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The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam.These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, Northwest Vietnam, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong River Delta.
South Central Coast. Cu Đê River; Hàn River; Túy Loan River; Yên River (Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng) Cầu Đỏ/Cẩm Lệ River; Vu Gia River; Thu Bồn River; Trà Bồng River
Regions of Vietnam Topographic map of Vietnam. Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres (127,881.5 sq mi), of which about 25% was under cultivation in 1987.
Region HDI (2022) [1] High human development 1 Red River Delta: 0.768 2 Southeast: 0.737 — Vietnam (average) 0.726: 3: North Central Coast and South Central Coast: 0.711 Medium human development 4 Northeast and Northwest: 0.685 Central Highlands: 5: Mekong River Delta: 0.684
The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo', meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". [1] The Ohio River forms its southern border, though nearly all of the river itself belongs to Kentucky and West Virginia. Significant rivers within the state include the Cuyahoga River ...
The regional names below have been used by the Vietnamese governments since 1975 (see also: Subdivisions of Vietnam): Regions of Vietnam. The Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands (not shown here) are parts of South Central Coast. Northern Vietnam (Bắc Bộ or Tonkin) includes the following subregions: Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ ...
The smallest is Bắc Ninh, located in the populous Red River Delta region. The following is a table of Vietnam's provinces broken down by population and area, according to the 2023 Census and the 2018 area data from Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. [4] [5] Municipalities are written in bold.
The origins of Vietnam's place names are diverse. They include vernacular Vietnamese language, tribal and montagnard, Chinese language (both from the Chinese domination of Vietnam and the indigenous Confucian administration afterward 1100-1900), Champa and Khmer language names, as well as a number of names influenced by contact with traders and French Indochina. [1]