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Municipalities, Cities, & Towns in Vietnam Municipalities : red (special class), pink (class 1) Municipal cities : green (class 1), purple (class 2), brown (class 3)
Cities in Vietnam are identified by the government as settlements with considerable area and population that play important roles vis-a-vis politics, economy and culture. Status of cities falls into four categories: special, first class (I), second class (II), and third class (III). [1]
Municipalities are subdivided into district-level cities (municipal cities), urban districts, towns, and rural districts. There is no official capital or seat of the municipality but local authority headquarters are usually located in one or more central urban districts.
Urban areas in Vietnam include cities, district-level town, and commune-level town officially recognized by state authorities of Vietnam. While districts and communes are generally rural, some may be classified as urban if they meet certain conditions.
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).
Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. [1] Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to a province . The municipalities are divided into urban districts ( quận ), municipal cities ( thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương ), towns ( thị xã ) and rural districts ...
The most populous top-level administrative unit is Hồ Chí Minh City, one of the five centrally governed cities, having 9,125,000 people living within its official boundary. The second most populous administrative unit is the recently expanded Hà Nội with 8,146,000 people. [ 3 ]
Map of Vietnam This is a list of places in Vietnam which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as " town twinning " (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).