Phương Viên

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Phương Viên
Commune and village
CountryFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Province Bắc Kạn Province
District Chợ Đồn District
Time zone UTC+7 (UTC+7)

Phương Viên is a commune () and village in Chợ Đồn District, Bắc Kạn Province, in Vietnam.

Chợ Đồn is a rural district of Bắc Kạn Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 49,296. The district covers an area of 913 km². The district capital lies at Bằng Lũng.

Bắc Kạn Province Province in Northeast, Vietnam

Bắc Kạn, also spelt Bắc Cạn, is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Northeast region, due north of the capital Hanoi. Bắc Kạn is the only town of the province which is the capital of the province and is a municipality. The province covers an area of 4,859.4 square kilometres and as of 2008 it had a population of 308,900 people. It is a mountainous terrain with rich natural resources of minerals and forests. It has numerous mountains, rivers and lakes which are very scenic. Ba Bể National Park and Ba Bể Lake lie within its borders.

Vietnam Country in Southeast Asia

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula. With an estimated 94.6 million inhabitants as of 2016, it is the 15th most populous country in the world. Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west, part of Thailand to the southwest, and the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia across the South China Sea to the east and southeast. Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976, while its most populous city is Ho Chi Minh City.