Southeast (Vietnam)

Đông Nam Bộ (literally "Southeast region") is a region in Southern Vietnam. This region includes two municipality, Ho Chi Minh City, Đồng Nai City and a provinces, Tây Ninh province. 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. 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%).