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Haiphong or Hai Phong (Vietnamese: Hải Phòng) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. [8] The municipality has an area of 1,526.52 km 2 (589.39 sq mi), [1] consisting of 8 urban districts, 6 rural districts and 1 municipal city (sub-city).
Lê Chân is located in the center of Haiphong and is bordered by Ngo Quyền to the east, An Dương to the west via the Đào Hạ Lý River, Kiến An to the west via the Lạch Tray River, Dương Kinh to the south with the Lạch Tray River forming the southern boundary, and Hồng Bàng to the north.
Ngô Quyền is an urban district (quận) of Hai Phong, the third largest city of Vietnam.It is named after King Ngô Quyền who defeated the Chinese at the famous Battle of Bạch Đằng River north of modern Haiphong and ended 1,000 years of Chinese domination dating back to 111 BC under the Han dynasty.
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.
On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into 57 provinces (Vietnamese: tỉnh) and 6 municipalities (Vietnamese: thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. [1] Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to a province.
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh [1] 1.331.440 57,3007 ... Hải Phòng [5] 195.540 8,4925 ... Hải Dương province [11]
Vietnam is divided into 63 first-level subdivisions, comprising fifty-seven provinces (tỉnh) and six municipalities under the command of the central government (Vietnamese: thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. [1]
27 Hải Phòng. 28 Hậu Giang province. ... (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị x ...