ISO 3166-2:VN


ISO 3166-2:VN is the entry for Vietnam in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization, which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Vietnam, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 58 provinces and five municipalities. The municipalities have special status equal to the provinces. However, those definition and assignment have become obsoleted in practice and are subjects to be updated, following the Plan to arrange and [merge administrative units in Vietnam 2024–2025].
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Vietnam. The second part either of the following:
  • two digits: provinces
  • two letters: municipalities
The current Vietnamese entry is inherited from the entry representing the former Republic of Viet-Nam, while Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam used a different profile, which has been retired and achieved under ISO 3166-3 as "VDVN".

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.
Click on the button in the header to sort each column. Names are sorted according to the Vietnamese alphabet: a, ă, â, b-d, đ, e, ê, f-o, ô, ơ, p-u, ư, v-z.
CodeSubdivision name Subdivision category
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
Cần Thơmunicipality
province
Đà Nẵngmunicipality
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
Hà Nộimunicipality
province
province
Hải Phòngmunicipality
province
Ho [Chi Minh City|Hồ Chí Minh]
municipality
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province
province

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Duplicate assignment of VN-24 corrected. Correction of 1 subdivision name. Correction of alphabetic sorting of subdivision namesCodes:
Quảng Ninh: →
Spelling correction in VN-65
Addition of 3 provinces. Update of list sourceSubdivisions added:
Đắk Nông
Điện Biên
Hậu Giang

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Administrative adjustment update, typo corrections and source list update.Subdivision layout:
5 provinces → 5 municipalities
2013-02-06Correct spelling error in French long name
2014-11-03Delete subdivision VN-15; change spelling for all the provinces except for VN-28, VN-30, VN-41 and VN-44; update List SourceSubdivision deleted:
Ha Tay
2020-11-24Change of spelling of VN-CT, VN-DN, VN-HN, VN-HP, VN-SG; Update List SourceSubdivision renamed:'''
Can ThoCần Thơ
Da NangĐà Nẵng
Ha NoiHà Nội
Hai PhongHải Phòng
Ho Chi MinhHồ Chí Minh