Administrative division of Vietnam

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the Constitution of 2013 and Article 2 in accordance with Article 110 of the Law on the structure of the local administration ( Luat Tō Chuc Chính Quyền DJIA Phương ) in administrative units divided on three levels:

• Provincial level ( Cấp Tỉnh ):
  • 58 provinces ( Tỉnh )
  • 5 cities directly under central government ( Thành phố trực thuộc trung ương )
• County level: ( Cấp Huyện ):
  • 47 (urban) districts ( Quận )
  • 556 counties ( Huyện )
  • 46 market towns ( Thị xã )
  • 10 provincial cities ( Thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh )
  • 0 cities subordinate to a city under central government ( Thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương )
• Municipal level ( Cấp Xã ):
  • 9,121 municipalities ( Xã )
  • 1,366 Neighborhoods ( Phường )
  • 625 large municipalities ( Thị trấn ).

Furthermore, there are further divisions within communities such as làng , thôn , bản , buôn and sóc ; within districts and large parishes there are khu dân cư , khu phố , khu vực, and khóm . However, these do not have their own administrative authorities.

Administrative authorities

At all three levels there is a people's council ( Hội đồng nhân dân ) as a legislative body, elected by the voters who live in the respective administrative unit . This elects a people's committee ( Ủy ban nhân dân ) as the executive body .

People's Council

Every People's Council has a board of directors, which is formed by the chairman and his / her deputy. These are elected by the delegates of the People's Council. The board has a number of functions, including representing the council externally when there are no meetings. Special committees are set up to deal with specific problems. All provinces have an economic and budget committee, a social and cultural committee, and a legal committee. In provinces with large numbers of people who are not ethnic Vietnamese, there is usually an ethnic affairs committee.

Citizens can vote in elections for the People's Council when they have reached the age of 18. Citizens from the age of 21 have the right to vote. You can either nominate yourself for election or be selected and set up by the Vietnamese Patriotic Front . The nominated candidates are voted on at a so-called electoral conference organized by the Fatherland Front. The participants of this conference decide, partly by secret ballot, partly by a show of hands, whether the candidates meet the criteria set by the People's Council. Only those candidates who are trusted by the electoral conference are eligible to vote.

The number of candidates per constituency is between one and three. There must be more candidates than seats in the People's Council in each constituency.

People's Committee

The People's Committee is the executive arm of the government. It is responsible for the implementation of political decisions. The people's committee usually has a president, a vice-president and between nine and eleven members.

List of provinces

The most populous administrative unit in Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh City , one of the five cities that are directly subordinate to the central government and are therefore formally equivalent to a province. Officially, over eight million people live in the municipality. The second most populous administrative unit, and thus the most populous area province, is Thanh Hóa , with more than three and a half million people.

Lai Châu Province in the remote mountainous northwest of the country has the lowest population .

The largest province in terms of area is Nghệ An , which extends from the city of Vinh up the wide Song Ca valley. The smallest province is Bắc Ninh in the densely populated Red River Delta .

Surname Capital Population (2016) Area km² To Giang Long Xuyên 2,159,900 3,406 Bắc Giang Bắc Giang 1,657,600 3,822 Bắc Kạn Bắc Kạn 319,000 4,795 Bạc Liêu Bạc Liêu 886.200 2,521 Bắc Ninh Bắc Ninh 1,178,600 804 Bà Rịa-Vũng Tau Bà Rịa 1,092,000 1,975 Bến Tre Bến Tre 1,265,200 2,287 Bình Định Quy Nhơn 1,524,600 6,076 Bình Dương Thủ Dầu Một 1,995,800 2,696 Bình Phước Đồng Xoài 956,400 6,856 Bình Thuận Phan Thiet 1,222,700 7,828 Cà Mau Cà Mau 1,222,600 5,192 Cần Thơ (city) 1,257,900 1,390 Cao B .ng Cao B .ng 529,800 6,691 Đắk Lắk Buôn Ma Thuột 1,874,500 13,062 Đắk Nông Gia Nghĩa 605,400 6,514 Da Nang (city) 1,046,200 1,256 Điện Biên Điện Biên Phủ 557,400 8,544 Đồng Nai Biên Hòa 2,963,800 5,895 Đồng Tháp Cao Lanh 1,687,300 3,238 Gia Lai Pleiku 1,417,300 15,496 Ha Giang Ha Giang 816.100 7,884 Hải Dương Hải Dương 1,785,800 1,648 Hải Phong (city) 1,980,800 1,503 Ha Nam Phủ Lý 803,700 849 Hà Nội (city) 7,328,400 3.119 Hà Tĩnh Hà Tĩnh 1,266,700 6,056 Hòa Bình Hòa Bình 772,500 4,663 Ho Chi Minh City (City) 8,297,500 2,095 Hu Giang Vị Thanh 816.100 1,608 Hưng Yên Hưng Yên 1,170,200 928 Khanh Hòa Nha Trang 1,213,800 5,197 Kien Giang Rạch Giá 1,776,700 6,269 Kon Tum Kon Tum 507,800 9,615 Lai Chau Lai Chau 436,000 7,365 Lâm Đồng Đà Lạt 1,288,200 9,765 Lạng Sơn Lạng Sơn 768,700 8,305 Lào Cai Lào Cai 684,300 8,057 Long on Tân An 1,490,600 4,492 Nam Định Nam Định 1,852,600 1,637 Nghệ An Vinh 3,105,500 16,487 Ninh Bình Ninh Bình 953.100 1,382 Ninh Thuận Phan Rang-Tháp Cham 601,400 3,360 Phu Thọ Việt Trì 1,381,700 3,519 Phu Yen Tuy Hòa 899,400 5,045 Quảng Bình Đồng Hới 877,700 8,025 Quảng Nam Tam Kỳ 1,487,700 10,408 Quảng Ngãi Quảng Ngãi 1,251,500 5,135 Quảng Ninh Hạ Long 1,224,600 5,899 Quảng Trị Đông Hà 623,500 4,746 Sóc Trăng Sóc Trăng 1,312,500 3.223 Sơn La Sơn La 1,208,000 14,055 Tây Ninh Tây Ninh 1,118,800 4,028 Thái Bình Thái Bình 1,790,000 1,542 Thái Nguyên Thái Nguyên 1,227,400 3,563 Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa 3,528,300 11,106 Thừa Thiên-Huế Huế 1,149,800 5,009 Tiền Giang Mỹ Tho 1,740,200 2,367 Trà Vinh Trà Vinh 1,040,500 2,226 Tuyên Quang Tuyên Quang 766,900 5,868 Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long 1,048,600 1,475 Vĩnh Phúc Vĩnh Yen 1,066,000 1,371 Yên Bái Yên Bái 800,100 6,883

Map of the provinces

The map below shows the Vietnamese provinces and cities that are equivalent to the provinces; Status at the end of 2003. The changes made in November 2003 (ie the creation of Điện Biên and Đắk Nông provinces and the division of Can Thơ province into the city of Can Thơ and Hậu Giang province ) have already been taken into account.

Population density of Vietnamese provinces

The provinces of Vietnam are shown on the map with their population density. The most densely populated are the delta of the Red River and the Mekong . Most of the provinces there have more than 500 inhabitants / km². Most of the provinces of Vietnam have a population density of no less than 100 people / km²

Web links

• Decentralization of government power in Vietnam (Cardozo Electronic Law Bulletin)
• Provinces of Vietnam (Vietnam Tourism)
• Provinces of Vietnam (city population)
• News about Vietnam

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chính quyền địa phương, Hiến pháp 2013
2. ↑ Luật Tổ chức chính quyền địa phương
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Số đơn vị hành chính có đến 31/12/2009 phân theo địa phương
4. ↑ Vietnam: Provinces, Cities & Urban Communities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .