Đông Nam Bộ (literally "Southeast region") is a region in Vietnam. This region includes one municipality,

Ho Chi Minh City , population_density_km2 = 4,292 , population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2 , population_demonym = Saigonese , blank_name = GRP (Nominal) , blank_info = 2019 , blank1_name = – Total , blank1_ ...

; and five provinces: Đồng Nai, Bình Dương,

Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu ) is a province of Vietnam. It is located on the coast of the country's Southeast region. It also includes the Côn Đảo islands, located some distance off Vietnam's southeastern coast. From 1954 to 1975, under South Vi ...

, Bình Phước and Tây Ninh. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region. This region is the most economically developed region in Vietnam. In 2006, this region contributed 148,000 billion VND (equal to $9.25 billion) out of 251,000 billion VND to the state budget.Official fiscal report in 2006 by the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam at its official websit

/ref> This region is also the most highly urbanized in the country with more than 50% people living in urban areas (while the equivalent figure for Vietnam is just 25%). Southeast (Đông Nam) - 6 provinces of Vietnam, provinces: Bình Phước, Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, Đồng Nai, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu and

(formerly and, as of today, informally known as Saigon)

Provinces

Principal cities

is the largest city of Vietnam, with a population of more than 7.2 million; the metropolitan population is nearly 10 million. * Bien Hoa is an industrial city where

Bien Hoa Air Base Bien Hoa Air Base (Vietnamese: ''Sân bay Biên Hòa'') is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) military airfield located in South-Central southern Vietnam about from Ho Chi Minh City, across the Dong Nai river in the northern ward of Tân Phon ...

is located. It is part of the Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area. * Vũng Tàu is the hub of Vietnam's petroleum industry, as well as being a tourist destination. * Tây Ninh City, where Caodaism was born. * Thủ Dầu Một, an industrial city. It is actually a part of Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area * Đồng Xoài City, the capital of Bình Phước Province.

Transport

Tan Son Nhat International Airport is the largest airport in Vietnam, with the passenger traffic of 8.5 million in 2006 but it will be replaced by a larger newly constructed airport, Long Thanh International Airport after 2025. Lien Khuong Airport is an important airport in this area. Saigon Port and several deep-water ports in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu are the busiest ports in the country. National Road 1 and National Road 51, and

TransAsia Highway The Asian Highway Network (AH), also known as the Great Asian Highway, is a cooperative project among countries in Asia and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to improve their connectivity via hig ...

are the principal roads in this region.

References

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