List of regions of Vietnam

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. These regions are not always used, and alternative classifications are possible. Other classifications used can be: Northern, Central, Southern, and Mekong.

List of regions and subregions

Regions of Vietnam

Region	Subregion	Provinces	Area (km2)[1][2]	Population (2022)[1]	Density (people per km2)	Notes
Northern Vietnam (Bắc Bộ, Miền Bắc)	Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ)	Cao Bằng Lạng Sơn Phú Thọ Quảng Ninh Thái Nguyên Tuyên Quang	50,826.38	9,474,710	186.41	It contains most of the mountainous provinces that lie to north of the Red River lowlands.
	Northwest (Tây Bắc Bộ)	Điện Biên Lai Châu Lào Cai Sơn La	50,565.71	4,911,370	97.13	It contains inland provinces in the west of Vietnam's northern part. Two provinces border Laos, and three border China.
	Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng)	Bắc Ninh Hà Nộiǂ Hải Phòngǂ Hưng Yên Ninh Bình	15,070.70	22,091,250	1,465.84	It contains small but populous provinces in the Thái Bình river system and Red River system. The Red River Delta has the smallest area but highest population and population density of all regions.
Central Vietnam (Trung Bộ, Miền Trung)	North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ)	Hà Tĩnh Nghệ An Quảng Trị Thanh Hóa Huếǂ	51,242.75	11,190,830	218.39	It contains the coastal provinces in the northern half of Vietnam's narrow central part. They all stretch from the coast in the east to Laos in the west.
	South Central Coast (Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ)	Đà Nẵngǂ Khánh Hòa Quảng Ngãi	44,605.12	9,470,840	212.33	It contains the coastal provinces in the southern half of Vietnam's central part.
	Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên)	Đắk Lắk Gia Lai Lâm Đồng Quảng Ngãi	54,548.31	6,092,420	111.69	It contains mountainous inland provinces of south-central Vietnam. The region has a high concentration of ethnic minorities.
Southern Vietnam (Nam Bộ, Miền Nam)	Southeast (Đông Nam Bộ, Miền Đông)	Đồng Nai Hồ Chí Minh Cityǂ Tây Ninh	23,551.42	18,810,780	798.71	It contains the lowland parts of southern Vietnam north of the Mekong delta.
	Mekong River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long) or Southwest (Tây Nam Bộ, Miền Tây)	An Giang Cà Mau Cần Thơǂ Đồng Tháp Vĩnh Long	40,922.58	17,432,120	425.98	It is Vietnam's southernmost region, mostly containing small but populous provinces in the Mekong delta. It is sometimes referred to as the Southwest region (Tây Nam Bộ, Miền Tây).

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Table of provinces per region

Name	Population (2022)[1]	Area (km2)[1][2]
Northern Vietnam (Bắc Bộ)
Northeast Vietnam (Đông Bắc Bộ)
Cao Bằng	543,050	6,700.39
Lạng Sơn	802,090	8,310.18
Phú Thọ	1,516,920	3,534.56
Quảng Ninh	1,362,880	6,207.93
Thái Nguyên	1,335,990	3,521.97
Tuyên Quang	805,780	5,867.95
Northwest Vietnam (Tây Bắc Bộ)
Điện Biên	635,920	9,539.93
Lai Châu	482,100	9,068.73
Lào Cai	770,590	6,364.25
Sơn La	1,300,130	14,109.83
Red River Delta (Đồng bằng sông Hồng)
Bắc Ninh	1,488,200	822.71
Hưng Yên	1,290,850	930.20
Ninh Bình	1,010,700	1,411.78
Hà Nội (municipality)	8,435,650	3,359.84
Hải Phòng (municipality)	2,088,020	1,526.52
Central Vietnam (Trung Bộ)
North Central Coastal Vietnam (Bắc Trung Bộ)
Hà Tĩnh	1,323,750	5,994.45
Nghệ An	3,419,990	16,486.49
Quảng Trị	650,950	4,701.23
Thanh Hóa	3,722,060	11,114.71
Huế	1,160,220	4,947.11
South Central Coastal Vietnam (Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ)
Khánh Hòa	1,253,970	5,199.62
Quảng Ngãi	1,245,650	5,155.25
Đà Nẵng (municipality)	1,220,190	1,284.73
Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên)
Đắk Lắk	1,918,440	13,070.41
Gia Lai	1,590,980	15,510.13
Lâm Đồng	1,332,530	9,781.20
Southern Vietnam (Nam Bộ)
Southeast Vietnam (Đông Nam Bộ)
Đồng Nai	3,255,810	5,863.62
Tây Ninh	1,188,760	4,041.65
Hồ Chí Minh City (municipality)	9,389,720	2,095.39
Mekong River Delta (Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long)1
An Giang	1,905,520	3,536.82
Cà Mau	1,207,630	5,274.51
Đồng Tháp	1,600,170	3,382.28
Vĩnh Long	1,028,820	1,525.73
Cần Thơ (municipality)	1,252,350	1,440.40

1 – a.k.a. Southwest Vietnam (Tây Nam Bộ)

See also

• Northern, Central and Southern Vietnam
• List of districts of Vietnam
• Municipalities of Vietnam
• Provinces of Vietnam
• Regions of Indonesia
• Regions of Thailand