On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into 58

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

s ( vi, tỉnh, links=no) and 5 municipalities ( vi, thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. ISO 3166-2:VN Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to the

. The municipalities are divided into urban districts (''quận''), municipal cities (''thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương''),

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an or ...

(''thị xã'') and

rural districts Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the a ...

(''huyện'') as the second-tier units. At the third tier, urban districts are divided into wards (''phường''), towns are divided into wards (''phường'') and communes (''xã''), while rural districts are divided into townships (''thị trấn'') and communes (''xã''). __TOC__

Current municipalities

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

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Current municipalities

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