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The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam.These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, Northwest Vietnam, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong River Delta.
Map of Northern Vietnam, 1920 Geographic sub-regions of Vietnam. Northern Vietnam or Tonkin (Vietnamese: Bắc Bộ) is one of three geographical regions in Vietnam.It consists of three geographic sub-regions: the Northwest (Vùng Tây Bắc), the Northeast (Vùng Đông Bắc), and the Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng).
Each region consists of subregions, with considerable cultural differences originating from each subregions. The regional names below have been used by the Vietnamese governments since 1975 (see also: Subdivisions of Vietnam): Regions of Vietnam. The Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands (not shown here) are parts of South Central Coast.
The smallest is Bắc Ninh, located in the populous Red River Delta region. The following is a table of Vietnam's provinces broken down by population and area, according to the 2023 Census and the 2018 area data from Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment .
Regions of Vietnam Geographic region Geographic sub-region Northern Vietnam (Bắc Bộ, Miền Bắc) Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ) Northwest (Tây Bắc Bộ) Red River Delta (Đồng bằng sông Hồng) Central Vietnam (Trung Bộ, Miền Trung) North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ) South Central Coast (Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ)
The official name of the North Vietnamese state was the "Democratic Republic of Vietnam" (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa). The South was known as the " Republic of Vietnam ". Việt Nam ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [vjə̀tnam] ) was the name adopted by Emperor Gia Long in 1804. [ 22 ]
Đông Bắc (literally "Northeast" from Chinese: 東北; pinyin: Dōngběi) is the region to the north of the Red River Delta in Vietnam, bordering China. It is called Northeast to distinguish it from the Tây Bắc ( Chinese : 西北 ; pinyin : Xīběi ) or "Northwest", but it is actually in the north and northeast of Hanoi, wider than Việt ...
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).