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Viet Nam

Official name:

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Name in native language:

Việt Nam

Capital:

Hanoi

ISO country code

VN

Nat. statistical agency:

General Statistical Office

Region:

South-eastern Asia

Census Results

1979-10-01 : 52,741,766
1989-04-01 : 64,375,762
1999-04-01 : 76,327,900
2009-04-01 : 85,846,997

the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

Administrative units

code	region	native name	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1999-04-01 census	population 2009-04-01 census
source: General Statistical Office, Vietnam. note: TP. = thanh pho [thành phố] = city; tx. = thị xã = town.
R1	Northern Midlands and Mountains	Trung du và miền núi phía Bắc		95,346.0	10,048,191	11,053,590
R2	Red River Delta	Đồng bằng sông Hồng		21,061.5	17,838,676	19,584,287
R3	North and South Central Coast	Bắc Trung Bộ và Duyên hải miền Trung		95,894.9	18,087,097	18,835,154
R4	Central Highlands	Tây Nguyên		54,640.3	4,059,928	5,115,135
R5	Southeast	Đông Nam Bộ		23,605.5	10,158,606	14,067,361
R6	Mekong River Delta	Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long		40,602.3	16,130,675	17,191,470
	total			331,211.6	76,327,900	85,846,997

Expanded administrative units

code	region province [tinh]	native name	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1999-04-01 census	population 2009-04-01 census
source: General Statistical Office, Vietnam. note: TP. = thanh pho [thành phố] = city; tx. = thị xã = town.
R1	Northern Midlands and Mountains	Trung du và miền núi phía Bắc		95,346.0	10,048,191	11,053,590
02	Ha Giang	Hà Giang	Ha Giang town	7,945.8	602,525	724,537
04	Cao Bang	Cao Bằng	Cao Bang town	6,724.6	490,335	507,183
06	Bac Kan	Bắc Kạn	Bac Kan town	4,859.4	275,165	293,826
08	Tuyen Quang	Tuyên Quang	Tuyen Quang town	5,870.4	676,174	724,821
10	Lao Cai	Lào Cai	Lao Cai city	6,383.9	594,364	614,595
11	Dien Bien	Điện Biên	Dien Bien Phu City	9,562.9		490,306
12	Lai Chau	Lai Châu	Phong Tho town	9,112.3	587,582	370,502
14	Son La	Sơn La	Son La town	14,174.4	882,077	1,076,055
15	Yen Bai	Yên Bái	Yen Bai city	6,899.5	679,068	740,397
17	Hoa Binh	Hoà Bình	Hoa Binh town	4,595.3	756,713	785,217
19	Thai Nguyen	Thái Nguyên	Thai Nguyen city	3,534.4	1,045,906	1,123,116
20	Lang Son	Lạng Sơn	Lang Son town	8,327.6	703,824	732,515
24	Bac Giang	Bắc Giang	Bac Giang town	3,827.4	1,492,899	1,554,131
25	Phu Tho	Phú Thọ	Viet Tri city	3,528.1	1,261,559	1,316,389
R2	Red River Delta	Đồng bằng sông Hồng		21,061.5	17,838,676	19,584,287
01	Ha Noi	TP. Hà Nội	Hanoi City	3,348.5	5,053,604	6,451,909
22	Quang Ninh	Quảng Ninh	Ha Long city	6,099.0	1,004,839	1,144,988
26	Vinh Phuc	Vĩnh Phúc	Vinh Yen town	1,231.8	1,092,040	999,786
27	Bac Ninh	Bắc Ninh	Bac Ninh town	822.7	942,106	1,024,472
30	Hai Duong	Hải Dương	Hai Duong city	1,654.2	1,650,624	1,705,059
31	Hai Phong	TP. Hải Phòng	Hai Phong city	1,522.1	1,672,425	1,837,173
33	Hung Yen	Hưng Yên	Hung Yen town	923.4	1,069,158	1,127,903
34	Thai Binh	Thái Bình	Thai Binh town	1,559.2	1,786,382	1,781,842
35	Ha Nam	Hà Nam	Phu Ly town	859.6	793,103	784,045
36	Nam Dinh	Nam Định	Nam Dinh city	1,652.3	1,890,240	1,828,111
37	Ninh Binh	Ninh Bình	Ninh Binh town	1,388.7	884,155	898,999
R3	North and South Central Coast	Bắc Trung Bộ và Duyên hải miền Trung		95,894.9	18,087,097	18,835,154
38	Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoá	Thanh Hoa city	11,134.7	3,467,307	3,400,595
40	Nghe An	Nghệ An	Vinh city	16,499.0	2,858,748	2,912,041
42	Ha Tinh	Hà Tĩnh	Ha Tinh town	6,025.6	1,268,968	1,227,038
44	Quang Binh	Quảng Bình	Dong Hoi town	8,065.3	794,880	844,893
45	Quang Tri	Quảng Trị	Dong Ha town	4,744.3	572,921	598,324
46	Thua Thien - Hue	Thừa Thiên - Huế	Hué City	5,065.3	1,044,875	1,087,420
48	Da Nang	TP. Đà Nẵng	Da Nang City	1,283.4	684,846	887,435
49	Quang Nam	Quảng nam	Tam Ky town	10,438.4	1,373,687	1,422,319
51	Quang Ngai	Quảng Ngãi	Quang Ngai town	5,152.7	1,190,144	1,216,773
52	Binh Dinh	Bình Định	Quy Nhon city	6,039.6	1,460,727	1,486,465
54	Phu Yen	Phú Yên	Tuy Hoa town	5,060.6	787,282	862,231
56	Khanh Hoa	Khánh Hoà	Nha Trang City	5,217.6	1,031,395	1,157,604
58	Ninh Thuan	Ninh Thuận	Phan Rang-Thap Cham town	3,358.0	504,997	564,993
60	Binh Thuan	Bình Thuận	Phan Thiet city	7,810.4	1,046,320	1,167,023
R4	Central Highlands	Tây Nguyên		54,640.3	4,059,928	5,115,135
62	Kon Tum	Kon Tum	Kon Tum town	9,690.5	314,216	430,133
64	Gia Lai	Gia Lai	Plei Ku city	15,536.9	966,950	1,274,412
66	Dak Lak	Đắk Lắk	Buon Ma Thuot city	13,125.4	1,780,735	1,733,624
67	Dak Nong	Đắk Nông	Gia Nghia town	6,515.3		489,392
68	Lam Dong	Lâm Đồng	Da Lat city	9,772.2	998,027	1,187,574
R5	Southeast	Đông Nam Bộ		23,605.5	10,158,606	14,067,361
70	Binh Phuoc	Bình Phước	Dong Xoai town	6,874.6	653,926	873,598
72	Tay Ninh	Tây Ninh	Tay Ninh town	4,049.3	967,097	1,066,513
74	Binh Duong	Bình Dương	Thu Dau Mot town	2,695.2	716,661	1,481,550
75	Dong Nai	Đồng Nai	Bien Hoa city	5,903.4	1,990,678	2,486,154
77	Ba Ria - Vung Tau	Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu	Vung Tau city	1,987.4	796,186	996,682
79	Ho Chi Minh City	TP. Hồ Chí Minh	Ho Chi Minh City	2,095.6	5,034,058	7,162,864
R6	Mekong River Delta	Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long		40,602.3	16,130,675	17,191,470
80	Long An	Long An	Tan An town	4,493.8	1,305,687	1,436,066
82	Tien Giang	Tiền Giang	My Tho city	2,484.2	1,604,165	1,672,271
83	Ben Tre	Bến Tre	Ben Tre town	2,360.2	1,298,959	1,255,946
84	Tra Vinh	Trà Vinh	Tra Vinh town	2,295.1	966,949	1,003,012
86	Vinh Long	Vĩnh Long	Vinh Long town	1,479.1	1,010,521	1,024,707
87	Dong Thap	Đồng Tháp	Sa Dec town	3,375.4	1,566,571	1,666,467
89	An Giang	An Giang	Long Xuyen city	3,536.8	2,044,376	2,142,709
91	Kien Giang	Kiên Giang	Rach Gia town	6,346.3	1,497,639	1,688,248
92	Can Tho	Cần Thơ	Can Tho city	1,401.6	1,809,444	1,188,435
93	Hau Giang	Hậu Giang	Vi Thanh Town	1,601.1		757,300
94	Soc Trang	Sóc Trăng	Soc Trang town	3,311.8	1,172,404	1,292,853
95	Bac Lieu	Bạc Liêu	Bac Lieu town	2,585.3	735,130	856,518
96	Ca Mau	Cà Mau	Ca Mau town	5,331.6	1,118,830	1,206,938
	total			331,211.6	76,327,900	85,846,997

Main cities

name	native name	population 1992-07-01 estimate	latitude / longitude
Ho Chi Minh	Hồ Chí Minh	3,015,743	10.75/106.67
Hanoi	Hà Nội	1,073,760	21.01/105.80
Haiphong	Hải Phòng	783,133	20.86/106.68
Da Nang	Đà Nẵng	382,674	16.07/108.22
Buon Ma Thuot	Buôn Ma Thuột	282,095	12.67/108.05
Nha Trang	Nha Trang	221,331	12.25/109.18
Hue	Huế	219,149	16.47/107.60
Can Tho	Cần Thơ	215,587	10.03/105.78
Cam Pha	Cam Pha	209,086	21.02/107.32
Nam Dinh	Nam Định	171,699	20.42/106.17
Qui Nhon	Quy Nhơn	163,385	13.77/109.23
Vung Tau	Vũng Tàu	145,145	10.35/107.07
Rach Gia	Rạch Giá	141,132	10.02/105.08
Long Xuyen	Long Xuyên	132,681	10.38/105.42
Thai Nguyen	Thái Nguyên	127,643	21.59/105.84
Ha Long (Hong Gai)	Hạ Long	127,484	20.95/107.08
Vinh	Vinh	112,455	18.67/105.67
My Tho	Mỹ Tho	108,404	10.38/106.38
Da Lat	Đà Lạt	106,409	11.93/108.42
source: United Nations Statistics Division.