List of regions of Vietnam
List of regions and subregions

List of regions of Vietnam

Section Title: List of regions and subregions
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Macro-Region	Region	Provinces included	Area (km²)	Population (in 2015)	Population density (people/ km²)	Notes

Northern Vietnam (Bắc Bộ, Miền Bắc)	Northwest (Tây Bắc Bộ)	Điện Biên Hòa Bình Lai Châu Lào Cai Sơn La Yên Bái	44,301.10	4,446,800	100.37	contains inland provinces in the west of Vietnam's northern part. Two provinces border Laos, and three border China.

Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ)	Bắc Giang Bắc Kạn Cao Bằng Hà Giang Lạng Sơn Phú Thọ Quảng Ninh Thái Nguyên Tuyên Quang	50,684.10	8,568,200	169.05	contains most of the mountainous provinces that lie to north of the Red River lowlands.

Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng)	Bắc Ninh Hà Nam Hà Nội Hải Dương Hải Phòng Hưng Yên Nam Định Ninh Bình Thái Bình Vĩnh Phúc	14,957.70	19,714,300	1,318.00	contains the small but populous provinces along the mouth of the Red River. 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 (Bắc Trung Bộ)	Hà Tĩnh Nghệ An Quảng Bình Quảng Trị Thanh Hóa Thừa Thiên–Huế	51,455.60	10,472,900	203.53	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)	Bình Định Bình Thuận Đà Nẵng Khánh Hòa Ninh Thuận Phú Yên Quảng Nam Quảng Ngãi	44,376.80	9,185,000	206.98	contains the coastal provinces in the southern half of Vietnam's central part.

Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên)	Đắc Lắc Đắk Nông Gia Lai Kon Tum Lâm Đồng	54,641.00	5,607,900	102.63	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)	Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Bình Dương Bình Phước Đồng Nai Ho Chi Minh City(Saigon) Tây Ninh	23,590.70	16,127,800	683.65	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 Bến Tre Bạc Liêu Cà Mau Cần Thơ Đồng Tháp Hậu Giang Kiên Giang Long An Sóc Trăng Tiền Giang Trà Vinh Vĩnh Long	40,576.00	17,590,400	434.00	-

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Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ) includes Bắc Giang Bắc Kạn Cao Bằng Hà Giang Lạng Sơn Phú Thọ Quảng Ninh Thái Nguyên Tuyên Quang in a area of 50,684.10 with 8,568,200 people and a density of 169.05 and contains most of the mountainous provinces that lie to north of the Red River lowlands.
Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ), Bắc Giang Bắc Kạn Cao Bằng Hà Giang Lạng Sơn Phú Thọ Quảng Ninh Thái Nguyên Tuyên Quang, with an area of 50,684.10 km², had a population of 8,568,200 in 2015 with 169.05 people/km² and contains most of the mountainous provinces that lie to north of the Red River lowlands.

final_sentence: Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ) includes Bắc Giang Bắc Kạn Cao Bằng Hà Giang Lạng Sơn Phú Thọ Quảng Ninh Thái Nguyên Tuyên Quang in a area of 50,684.10 with 8,568,200 people and a density of 169.05 and contains most of the mountainous provinces that lie to north of the Red River lowlands.
final_sentence: Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ), Bắc Giang Bắc Kạn Cao Bằng Hà Giang Lạng Sơn Phú Thọ Quảng Ninh Thái Nguyên Tuyên Quang, with an area of 50,684.10 km², had a population of 8,568,200 in 2015 with 169.05 people/km² and contains most of the mountainous provinces that lie to north of the Red River lowlands.