List of urban districts of Vietnam


Urban District known as borough, a type of second tier subdivision of Vietnam is divided into 713 units along with district, city, and town have equal status.
The urban districts can only subordinate to municipality as the Second Tier unit. At the Third Tier, urban district is divided into wards.

History

Before 1975, in South Vietnam, all second-level administrative subdivisions were called districts, regardless of urban or rural areas. For example, quận Châu Thành, Vĩnh Long Province is in the urban area of present Vĩnh Long city, and quận Trà Ôn was the rural area of present Vĩnh Long Province.
, Vietnam had 46 urban districts. Ho Chi Minh City with 19 urban districts had the most. Cần Thơ City with five urban districts had the fewest.

List of urban districts in Vietnam

Hà Nội
Hồ Chí Minh City
Hải Phòng
Đà Nẵng
Cần Thơ