Vinh Thanh
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Vinh Thanh is a district (huyện)
Districts of Vietnam
||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 of Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.The...

 region of Vietnam. The district borders An Giang Province
An Giang Province
An Giang is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwestern part of the country, sharing a border with Cambodia to the northwest.- Geography :...

 to the west, Kien Giang Province
Kien Giang Province
Kiên Giang is a province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 250 km from the Ho Chi Minh City...

 to the south, Thốt Nốt District to the north.

As of 2004 the district had a population of 155,011. By 2007 this had risen to 162,759. The district covers an area of km². The district capital lies at Thanh An.

Vinh Thanh district was established on in May 2004 by Decree No. 05/2004/ND-CP.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of two towns, the urban municipalities of Thạnh An and Vĩnh Thạnh
Vinh Thanh
Vinh Thanh is a district of Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The district borders An Giang Province to the west, Kien Giang Province to the south, Thốt Nốt District to the north....

, and 9 communes, Vĩnh Trinh, Vĩnh Bình
Vĩnh Bình
Vĩnh Bình is a commune and village in Hòa Binh District, Bạc Liêu Province, in south-western Vietnam.-References:...

, Thạnh Mỹ, Thạnh Quới, Thạnh An, Thạnh Tiến, Thạnh Thắng, Thạnh Lợi, Thạnh Lộc.
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