Southern Vietnam
Southern Vietnam is one of the three geographical regions of Vietnam, the other two being Northern and Central Vietnam. It includes 2 administrative regions, which in turn are divided into 19 First Tier units, of which 17 are provinces and 2 are municipalities. Known as Nam Bộ today in Vietnamese, it was historically called as :vi:Gia Định Thành|Gia Định, Nam Kỳ, Nam Bộ, and Nam Phần.
Southern Vietnam, whose principal city is Saigon, is the newest territory of the Vietnamese people in the movement of Nam tiến. This region was also the first part of Vietnam to be colonized by the French as French Cochinchina.Administration
