14-736: Đại Từ is a rural district of Thái Nguyên province in the Northeast region of Vietnam . As of 2003 the district had a population of 163,637 . The district covers an area of 578 km². The district capital lies at Hùng Sơn . Hùng Sơn , Quân Chu , An Khánh , Bản Ngoại , Bình Thuận , Cát Nê , Cù Vân , Đức Lương , Hà Thượng , Hoàng Nông , Khôi Kỳ , Ký Phú , La Bằng , Lục Ba , Minh Tiến , Mỹ Yên , Na Mao , Phú Cường , Phú Lạc , Phú Thịnh , Phú Xuyên , Phúc Lương , Phục Linh , Quân Chu , Tân Linh , Tân Thái , Tiên Hội , Vạn Thọ , Văn Yên , Yên Lãng 21°38.52′N 105°38.23′E / 21.64200°N 105.63717°E / 21.64200; 105.63717 This article about
28-571: A People's Committee, which acts as the executive arm of the provincial governance. This arrangement is a somewhat simplified version of the situation in Vietnam's national government . Provincial governments are subordinates to the central government. The executive branch of a province is the People's Committee ( Uỷ ban Nhân dân or UBND for short). The People's Committee is responsible for implementing policy and executing laws and orders. The People's Committee
42-633: A location in Thái Nguyên Province , Vietnam is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Huy%E1%BB%87n Districts ( Vietnamese : huyện ), also known as rural districts or counties , are one of several types of second-tier administrative subdivisions of Vietnam , the other types being urban districts ( Vietnamese : quận ), provincial cities ( thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh ), municipal cities ( thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương ), and district-level towns ( thị xã ). The districts are subdivisions of
56-510: Is Bắc Kạn , a mountainous province in the remote northeast with 338,000 people. In land area, the largest province is Nghệ An , which runs from the city of Vinh up the wide Sông Cả valley. The smallest is Bắc Ninh , located in the populous Red River Delta region. The following is a table of Vietnam's provinces broken down by population and area, according to the 2023 Census and the 2018 area data from Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment . The Vietnamese government often groups
70-519: Is equivalent to the executive Government of Vietnam . People's Committee also manages the provincial departments ( Sở ) which are equivalent to the Ministries. Members of the People's Committee are called commissioners ( Ủy viên ). The People's Committee is headed by a Chairman ( Chủ tịch ) and Vice Chairmen ( Phó Chủ tịch ), and consists of between 4 and 7 commissioners. The number of commissioners depends on
84-824: Is headed by a Chief Judge ( Chánh án ) and consists of a number of judges ( thẩm phán ). The provincial police department is under direct command of the Ministry of Public Security . Provinces of Vietnam Island areas: *- Bạch Long Vĩ Island ( Haiphong Municipality [3]) **- Phú Quý Islands ( Phú Quý district , Bình Thuận province [46]) ***- Côn Đảo Islands ( Côn Đảo district , Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province [51]) ****- Phú Quốc Island ( Phú Quốc City , Kiên Giang province [58]) *****- Thổ Chu Islands ( Phú Quốc City , Kiên Giang province [58]) ✱- Paracel Islands ( Hoàng Sa district , Đà Nẵng Municipality [4]) ✱✱- Spratly Islands ( Trường Sa district , Khánh Hòa province [43]) According to
98-466: Is the most prominent organ of provincial governance. Each provincial committee of the Communist Party is headed by a Secretary ( Bí thư ). The Secretary is de facto leader of the province. The legislative branch of a province is the People's Council ( Hội đồng Nhân dân or HDND for short). The People's Council votes on the policy, regulations and orders for development of the province. Members of
112-426: The People's Council are called delegates or councillors ( đại biểu ) and are elected by people living within that province. It is equivalent to the legislative National Assembly of Vietnam . The People's Council is headed by a Chairman ( Chủ tịch ) and a Vice Chairman ( Phó Chủ tịch ). The number of councillors varies from province to province, depending on the population of that province. The People's Council appoints
126-480: The census results of April 1, 2023, the population of Vietnam was 103,403,000. The most populous top-level administrative unit is Hồ Chí Minh City , one of the five centrally governed cities , having 9,125,000 people living within its official boundary. The second most populous administrative unit is the recently expanded Hà Nội with 8,146,000 people. Prior to the expansion of the capital city, this rank belonged to Thanh Hóa with 3,689,000 people. The least populous
140-495: The command of the central government ( Vietnamese : thành phố trực thuộc trung ương ). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. 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
154-484: The first-tier divisions, namely the provinces and municipalities . Districts are subdivided into third-tier units, namely townships and communes . The districts existed since the 15th century. Prior to 1945 the huyện ( chữ Hán : 縣 ) was also called district and earlier "sub-prefecture" of the prefectures, or phủ into which provinces were previously divided. The administrative reorganization by Minh Mạng of Nguyen dynasty in 1832 did not substantially affect
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#1732848361437168-410: The population of the province. The chairman and Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee are also councillors of the People's Council. The judiciary branch of a province is the People's Court ( Tòa án Nhân dân or TAND for short). The People's Court is responsible for judiciary processes and trials. The People's Court is equivalent to the judiciary Supreme People's Court of Vietnam . The People's Court
182-440: The position of the huyện, but concentrated administration of the level above the huyện, the phủ under new larger unit of the tỉnh and provincial governors. The position of local prefects and district heads remained unaffected. Provinces of Vietnam [REDACTED] Vietnam portal Vietnam is divided into 63 first-level subdivisions , comprising fifty-eight provinces ( tỉnh ) and five municipalities under
196-475: The second-tier units. At the third tier, a provincial city or town is divided into wards ( phường ), communes ( xã ), and townships ( thị trấn ). Provincial Committee of the Communist Party ( Đảng bộ Đảng Cộng sản cấp tỉnh or Tỉnh ủy Đảng Cộng sản ) is a provincial subordinate of the Communist Party of Vietnam . Since Vietnam is a one party state, the provincial committee of the Communist Party
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