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Southern Vietnam

Southern Vietnam covers the Mekong Delta, the extreme southern end of the Mekong River, and the area around , .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Ho Chi Minh City and Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

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, commonly known as Saigon or by the abbreviations HCMC or HCM, is the largest city in and the former capital of the Republic of Vietnam.

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is an serving , the most populous city in Vietnam. It is located in the former within the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area.

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is a city in Southern Vietnam, about 125 km from . Its nearness to Saigon and its beauty and fresh air makes it a very popular destination for weekends.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Ca Mau and Phan Thiet.

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is the capital of Province in the Mekong Delta. It is the southernmost city of mainland Vietnam. The population is around 278,000.

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Phan Thiết is a ward of on the southeast coast in . While most of the inhabitants live in the centre of Phan Thiết, others reside in the four urban coastal wards, extending from Suối Nước beach in the northeast towards cape Kê Gà in the southwest.

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is the capital of eponymous Province in Southern Vietnam. Although separated from bustling only by the Mekong River and 10 km on a four-lane highway, this seems to be barrier enough to give the town a genuine backwater feeling.

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is the biggest city of the Mekong Delta, in with an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2019. The name comes from "cầm thi giang", river of poems.

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Phú Quốc is a large tropical Vietnamese island off the coast of . It is only accessible from . In the Gulf of Thailand 45 km west of on the Vietnamese mainland and 15 km south of the coast of , Phú Quôc is ringed with some of most beautiful beaches in Vietnam and offers the best seafood in the country.

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, commonly known as Phan Rang, is a former city in and the capital of Ninh Thuận Province. The community has a population of 207,998, of which 196,459 live in the main city.

Vĩnh Long is the capital of Province in southern Vietnam. It is located on one of the many branches of the Mekong River.

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is the capital of the province of Kien Giang, in the Mekong delta region of . For most tourists it is mainly of interest as a jumping-off point for trips to island.

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is the capital city of An Giang Province, in the Mekong Delta region of southwestern .

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, is the capital of Tien Giang Province in southern Vietnam. It is the first city in the Mekong Delta travellers from arrive at and hence a popular spot for dropping tourists off for one of the many Mekong boat tours.

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Côn Đảo is an archipelago off the southern coast of . is also an island of immense natural beauty with forested hills, deserted sandy beaches and extensive coral reefs making for some excellent diving.

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is a traditional fishing town with approximately 25,000 residents in Bình Thuận Province in Southern Vietnam that became a ward of the City of Phan Thiết in 1999.

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is a formerly provincial city in Southeastern Vietnam. The new provincial capital is located in Long An Ward, Province. is one of nine provinces and cities in the Southern Key Economic Region.

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Sóc Trăng is a city in . It was the capital of the former Sóc Trăng Province, now merged into . It was upgraded from a town to a city following decree 22/2007/NĐ-CP on 8 February 2007.

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Châu Đốc is a city in An Giang Province, bordering , in the region of . As of 2019, the city had a population of 101,765, and cover an area of 105.29 square kilometres.

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is in the Southern region of . It lies between and Dalat just north of Highway 20.

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Trà Vinh City is a city in in Southern Vietnam.

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is a seaside town in Kien Giang Province in Southern Vietnam. It is at the west end of the Mekong Delta close to the Cambodian border. Although a tourist spot, it doesn't see many western visitors due to its remoteness.

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is about 40 km northwest of in Southern Vietnam. The Tunnels are an elaborate underground community made up of 250 km of tunnels and chambers below the city.

Southern Vietnam

Latitude of center
10.53° or 10° 31′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
106.42° or 106° 25′ 12″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q2289221
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Southern Vietnam” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Vietnam meridional”
  • Chinese: “越南南部”
  • Danish: “Nam Bộ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Vietnamê Veroci”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Vietnam”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Vjetnamio”
  • French: “Viêt Nam méridional”
  • French: “Vietnam méridional”
  • German: “Nam Bộ”
  • Italian: “Vietnam meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南部”
  • Japanese: “南部地方”
  • Korean: “베트남 남부 지방”
  • Latin: “Nam Bộ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nam Bộ”
  • Persian: “جنوب ویتنام”
  • Portuguese: “Sul do Vietnã”
  • Romanian: “Vietnamul de Sud”
  • Russian: “Намбо”
  • Slovenian: “Južni Vietnam”
  • Spanish: “Vietnam meridional”
  • Swedish: “Mekong-deltat”
  • Venetian: “Vietnam meridionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Bộ Việt Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Bộ”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Phần”
  • Welsh: “De Fietnam”

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