List of cities in Vietnam

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Municipalities, Cities, & Towns in Vietnam
Municipalities: red (special class), pink (class 1)
Municipal cities: green (class 1)
Provincial cities: dark blue (class 1), cyan (class 2), light blue (class 3)
Provincial towns: orange (class 3), yellow (class 4)

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). [1]

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Municipalities

Centrally controlled cities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) or municipalities are cities with significant importance in terms of politics, economy and culture of Vietnam that are under direct control of the Vietnamese Central government. There are currently five centrally controlled municipalities. [2]

NameRegionArea (km2)Population [3] !! Population densityEstablishedClass
Cần Thơ Mekong Delta 1,439.21,235,1718602003I
Da Nang South Central Coast 1,285.41,134,3101,2001996I
Haiphong Red River Delta 1,527.42,028,5141,3001955I
Hanoi 3,324.58,053,6632,3001945Special
Ho Chi Minh City Southeast 2,095.58,993,0824,2921955Special

Municipal cities

Municipal cities (subcities) in Vietnam are placed under the municipality's government.

NameMunicipalityArea (km2)PopulationPopulation densityEstablishedClass
Thủ Đức Ho Chi Minh City211.561,013,7954,8002020I

Provincial cities

Provincial cities in Vietnam are placed under the province's government.

  Provincial capitals
NameProvinceArea (km2)PopulationPopulation densityEstablishedClass
Bà Rịa Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 91.47205,1922,2002012I
Bạc Liêu Bạc Liêu 175.38158,2641,3702010II
Bảo Lộc Lâm Đồng 232.56158,9816402010III
Bắc Giang Bắc Giang 66.77174,2292,9742005II
Bắc Kạn Bắc Kạn 137.0045,0363302015III
Bắc Ninh Bắc Ninh 82.61259,9242,7072006I
Biên Hòa Đồng Nai 264.081,055,4144,1821976I
Bến Tre Bến Tre 71.12124,5603,2612009II
Buôn Ma Thuột Đắk Lắk 377.18375,5909961995I
Cẩm Phả Quảng Ninh 486.45155,8004632012II
Cà Mau Cà Mau 250.30226,3729081999II
Cam Ranh Khánh Hòa 325.01138,5104382010III
Cao Bằng Cao Bằng 107.6373,5496802012III
Cao Lãnh Đồng Tháp 107.00213,9451,9992007II
Châu Đốc An Giang 105.29101,7659672013II
Chí Linh Hải Dương 282.91220,4217792019III
Dĩ An Bình Dương 60.00463,0237,7112020III
Đà Lạt Lâm Đồng 394.90231,2255861893I
Điện Biên Phủ Điện Biên 64.2780,3662612003III
Đông Hà Quảng Trị 73.0695,6581,3082009III
Đồng Hới Quảng Bình 155.54133,8188592004II
Đồng Xoài Bình Phước 169.60108,5956492018III
Gia Nghĩa Đắk Nông 284.1163,0462222019III
Hà Giang Hà Giang 135.3255,5594162010III
Hà Tiên Kiên Giang 100.4948,6444512018III
Hà Tĩnh Hà Tĩnh 56.19202,0623,5742007II
Hạ Long Quảng Ninh 1,119.12322,7102881993I
Hải Dương Hải Dương 13.07508,1904,5421997I
Hòa Bình Hòa Bình 148.20135,7183892006III
Hội An Quảng Nam 61.4798,5991,6042008III
Huế Thừa Thiên Huế 265.99652,5722,4531929I
Hưng Yên Hưng Yên 73.89118,6461,6062009III
Kon Tum Kon Tum 432.12168,2643892009II
Lai Châu Lai Châu 92.3742,9734652013III
Lạng Sơn Lạng Sơn 77.94103,2841,3252002II
Lào Cai Lào Cai 229.67130,6714632004II
Long Khánh Đồng Nai 195.00171,2768932019III
Long Xuyên An Giang 106.87272,3652,3611999I
Móng Cái Quảng Ninh 516.60108,5532092008II
Mỹ Tho Tiền Giang 79.80228,1092,7981967I
Nam Định Nam Định 46.40236,2945,0921921I
Ngã Bảy Hậu Giang 78.0755,6747122020III
Nha Trang Khánh Hòa 251.00422,6011,9121977I
Ninh Bình Ninh Bình 48.36128,4802,6572007II
Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm Ninh Thuận 78.90167,3942,1142007II
Phan Thiết Bình Thuận 206.00226,7361,0751999II
Phủ Lý Hà Nam 87.87158,2121,8052008II
Phú Quốc Kiên Giang 589.27144,4602452020II
Phúc Yên Vĩnh Phúc 120.13155,5751,2952018III
Pleiku Gia Lai 266.61254,8029771999I
Quảng Ngãi Quảng Ngãi 160.15261,4171,6342005II
Quy Nhơn Bình Định 284.28290,0531,0141986I
Rạch Giá Kiên Giang 105.00228,4162,1582005II
Sa Đéc Đồng Tháp 59.81106,1981,7762013II
Sầm Sơn Thanh Hóa 45.00109,2082,4302017II
Sóc Trăng Sóc Trăng 76.15203,0562,6722007II
Sơn La Sơn La 324.93106,0523282008II
Sông Công Thái Nguyên 98.3769,3827052015III
Tam Điệp Ninh Bình 104.9862,8666042015III
Tam Kỳ Quảng Nam 92.02122,3741,2212006II
Tân An Long An 81.95145,1201,7712009II
Tân Uyên Bình Dương 192.50466,0532,4302023III
Tây Ninh Tây Ninh 140.00135,2549672013III
Thái Bình Thái Bình 67.71206,0373,0432004II
Thái Nguyên Thái Nguyên 189.71340,4031,1901962I
Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa 146.77359,9102,4521994I
Thủ Dầu Một Bình Dương 118.87336,7052,8322012I
Thuận An Bình Dương 83.69618,9847,3942020III
Trà Vinh Trà Vinh 68.03112,5841,6552010II
Tuy Hòa Phú Yên 106.82155,9211,4602005II
Tuyên Quang Tuyên Quang 119.17232,2301,2602010II
Uông Bí Quảng Ninh 256.31120,9824722011II
Vị Thanh Hậu Giang 118.6572,6866122010II
Việt Trì Phú Thọ 111.17315,8502,8261962I
Vinh Nghệ An 104.98339,1143,2301927I
Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long 48.01137,8702,8832009II
Vĩnh Yên Vĩnh Phúc 50.80114,9082,2622006II
Vũng Tàu Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 140.65420,8602,9831991I
Yên Bái Yên Bái 108.16100,6319302002III

Largest cities by population

 
Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop.
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Ho Chi Minh City
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Hanoi 		1 Ho Chi Minh City Municipality 8,993,08211 Tân Uyên Bình Dương 466,053 Hai Phong City.jpg
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2 Hanoi Municipality 8,053,66312 Nha Trang Khánh Hòa 422,601
3 Haiphong Municipality 2,028,51413 Dĩ An Bình Dương 403,760
4 Cần Thơ Municipality 1,235,17114 Buôn Ma Thuột Đắk Lắk 375,590
5 Da Nang Municipality 1,134,31015 Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa 359,910
6 Biên Hòa Đồng Nai 1,055,41416 Vũng Tàu Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu 357,124
7 Thủ Đức Ho Chi Minh City 1,013,79517 Thái Nguyên Thái Nguyên 340,403
8 Huế Thừa Thiên Huế 652,57218 Vinh Nghệ An 339,114
9 Thuận An Bình Dương 508,43319 Thủ Dầu Một Bình Dương 321,607
10 Hải Dương Hải Dương 508,19020 Hạ Long Quảng Ninh 300,267
  1. ↑ Some cities were established or expanded after the 2019 census was conducted, including Thủ Đức, [5] Huế, [6] Thuận An, [7] Hải Dương, [8] Dĩ An, [7] and Hạ Long. [9]

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  1. ↑ "Biggest Cities In Vietnam". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  2. ↑ "List of cities in Vietnam". Vietnam Tourism. Vietnam Tourism Information. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Số liệu thống kê – Diện tích, dân số và mật độ" [Interractive statistics tables – Area, population and density] (in Vietnamese). General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Archived from the original (To access, click the desired location in column 1 (Địa phương), click "2015" in column 2 (Năm), and click the desired field in column 3 (Chỉ tiêu): click Diện tích for Area, Dân số for Population, and Mật độ dân số for Population density) on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. ↑ General Statistics Office (2019). Kết quả Toàn bộ Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở năm 2019 (Completed Results of the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census). Statistical Publishing House. ISBN   978-604-75-1532-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  5. ↑ "Nghị quyết số 1111/NQ-UBTVQH14 năm 2020 về việc sắp xếp các đơn vị hành chính cấp huyện, cấp xã và thành lập thành phố Thủ Đức thuộc Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh". 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Nghị quyết số 1264/NQ-UBTVQH14 năm 2021 về việc điều chỉnh địa giới hành chính các đơn vị hành chính cấp huyện và sắp xếp, thành lập các phường thuộc thành phố Huế, tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế". 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Nghị quyết số 857/NQ-UBTVQH14 năm 2020 về việc thành lập thành phố Dĩ An, thành phố Thuận An và các phường thuộc thị xã Tân Uyên, tỉnh Bình Dương". 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Nghị quyết số 788/NQ-UBTVQH14 năm 2019 về việc sắp xếp các đơn vị hành chính cấp huyện, cấp xã thuộc tỉnh Hải Dương". 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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