Municipalities of Vietnam

Administrative divisions of Vietnam
Province-level
Province (Tỉnh) Municipality (Thành phố trực thuộc trung ương)
District-level
Provincial city (Thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh) Rural district (Huyện) Town (Thị xã) Urban district (Quận)
Commune-level
Township (Thị trấn) Commune (Xã) Ward (Phường)

Vietnam

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Map of Centrally governed cities in Vietnam

Municipalities (Vietnamese: Thành phố trực thuộc Trung ương; literally cities centrally directed) are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam.^[1] They are centrally-controlled cities as province level.

Three levels of cities in Vietnam:

Municipalities
Provincial cities
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^[2]
Đắk Lắk Province will be divided into the new Đắk Lắk province and Buôn Ma Thuột municipality (Central Highlands region).^[3]
4 provinces will become municipalities:
- Bình Dương (2015-2020)^[4]^[5]
- Khánh Hòa (2020)^[6]
- Quảng Ninh (2020)^[7]
- Thái Nguyên (2020)^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

↑ ISO 3166-2:VN
↑ Xây dựng Thừa Thiên-Huế thành TP trực thuộc TW
↑ theo kết luận số 60-KL/TW của Bộ Chính trị ban hành ngày 27/11/2009 về đề án "Xây dựng Buôn Ma Thuột thành đô thị trung tâm vùng Tây Nguyên"
↑ Báo Bình Dương Điện Tử
↑ Chạy đua nâng cấp đô thị - Chay dua nang cap do thi - Saigon Times Online - Thời báo Kinh tế Sài gòn - Thoi bao Kinh te Sai gon
↑ Báo Khánh Hòa
↑ Kỳ họp thứ hai, HĐND tỉnh khóa XII: thảo luận nhiều vấn đề quan trọng của tỉnh
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