Municipalities of Vietnam

Map of Centrally-run cities in Vietnam (since 2025)

On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into 28 provinces (Vietnamese: tỉnh) and 6 cities (centrally-run cities or municipalities; Vietnamese: thành phố trực thuộc trung ương, lit. 'city under direct central control', abbreviated TPTTTƯ or TPTTTW in Vietnamese context). Cities are the highest-ranked classification of subdivisions in Vietnam[1] and are mechanically at the same level as provinces, but are more populous and developed in nature. The cities are largely divided into wards (phường) and communes (xã), with the former being urban areas while the latter being rural. Some Vietnamese cities also have special zones (đặc khu), which are basically island divisions.

Current cities

Cities of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
City Vietnamese name Classification Region Officially Recognized Population
(2025 estimate) 		Population density Area
(km2) 		Divisions
Hanoi Hà Nội Special Red River Delta 1945 8,807,523 2,621 3,359.84 List
Ho Chi Minh City Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh Special Southeast 1976 14,002,598 2,068 6,772.59 List
Can Tho Cần Thơ I Mekong Delta 2004 4,199,824 660 6,360.83 List
Da Nang Đà Nẵng I South Central Coast 1997 3,065,628 258 11,859.59 List
Haiphong Hải Phòng I Red River Delta 1976 4,664,124 1,460 3,194.72 List
Hue Huế I North Central Coast 2025 1,128,620 228 4,947.11 List

Provinces oriented to become cities

See also

References

  1. ^ ISO 3166-2:VN
  2. ^ Bùi, Toàn (2023-03-30). "Khánh Hòa được định hướng là thành phố trực thuộc Trung ương". VnExpress.net (in Vietnamese).
  3. ^ a b "Quyết định phê duyệt Quy hoạch hệ thống đô thị và nông thôn thời kỳ 2021 - 2030, tầm nhìn đến năm 2050". chinhphu.vn (in Vietnamese). 2024-08-22. Phụ lục 1, Bảng 1, hàng 3 ("Addendum 1, Table 1, Row 3"). Retrieved 2025-10-22.


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