Vĩnh Phúc province

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Vĩnh Phúc province
Tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc
Province
Post Office Vĩnh Phúc  • Zen Monastery Trúc Lâm Tây Thiên  • Tam Đảo Mountain  • Lake Đại Lải  • Tam Đảo National Park  • Buffalo fighting festival  • Bình Sơn Pagoda
Official seal of Vĩnh Phúc province
Seal
Nickname: 
Fortune
Location of Vĩnh Phúc within Vietnam
Location of Vĩnh Phúc within Vietnam
Map
Coordinates: 21°18′N 105°36′E / 21.300°N 105.600°E / 21.300; 105.600
Country Vietnam
RegionRed River Delta
CapitalVĩnh Yên
Government
 • People's Council ChairTrịnh Đình Dũng
 • People's Committee ChairNguyễn Ngọc Phi
Area
 • Total1,371.4 km2 (529.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total1,447,582
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Demographics
 • EthnicitiesVietnamese, Sán Dìu, Sán Chay, Tày
GDP
 • TotalVND 94.498 trillion
US$ 4.104 billion
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes211
ISO 3166 codeVN-70
HDI (2020)0.751
Websitewww.vinhphuc.gov.vn

Vĩnh Phúc (Vietnamese: [vïŋ˦ˀ˥ fʊwk͡p̚˧˦] ⓘ) is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam.

Administrative divisions

Vĩnh Phúc is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions:

  • 7 districts:

They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townlets), 112 communes, and 13 wards.

Specialty

Tay Dinh banh gio: also known as sun cake, is a famous Vinh Phuc specialty for a long time. This is an indispensable dish in traditional Tet holidays and some other holidays of the people of Tay Dinh - Vinh Phuc like banh chung. With long-standing accumulated experience, accompanied by the creativity of Tay Dinh villagers, they have created a specialty with bold flavors and unique features of Tay Dinh banh gio. The cake has a beautiful golden brown color. When eating, we can feel the aroma of rice and the chewiness of the cake, combined with sugar or molasses to create a characteristic sweet and cool taste.

Events

Closure of Sơn Lôi Commune during the COVID-19 pandemic

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam

On February 13, 2020, Vĩnh Phúc province has decided to lock down Sơn Lôi Commune - a rural community of over 10,600 in Bình Xuyên District - for fourteen days as an effort to contain the disease caused by the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV 2) virus. Seven of the total of sixteen people contracted the virus in Vietnam are residents of Sơn Lôi Commune - including a three-month-old girl. Authorities have established mobile shops and provided food and face masks to the community.

References

  1. ^ "Tình hình kinh tế - xã hội năm 2018 Vĩnh Phúc". Cục Thống kê tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ General Statistics Office of Vietnam (2021). Báo cáo Chỉ số phát triển con người Việt Nam giai đoạn 2016 – 2020 [Vietnam's Human Development Index (2016-2020)] (PDF) (Report). pp. 29–30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. ^ "Bánh Gio Tây Đình – Đặc sản nổi tiếng của Vĩnh Phúc - Trung tâm Xúc tiến Du lịch Vĩnh Phúc – Sở VHTTDL Vĩnh Phúc". dulichvinhphuc.gov.vn (in Vietnamese). 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  4. ^ Dinh, Tat. "Vietnam province isolates commune with seven coronavirus patients". VnExpress International.

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