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The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
Like much of Vietnam, post-war Biên Hòa suffered a period of severe economic decline between 1975 and the second half of the 1980s. However, after the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam introduced Đổi Mới , a series of economic and political reforms in 1986, Biên Hòa experienced significant economic growth.
Cities in Vietnam are identified by the government as settlements with considerable area and population that play important roles vis-a-vis politics, economy and culture. Status of cities falls into four categories: special, first class ( I ), second class ( II ), and third class ( III ).
Bến Tre is subdivided into 9 district-level subdivisions. The eight districts are Ba Tri, Bình Đại, Châu Thành, Chợ Lách, Giồng Trôm, Mỏ Cày Bắc, Mỏ Cày Nam, and Thạnh Phú. There is also one provincial city of Bến Tre (capital). They are further subdivided into 7 commune-level towns (or townlets), 147 communes, and 10 ...
The name Việt Nam (pronounced [viə̂tˀ nāːm], chữ Hán: 越南), literally "Viet South", means "Viet of the South" per Vietnamese word order or "South of the Viet" per Classical Chinese word order. [17] A variation of the name, Nanyue (or Nam Việt, 南越), was first documented in the 2nd century BC. [18]
The transport corridor on the north–south axis from Lạng Sơn to Cà Mau plays a very important role: connecting the political capital of Hanoi with the economic center of Ho Chi Minh City, passing through 32 provinces and cities accounting for 62.1% of the population, contributing 65.7% of the gross domestic product, affecting 74% of seaports (classes I, II), 75% of economic regions of ...
Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim ruling parties and armed groups are weighing the pros and cons of armed intervention in Syria, viewing as a grave threat the advance of Sunni Islamist rebels who have taken ...
Đồng Hỷ district has 28 communes: Hop Tien, Cay Thi, Nam Hoa, Huong Thuong, Van Han, Minh Lap, Khe Mo, Linh Son, Cao Ngan, Hoa Thuong, Hoa Trung, Phuc Ha, Thinh Dan, Phuc Xuan, Phuc. In 1958, the government decided to take a portion of the land of Dong Bam, Cao Ngan, and Hoa Thuong communes to establish the town of Elephant Mountain and ...