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Vĩnh Long is a province located in the Mekong Delta of southwestern Vietnam. Its capital is Vĩnh Long. Its population is 1,046,390 and its area is 1,525.73 km 2 (589.09 sq mi). [1] Vĩnh Long (spelled 永隆 in the former Hán-Nôm writing system) is a Sino-Vietnamese name, translating as "eternal prosperity."
Vĩnh Long (listen ⓘ) is a city and the capital of Vĩnh Long Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Vĩnh Long covers 48.1 kilometres (29.89 mi) and has a population of 200,120 (as of 2018). The name was spelled 永 隆 ("eternal prosperity") in the former Hán-Nôm writing system. Narrow bridge over canal on the island of An Binh
(Nam Bộ, Miền Nam) Southeast (Đông Nam Bộ, Miền Đông) Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu; Bình Dương; Bình Phước; Đồng Nai; Ho Chi Minh City † Tây Ninh; 23,590.7 18,739,000 683.65 Contains those parts of lowland southern Vietnam which are north of the Mekong delta. Two provinces border Cambodia. Mekong River Delta
Vĩnh Long (provincial capital: Vĩnh Long), An Giang (provincial capital: Châu Đốc), Hà Tiên (provincial capital: Hà Tiên). These provinces are often subdivided into two groups: the three eastern provinces of Gia Định, Định Tường, and Biên Hòa; and the three western provinces of Vĩnh Long, An Giang, and Hà Tiên.
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).
Tiền Giang borders Long An province and HCMC to the north, Đồng Tháp province to the west, Bến Tre and Vĩnh Long province to the south, and the East Sea to the east. Mỹ Tho City, acting the leading role of socioeconomic and politic center of Tiền Giang, is the major junction of education, culture and tourism for nearby provinces.
In 1951, the name Vĩnh Trà appeared, a combination of Vĩnh from Vĩnh Long and Trà from Trà Vinh. [4] The name was changed again from Trà Vinh to Vĩnh Binh in 1957 [5] with Phú Vinh as its capital city. [6] In 1976, Cửu Long province came to be by merging Vĩnh Long province and Trà Vinh. [7]
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.