Municipalities of Vietnam

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On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into 57 provinces ({{langx|vi|tỉnh|links=no}}) and 6 municipalities ({{langx|vi|thành phố trực thuộc trung ương}}). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam.ISO 3166-2:VN Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to a province.

The municipalities are divided into urban districts ({{lang|vi|quận}}), municipal cities ({{lang|vi|thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương}}), towns ({{lang|vi|thị xã}}) and rural districts ({{lang|vi|huyện}}) as the second-tier units. At the third tier, urban districts are divided into wards ({{lang|vi|phường}}), municipal cities and towns are divided into wards ({{lang|vi|phường}}) and communes ({{lang|vi|xã}}), while rural districts are divided into townships ({{lang|vi|thị trấn}}) and communes ({{lang|vi|xã}}).

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