Vinh Tuong
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Vinh Tuong is a district (huyện)
of Vinh Phuc Province
in the Red River Delta
region of northern Vietnam
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As of 2003 the district had a population of 189,970. The district covers an area of 142 km². The district capital lies at Vinh Tuong
.
Vĩnh Tường includes 3 towns (thị trấn) and 26 communes (xã):
- 3 towns: Vĩnh Tường (main town, administrative center); Thổ Tang (Trade Center) & Tứ Trưng.
- 26 communes: Vĩnh Ninh, Phú Đa, Lũng Hoà, Tân Cương, Đại Đồng, Cao Đại, Tuân Chính, Bồ Sao, Vĩnh Sơn, Bình Dương, Vân Xuân, Tam Phúc, Phú Thịnh, Lý Nhân, An Tường, Vĩnh Thịnh, Yên Bình, Tân Tiến, Vũ Di, Thượng Trưng, Chấn Hưng, Ngũ Kiên, Kim Xá, Yên Lập, Việt Xuân, Nghĩa Hưng.
The district's main occupation is agriculture, with the main products are rice, maize, soya.
It is famous for many craft villages, as villages Bích Chu & Thủ Độ (carpentry), Lý Nhân (Blacksmith), and Thổ Tang (wholesale trade). Otherwise, there are some celebrities, such as, female poet Hồ Xuân Hương, Nguyễn Viết Xuân (artillery commander, revolutionary martyr), Lê Xoay (revolutionary martyr).
In terms of culture, most Vinh Tuong's people have no religion at all, but main bilief is ancestor worship.
Beside the traditional festivals, there is a regional particular festival. It is a party of 18 communes in the district (such as An Tường, Tuân Chính ...) with two main dishes is Chưng cake (Square or cylinder glutinous rice green cake, filled with green bean paste and fat pork) and Dày cake (round sticky rice white cake), are made from glutinous rice. Most of the people of Vinh Tuong that expatriates will want to visit their homeland during the occasion.
On geographical location, it borders with Yên Lạc district (east), Lập Thạch district and Vĩnh yên city (north), Viet Tri city of Phú Thọ Province (west), Ba Vì district of Hà Nội (west, separated by the Red River), Phúc Thọ district & Son Tay city of Hà Nội (south, separated by the Red River).
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 Vinh Phuc Province
Vinh Phuc Province
Vĩnh Phúc is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is divided into one city , one town , and seven districts:#Bình Xuyên#Lập Thạch#Tam Đảo#Tam Dương#Vĩnh Tường#Yên Lạc- Etymology :...
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...
region 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 –...
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As of 2003 the district had a population of 189,970. The district covers an area of 142 km². The district capital lies at Vinh Tuong
Vinh Tuong
Vinh Tuong is a district of Vinh Phuc Province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam.As of 2003 the district had a population of 189,970. The district covers an area of 142 km²...
.
Vĩnh Tường includes 3 towns (thị trấn) and 26 communes (xã):
- 3 towns: Vĩnh Tường (main town, administrative center); Thổ Tang (Trade Center) & Tứ Trưng.
- 26 communes: Vĩnh Ninh, Phú Đa, Lũng Hoà, Tân Cương, Đại Đồng, Cao Đại, Tuân Chính, Bồ Sao, Vĩnh Sơn, Bình Dương, Vân Xuân, Tam Phúc, Phú Thịnh, Lý Nhân, An Tường, Vĩnh Thịnh, Yên Bình, Tân Tiến, Vũ Di, Thượng Trưng, Chấn Hưng, Ngũ Kiên, Kim Xá, Yên Lập, Việt Xuân, Nghĩa Hưng.
The district's main occupation is agriculture, with the main products are rice, maize, soya.
It is famous for many craft villages, as villages Bích Chu & Thủ Độ (carpentry), Lý Nhân (Blacksmith), and Thổ Tang (wholesale trade). Otherwise, there are some celebrities, such as, female poet Hồ Xuân Hương, Nguyễn Viết Xuân (artillery commander, revolutionary martyr), Lê Xoay (revolutionary martyr).
In terms of culture, most Vinh Tuong's people have no religion at all, but main bilief is ancestor worship.
Beside the traditional festivals, there is a regional particular festival. It is a party of 18 communes in the district (such as An Tường, Tuân Chính ...) with two main dishes is Chưng cake (Square or cylinder glutinous rice green cake, filled with green bean paste and fat pork) and Dày cake (round sticky rice white cake), are made from glutinous rice. Most of the people of Vinh Tuong that expatriates will want to visit their homeland during the occasion.
On geographical location, it borders with Yên Lạc district (east), Lập Thạch district and Vĩnh yên city (north), Viet Tri city of Phú Thọ Province (west), Ba Vì district of Hà Nội (west, separated by the Red River), Phúc Thọ district & Son Tay city of Hà Nội (south, separated by the Red River).