Provinces of Vietnam

Provinces and municipalities of Vietnam Tỉnh và thành phố trực thuộc trung ương Việt Nam (Vietnamese)
Category	Unitary state
Location	Vietnam
Created	2 July 1976
Number	57 provinces 6 municipalities (as of 2025)
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 Commission for Information and Education Central Theoretical Council Nhân Dân
Constitution History 1946 1959 1980 1992 2013
Communist Party National Party Congress (13th) Central Committee (13th) General Secretary Tô Lâm Politburo (13th) Secretariat (13th) Permanent Member Trần Cẩm Tú Military Commission (2020–25) Secretary Tô Lâm Deputy Secretary Phan Văn Giang Inspection Commission (13th) Chairman Nguyễn Duy Ngọc
Legislative National Assembly (14th) Standing Committee Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn Provincial People's Councils
Presidency President (list) Tô Lâm Vice President Lương Cường
Executive Prime Minister (list): Phạm Minh Chính Deputy Prime Ministers: Nguyễn Hòa Bình Trần Hồng Hà Lê Thành Long Hồ Đức Phớc Bùi Thanh Sơn Nguyễn Chí Dũng Mai Văn Chính 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: Tô Lâm Deputy Secretary: Phan Văn Giang Commander-in-Chief President: Lương Cường Army Ground Force Navy Air Defense-Air Force Coast Guard Border Guard Public Security Security forces Police forces Civil Defence Force National Defense and Security Council Chairman: President Lương Cường Vice-chairman: Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính
Judiciary Law National Assembly Justice Committee President Steering Committee of the Central Judicial Reform Director: Tô Lâm Supreme People's Court Chief Justice: Lê Minh Trí Supreme People's Procuracy Procurator-General: Nguyễn Huy Tiến
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Bùi Thanh Sơn Diplomatic missions of / in Vietnam Bamboo diplomacy Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Foreign aid Vietnam and the World Bank
See also Elections Administrative divisions Human rights
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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). However, in 2025, it was reported that the number of provinces in Vietnam would be slashed to half for cost-cutting.^[1] A proposal reported in April 2025 show the number of provinces and cities to be reduced to 34 through mergers.^[2]

Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam.^[3] Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to that of the provinces.

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