Cities in Vietnam are identified by the government as settlements with considerable area and population that play important roles vis-a-vis politics, economy and culture. Status of cities falls into four categories: special, first class (I), second class (II), and third class (III).[1]
Centrally controlled cities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) or municipalities are cities with significant importance in terms of politics, economy and culture of Vietnam that are under direct control of the Vietnamese Central government. There are currently five centrally controlled municipalities.[2]
^Some cities were established or expanded after the 2019 census was conducted, including Thủ Đức,[5] Huế,[6] Thuận An,[7] Hải Dương,[8] Dĩ An,[7] and Hạ Long.[9]
Urban Population 2019:
Ho Chi Minh City 7.004.921 (urban and towns: 7.125.493) / 8.993.082 (total)
Ha Noi: 3.605.364 (urban and towns: 3.962.310) / 8.053.663 (total)
Da Nang 988.561 (urban and towns: 988.561) / 1.134.310 (total)
Hai Phong 841.520 (urban and towns: 924.741) / 2.028.514 (total)
^"Số liệu thống kê – Diện tích, dân số và mật độ" [Interractive statistics tables – Area, population and density] (in Vietnamese). General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Archived from the original(To access, click the desired location in column 1 (Địa phương), click "2015" in column 2 (Năm), and click the desired field in column 3 (Chỉ tiêu): click Diện tích for Area, Dân số for Population, and Mật độ dân số for Population density) on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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