
• Đắk Lắk Province will be divided into the new Đắk Lắk province and Buôn Ma Thuột municipality (Central Highlands region).
• 4 provinces will become municipalities:
  • Bình Dương (2015-2020)
  • Khánh Hòa (2020)
  • Quảng Ninh (2020)
  • Thái Nguyên (2020)

See also

• Provinces of Vietnam