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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.
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. It borders the Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, and Pacific Ocean, along with China, Laos, and Cambodia.
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.
Commune level: ward (phường) in major urban areas (under urban districts, cities or towns), township (thị trấn) for stand-alone townlets and commune (xã) for rural areas; Administrative subdivisions of Vietnam since 2016
Contains the mountainous provinces to the west of south-central Vietnam. There are a significant number of ethnic minorities in the region. One province is along Vietnam's border with Laos, and four border Cambodia (Kon Tum borders both Laos and Cambodia). Southern Vietnam (Nam Bộ, Nam Kỳ, Nam Phần, Miền Nam) Southeast
US State Department – Vietnam includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports; US Library of Congress – Country Study: Vietnam; Information about Vietnam: from the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affair; M&A Market in Vietnam's Transition Economy: Vuong, Q.H et al., 2010. Journal of Economic Policy and Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp ...
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
Vietnam map of Köppen climate classification. Vietnam is located in both a tropical and a temperate zone. It is characterized by strong monsoon influences, but has a considerable amount of sun, a high rate of rainfall, and high humidity. Regions located near the tropics and in the mountainous regions are endowed with a temperate climate. [9]