Subdivisions of Vietnam

Pursuant to the constitution, there are three levels of administrative divisions in Vietnam: provinces, districts, and communes.

Depending on the level of urbanisation, each level of administrative division comprises multiple types of administrative units: A fourth, unofficial tier also exists, including hamlets (xóm, ấp), villages (làng, thôn, bản) and neighbourhoods (tổ dân phố, khu phố).

There is no official capital or seat of the municipality but local authority headquarters are usually located in one or more central urban districts.

For various administrative, planning, and statistical purposes, the Vietnamese government often groups its cities and municipalities into 3 geographic regions and 8 geographic sub-regions: For electoral purposes, each province or municipality is divided into electoral units (đơn vị bầu cử) which are further divided into voting zones (khu vực bỏ phiếu).

Since the 2011 National Assembly election, there have been 183 electoral units and 89,960 voting zones.