This is a list of places in Vietnam which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
This is a list of places in Vietnam which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Padang, Indonesia
Cheb, Czech Republic
Gimhae, South Korea Daejeon, South Korea
Battambang, Cambodia
Champasak, Laos Changwon, South Korea Daegu, South Korea
Haiphong, Vietnam
Kunming, China
Mukdahan, Thailand
Oakland, United States Pittsburgh, United States Savannakhet, Laos
Tangier, Morocco [9] 
Timișoara, Romania Cheorwon, South Korea Suwon, South Korea
Ankara, Turkey [22] 
Astana, Kazakhstan [23] Bangkok, Thailand [24] Beijing, China [25] 
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan [26] Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam [27] Huế, Vietnam [27] Jakarta, Indonesia [28] 
Minsk, Belarus [29] 
Moscow, Russia [30] 
Palermo, Italy [31] Phnom Penh, Cambodia [32] 
Pretoria, South Africa [33] Seoul, South Korea [34] 
Victoria, Seychelles [35] 
Warsaw, Poland [36] 
Ahmadi, Kuwait Almaty, Kazakhstan
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Bangkok, Thailand Champasak, Laos Busan, South Korea Guangdong Province, China Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China Hanoi, Vietnam [27] Huế, Vietnam [27] 
Leipzig, Germany Lyon, France
Manila, Philippines Minsk, Belarus Moscow, Russia New York City, United States [38] Osaka Prefecture, Japan Phnom Penh, Cambodia Saint Petersburg, Russia San Francisco, United States Shandong Province, China Shanghai, China
Sofia, Bulgaria Vientiane, Laos Vladivostok, Russia
Yangon, Myanmar Zhejiang Province, China
Kiama, Australia
Szentendre, Hungary Wernigerode, Germany Ulsan, South Korea Changwon, South Korea Prato, Italy Osan, South Korea Angel Fire, United States Pazardzhik, Bulgaria Namyangju, South Korea Liuzhou, China
Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known as Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigon River. As a municipality, Ho Chi Minh City consists of 16 urban districts, five rural districts, and one municipal city (sub-city). As the largest financial centre in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City has the largest gross regional domestic product out of all Vietnam provinces and municipalities, contributing around a quarter of the country's total GDP. Ho Chi Minh City's metropolitan area is ASEAN's 6th largest economy, also the biggest outside an ASEAN country capital.
Vietnam is divided into 63 first-level subdivisions, comprising fifty-seven provinces and six municipalities under the command of the central government. Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to that of the provinces.
Da Nang or Danang is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the South China Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important port cities. As one of the country's five direct-controlled municipalities, it falls under the administration of the central government.
Haiphong or Hai Phong is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. The municipality has an area of 1,526.52 km2 (589.39 sq mi), consisting of 8 urban districts, 6 rural districts and 1 municipal city (sub-city). Two of the rural districts cover islands in the South China Sea: Bạch Long Vĩ and Cát Hải. It has a population of 2,130,898 in 2023. The city's economy has strength in manufacturing, as evident by large industrial parks and numerous smaller traditional handicraft villages. Historically, Haiphong is the first place in Vietnam and Mainland Southeast Asia to get electricity.
Hội An, formerly known in the Western world as Faifoo or Faifo, is a city of approximately 120,000 people in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cù Lao Cham archipelago, it is part of the Cù Lao Cham-Hội An Biosphere Reserve, designated in 2009. In 2023, Hội An was registered in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network list.
The National Emblem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam or simply the Emblem of Vietnam, has been one of the official national symbols representing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam since 1976. It is designed circular and based on the symbolism of the Vietnamese national flag, having a red background and a yellow star in the middle which represent the five main classes in Vietnamese society—intellectuals, farmers, workers, business people and military personnel; the revolutionary history and bright future of Vietnam. The cog and crops represent the cooperation of agriculture and industrial labor.
Lê Chân is an urban district (quận) of Hai Phong, the third largest city of Vietnam.
The Hero of Labor is the highest title of honor in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It is awarded to individuals or collectives with outstanding achievements in labor. This includes supporting the objective of a strong country and an equitable, democratic, prosperous, and civilized society. Awardees are loyal to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and possess revolutionary virtues and qualities. It can be awarded to collectives for the same reasons that have maintained good internal unity, strong Party affiliations and mass organizations.
Phan Đăng Lưu was a prominent 20th century Vietnamese revolutionary, politician, intellectual and journalist.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam has resulted in 11,624,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 43,206 deaths. The number of confirmed cases is the highest total in Southeast Asia, and the 13th highest in the world. Hanoi is the most affected locale with 1,649,654 confirmed cases and 1,238 deaths, followed by Ho Chi Minh City with 628,736 cases and 20,476 deaths; however, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has estimated that the real number of cases may be four to five times higher.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.
