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Vĩnh Phúc Province

Vĩnh Phúc Province
Tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc
Province
Nickname(s): Fortune
Location of Vĩnh Phúc within Vietnam
Location of Vĩnh Phúc within Vietnam
Coordinates: 21°18′N 105°36′E / 21.300°N 105.600°E / 21.300; 105.600Coordinates: 21°18′N 105°36′E / 21.300°N 105.600°E / 21.300; 105.600
Country  Vietnam
Region Northeast
Capital Vĩnh Yên
Government
 • People's Council Chair Trịnh Đình Dũng
 • People's Committee Chair Nguyễn Ngọc Phi
Area
 • Total 1,371.4 km2 (529.5 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,154,800
 • Density 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnicities Vietnamese, Sán Dìu, Sán Chay, Tày
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Area codes 211
ISO 3166 code VN-70
Website www.vinhphuc.gov.vn

Vĩnh Phúc (About this sound listen) is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam.

Vĩnh Phúc is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions:

They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townlets), 112 communes, and 13 wards.

The province's name derives from Sino-Vietnamese



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