Centrally governed city of Vietnam
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Centrally-governed cities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam.
Three levels of cities in Vietnam
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Three levels of cities in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
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Current Vietnamese Centrally-governed cities
| Division name | Vietnamese | Type | Region | Population | Density (/km²) | Area (km²) | Divisions |
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| Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam... |
Thủ đô Hà Nội | Special-class | Red River Delta Red River Delta The Red River Delta is the flat plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries joining in the Thai Binh River in northern Vietnam. The delta measuring some 15,000 square km is well protected by a network of dikes. It is an agriculturally rich area and densely populated... |
6,500,000 | 1,943.4 | 3,344.7 | List |
| Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam... |
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh | Special-class | Dong Nam Bo Dong Nam Bo Đông Nam Bộ is a region in Vietnam. This region includes one municipality, Ho Chi Minh City; and five provinces: Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh. This region is the most economically developed region in Vietnam... |
7,162,864 | 3,419 | 2,095 | List |
| Can Tho | Thành phố Cần Thơ | 1st-class | Mekong Delta Mekong Delta The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.The... |
1,121,000 | 807 | 1,389.6 | List |
| Da Nang Da Nang Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of... |
Thành phố Đà Nẵng | 1st-class | Nam Trung Bo Nam Trung Bo Nam Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region.The region has traditionally been one of the main gateways to... |
887,069 | 599 | 1,256 | List |
| Hai Phong | Thành phố Hải Phòng | 1st-class | Red River Delta Red River Delta The Red River Delta is the flat plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries joining in the Thai Binh River in northern Vietnam. The delta measuring some 15,000 square km is well protected by a network of dikes. It is an agriculturally rich area and densely populated... |
1,884,685 | 1,250.1 | 1,507.57 | List |
See also
Provinces of VietnamProvinces of Vietnam
Vietnam is divided into 58 provinces and five centrally governed cities existing at the same level as provinces ....