Urban district (), or borough, is a type of second tier subdivision on Vietnam is divided into 713 units along with

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

, provincial city, and

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

have equal status. The urban districts can only subordinate to

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

as the Second Tier unit. At the Third Tier, urban district is divided into wards.

History

Before 1975, in

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...

, all second-level administrative subdivisions were called districts (), regardless of urban or rural areas. For example, quận Châu Thành,

Vĩnh Long Province Vĩnh Long () is a province located in the Mekong Delta of southwestern Vietnam. Its capital is Vĩnh Long. Its population is 1,046,390 and its area is . Vĩnh Long (spelled 永隆 in the former Hán-Nôm writing system) is a Sino-Vietnamese na ...

is in the urban area of present Vĩnh Long city, and quận Trà Ôn was the rural area of present

. , Vietnam had 49 urban districts. The data of local administrative subdivisions till 31 December 2008 by Vietnam Statistics General Office.

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

with 19 urban districts had the most.

Huế Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal Municipalities of Vietnam, city in the North Central Coast region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng ...

City with two urban districts had the fewest.

List of urban districts in Vietnam

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

(12 urban districts) * Ba Đình District *

Hoàn Kiếm District Hoàn Kiếm () is one of the four original urban districts (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. It is named after the scenic Hoàn Kiếm Lake. The lake is in the heart of the district and serves as the focal point of the city's publ ...

* Đống Đa District * Hai Bà Trưng District * Cầu Giấy District * Thanh Xuân District * Hoàng Mai District *

Long Biên District Long may refer to: Measurement * Long, characteristic of something of great duration * Long, characteristic of something of great length * Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate * Longa (music), note value in early music mens ...

* Tây Hồ District *

Hà Đông District Hà is a Vietnamese given name, male or female, meaning "river". Hà is a Vietnamese 'surname' (during French colonialism). The name is transliterated as He (surname), He in Chinese language, Chinese and Ha (Korean name), Ha in Korean language, Kor ...

* Bắc Từ Liêm District (North Từ Liêm District) * Nam Từ Liêm District (South Từ Liêm District)

(16 urban districts) * District 1 * District 3 * District 4 * District 5 * District 6 * District 7 * District 8 * District 10 * District 11 * District 12 * Tân Bình District * Tân Phú District * Bình Tân District * Phú Nhuận District * Gò Vấp District *

Bình Thạnh District Bình Thạnh is a district of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. , the district had a population of 490,618 and a total area of 21 km2. The name of the district was formed from the names of two wards in the old Gò Vấp district, Bình Hòa and ...

Haiphong Haiphong or Hai Phong (, ) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. The municipality has an area of , consisting of 8 urban districts, 6 rural districts and 1 municipal city (sub-city). Two o ...

(8 urban districts) * Hồng Bàng District *

Ngô Quyền District Ngô is a Vietnamese surname. Notable people with the surname Ngô *Ngô Đình Diệm family **Ngô Đình Diệm, South Vietnamese politician and final prime minister of the State of Vietnam **Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of Ngô Đình Diệm and ar ...

* Lê Chân District * Kiến An District * Hải An District * Dương Kinh District *

Đồ Sơn District Tu () is a Chinese surname, and the 279th family name in Hundred Family Surnames ( 百家姓). Tu (涂 or 凃) is another Chinese surname. Origin From one of the characters in the name of the ancient city of Zoutu. The legendary emperor Yellow Emp ...

* An Dương District

(2 urban districts) * Phú Xuân District * Thuận Hóa District

Da Nang Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (, ) is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the Western Pacific Ocean of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important p ...

(6 urban districts) * Hải Châu District * Thanh Khê District * Sơn Trà District * Ngũ Hành Sơn District * Liên Chiểu District * Cẩm Lệ District

Cần Thơ Cần Thơ () is the List of cities in Vietnam, fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city along the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam. It is noted for its floating markets, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals. It has ...

(5 urban districts) * Ninh Kiều District * Bình Thủy District * Cái Răng District * Ô Môn District * Thốt Nốt District

References

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