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Vietnam is divided administratively into '''''tinh'''''s or '''provinces'''  Tinhs change over time.<ref name=Statoid>{{citation
 | url = http://www.statoids.com/uvn.html
 | contribution = Provinces of Vietnam
 | title = Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")
 | author = Gwillam Law}}</ref>

Tinhs are further subdivided into smaller provinces, or districts, called ''than pho''.  Smaller divisions are '''municipalities''' and '''wards'''.  The capital of a province (e.g., [[Can Tho Province]]) often has the same name as the province but with the suffix "city" (or sometimes "town") added (e.g., [[Can Tho City]]).  Some of the larger cities (such as [[Hanoi]], [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]] and [[Hue]]) are themselves urban provinces.

Before the colonial period, Vietnam was divided into three provinces, for which both Vietnamese and Chinese names were used: [[Tonkin]] in the north; [[Dai Viet]] or the Empire of [[Annam]] was in the center; and [[Cochin China]] in the south.  Tonkin included the [[Red River Delta]] while [[Cochin China]] contains the [[Mekong Delta]].

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