Provinces of Vietnam

Provinces and Municipalities of Vietnam Các tỉnh, thành phố trực thuộc Trung ương Việt Nam (Vietnamese)
Category	Unitary state
Location	Vietnam
Created	1976
Number	58 provinces 5 municipalities (as of 2020)
Populations	338,000 (Bắc Kạn) –9,125,000 (Hồ Chí Minh City)
Areas	822.7 km2 (317.6 sq mi) (Bắc Ninh) – 16,493.7 km2 (6,368.3 sq mi) (Nghệ An)
Government	Marxist-Leninist single party provincial government
Subdivisions	District

Politics of Vietnam
Ideology Concepts Collective leadership Marxism–Leninism Ho Chi Minh Thought Organizations Central Propaganda Department Central Theoretical Council Nhân Dân
Constitution History 1946 1959 1980 1992 2013
Communist Party National Congress (13th) Central Committee (13th) General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng Politburo (13th) Secretariat (13th) Permanent Member Lương Cường Military Commission (2020–25) Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng Deputy Secretary Phan Văn Giang Inspection Commission (13th) Chairman Trần Cẩm Tú
Legislative National Assembly (14th) Standing Committee Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn Provincial People's Councils
Presidency President (list) Tô Lâm Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân
Executive Prime Minister (list): Phạm Minh Chính Deputy Prime Ministers: Trần Lưu Quang Trần Hồng Hà Lê Minh Khái Ministries Governor of the State Bank Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs
Fatherland Front Central Committee Chairman: Đỗ Văn Chiến Gen. Secretary: Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee First Secretary Bùi Quang Huy Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Viet Nam Farmer's Union Vietnam Women’s Union
Military Central Military Commission Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng Deputy Secretary: Phan Văn Giang Commander-in-Chief President: Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (acting) Army Ground Force Navy Air Defense-Air Force Coast Guard Border Guard Public Security Security forces Police forces Civil Defence Force Council for National Defense and Security Chairman: President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (acting) Vice-chairman: Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính
Judiciary Law National Assembly Justice Committee President Steering Committee of the Central Judicial Reform Director: Nguyễn Phú Trọng Supreme People's Court Chief Justice: Nguyễn Hòa Bình Supreme People's Procuracy Procurator-General: Lê Minh Trí
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Bùi Thanh Sơn Diplomatic missions of / in Vietnam Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Foreign aid Vietnam and the World Bank
See also Elections Administrative divisions Human rights
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On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into fifty-eight provinces (tỉnh) and five municipalities under the command of the central government (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 the provinces.

The provinces are divided into provincial cities (thành phố thuộc tỉnh), municipal city (thành phố trực thuộc thành phố trung ương), towns/borough (thị xã), urban district (quận), rural districts (huyện) as the second-tier units. At the third tier, provincial city or town is divided into ward (phường) and commune (xã), township (thị trấn).