Southern Vietnam ( vi, Nam Bộ) is one of the three geographical regions of

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

, the other two being Northern and

Central Vietnam Central Vietnam ( vi, Trung Bộ or ), also known as Middle Vietnam or The Middle, formerly known as by South Vietnam, and Annam under French Indochina, is one of the three geographical regions within Vietnam. The name Trung Bộ was used by ...

. It includes 2 administrative regions, which in turn are divided into 19 ''First Tier units'', of which 17 are

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

and 2 are

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

. In a sub-context, "Southern Vietnam" may include part of Central Vietnam. Known as ''Nam Bộ'' today in Vietnamese, it was historically called as '' Gia Định'' (1779–1832), ''Nam Kỳ'' (1832–1945), ''Nam Bộ'' (1945–48), and ''Nam Phần'' (1948–75). Southern Vietnam (''Basse-Cochinchine'' in French, or Lower

Cochinchina Cochinchina or Cochin-China (, ; vi, Đàng Trong (17th century - 18th century, Việt Nam (1802-1831), Đại Nam (1831-1862), Nam Kỳ (1862-1945); km, កូសាំងស៊ីន, Kosăngsin; french: Cochinchine; ) is a historical exony ...

), whose principal city is Saigon, is the newest territory of the Vietnamese people in the movement of '' Nam tiến'' (Southward expansion). This region was also the first part of Vietnam to be colonized by the French as

French Cochinchina French Cochinchina (sometimes spelled ''Cochin-China''; french: Cochinchine française; vi, Xứ thuộc địa Nam Kỳ, Hán tự: ) was a colony of French Indochina, encompassing the whole region of Lower Cochinchina or Southern Vietnam fr ...

. Southern Vietnam region was incorporated into the Kingdom of Funan from 1st century CE until 6th century CE.

Administration

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

(thành phố trực thuộc trung ương)

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* {{Coord missing, Vietnam Regions of Vietnam

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