List of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam in 2025

What are details of the List of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam in 2025? What are principles for the delineation of the authority of local governments in Vietnam?

What are details of the List of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam in 2025?

Below is the list of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam in 2025 according to Decision 719/QD-BTNMT in 2023:

Red River Delta

Ha Noi

Vinh Phuc

Bac Ninh

Quang Ninh

Hai Duong

Hai Phong

Hung Yen

Thai Binh

Ha Nam

Nam Dinh

Ninh Binh

Northern Midland and Mountainous

Ha Giang

Cao Bang

Bac Kan

Tuyen Quang

Lao Cai

Yen Bai

Thai Nguyen

Lang Son

Bac Giang

Phu Tho

Dien Bien

Lai Chau

Son La

Hoa Binh

North Central and Central Coastal Areas

Thanh Hoa

Nghe An

Ha Tinh

Quang Binh

Quang Tri

Hue

(according to Resolution 175/2024/QH15)

Da Nang

Quang Nam

Quang Ngai

Binh Dinh

Phu Yen

Khanh Hoa

Ninh Thuan

Binh Thuan

Central Highlands

Kon Tum

Gia Lai

Dak Lak

Dak Nong

Lam Dong

Southeast

Binh Phuoc

Tay Ninh

Binh Duong

Dong Nai

Ba Ria - Vung Tau

Ho Chi Minh City

Mekong Delta

Long An

Tien Giang

Ben Tre

Tra Vinh

Vinh Long

Dong Thap

An Giang

Kien Giang

Can Tho

Hau Giang

Soc Trang

Bac Lieu

Ca Mau

List of 63 Provinces and Cities in Vietnam Updated for 2025?

List of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam in 2025​ (Image from Internet)

What are regulations on classification of administrative units in Vietnam?

Based on Article 3 of the Law on Organization of Local Government 2015 on the classification of administrative units:

Article 3. Classification of Administrative Units

  1. Classification of administrative units is the basis for planning economic - social development policies; building organizational machinery and policies for officials of local governments suitable to each type of administrative unit.
  1. Classification of administrative units must be based on criteria such as population size, natural area, number of subordinate administrative units, level of economic - social development, and the particular characteristics of each type of administrative unit in rural, urban, and island areas.
  1. Administrative units are classified as follows:

a) Hanoi City and Ho Chi Minh City are special category provincial-level administrative units; the remaining provincial-level administrative units are classified into three types: Type I, Type II, and Type III;

b) District-level administrative units are classified into three types: Type I, Type II, and Type III;

c) Commune-level administrative units are classified into three types: Type I, Type II, and Type III.

  1. Based on the provisions of Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article, the Government of Vietnam shall submit to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly the specific standards for each criterion, authority, and procedure for classifying administrative units.

What are principles for the delineation of the authority of local governments in Vietnam?

Based on Clause 2, Article 11 of the Law on Organization of Local Government 2015 (amended by Clause 4, Article 2 of the Law on Government and Law on Organization of Local Government Amendments 2019) on principles for the delineation of the authority of local governments in Vietnam:

- Ensuring unified state management of institutions, policies, strategies, and planning for sectors and fields; ensuring consistency and seamlessness of the national administrative system.

- Promoting the autonomy and self-responsibility of local governments in administrative units in performing state management tasks in the area as prescribed by law.

- Closely combining management by sector with territorial management, clearly defining state management tasks among local governments at all levels in relation to economic - social activities in the territorial area.

- The authority division must be suitable with the conditions, rural, urban, and island features and specificities of different sectors and fields.

- Issues related to the scope from two or more commune-level administrative units fall under the jurisdiction of the district-level governments.

- Issues related to the scope from two or more district-level administrative units fall under the jurisdiction of provincial-level governments.

- Issues related to the scope from two or more provincial-level administrative units fall under the jurisdiction of central government agencies, unless otherwise specified by law, resolutions of the National Assembly, orders, resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, or decrees of the Government of Vietnam.

- The division of authority and decentralization for local government levels must ensure financial, human resources, and other necessary conditions; linking the division of authority and decentralization with the mechanism of inspection, supervision when implementing authority division and decentralization. Local governments perform the tasks and powers that have been assigned and bear responsibility within the scope of authority and decentralization.

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