Vinh Phuc Province
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Vĩnh Phúc is a province
Provinces of Vietnam
Vietnam is divided into 58 provinces and five centrally governed cities existing at the same level as provinces ....

 in the Red River Delta
Red River Delta
The Red River Delta is the flat plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries joining in the Thai Binh River in northern Vietnam. The delta measuring some 15,000 square km is well protected by a network of dikes. It is an agriculturally rich area and densely populated...

 of northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

. It is divided into one city (Vinh Yen
Vinh Yên
Vĩnh Yên is the capital of Vinh Phuc province, in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. The population is 76,650 people, the area is 50.87 km²....

), one town (Phuc Yen
Phuc Yen
Phúc Yên is a town district of Vinh Phuc province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 83,352. The district covers an area of 120 km². The district capital lies at Phuc Yen....

), and seven districts:
  1. Bình Xuyên
  2. Lập Thạch
  3. Tam Đảo
  4. Tam Dương
  5. Vĩnh Tường
  6. Yên Lạc

Etymology

The province's name derives from Sino-Vietnamese (Hán Tự: 永福).

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