Bắc Ninh province

Bắc Ninh (Vietnamese pronunciation:) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Northern Midlands and Mountains. It borders Hanoi, Hải Phòng, Quảng Ninh centrally-governed cities, Hưng Yên province, Lạng Sơn province, and Thái Nguyên province. The province covers an area of 4,718.60 km (1,821.86 mi) and as of 2025 it had a population of 3,619,433.

The province is known for Quan họ folk music. Quan họ was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 2009. Bắc Ninh has a Human Development Index of 0.779 (high), ranking seventh among all municipalities and provinces of Vietnam. It was ranked eighth in Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and third in per capita GRDP among Vietnamese administrative units. The GRDP reached 248.376 trillion Vietnamese Đồng (equivalent to over 10.8 billion USD), with a per capita GRDP of 7,250 USD (equivalent to 167 million Đồng), and a GRDP growth rate of 7.39% in 2022. The province was designated as a centrally-governed city by a resolution of the Vietnamese National Assembly on September 20, 2026.