Phúc Yên is a city in
Vĩnh Phúc Province in the
Red River Delta
The Red River Delta or Hong River Delta ( vi, Châu thổ sông Hồng) is the flat low-lying plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries merging with the Thái Bình River in northern Vietnam. ''Hồng'' (紅) is a Sino-Vietnamese word ...
region of
Vietnam
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.
Atlas of the World
', Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 226. As of 2003 the district had a population of 83,352.
The district covers an area of 120 km². The district capital lies at Phúc Yên.
The city is on
National Route 2 heading North-West out of Hanoi to the town of
Vĩnh Yên
Vĩnh Yên () is the city capital of Vĩnh Phúc Province, in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. The population is 76,650 people, the area is 50.87 km².
This city hosted 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship
The 201 ...
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[Tim Doling ''North East VietNam: mountains and ethnic minorities'' 2000 Page 52 "Leaving the capital, National Road 2 heads through Phúc Yên to the town of Vĩnh Yên, 53 kilometres north west of Hà Nội."]
References
Populated places in Vĩnh Phúc province
Districts of Vĩnh Phúc province
Cities in Vietnam
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