What year did our country have 65 provinces and cities?

Vietnam once had a period of 65 provinces and cities, this was the period when our country had the most provinces.

1. In what year did our country have 65 provinces and cities?

• A

  1945 - 1946

  After Vietnam gained independence in August 1945, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was born. According to the 1946 Constitution, the country was divided into three regions: North, Central, and South. During the period 1945 - 1946, our country had 65 provinces.
  In 1975, the South was liberated, the country was unified and by 1976, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam had 38 provincial-level administrative units, including 35 provinces and 3 centrally-run cities.

• B

  1946 - 1947

• C

  1947 - 1948

• D

  1948 - 1949

2. Since when did our country have 63 provinces and cities?

• A

  2005

• B

  2006

• C

  2007

• D

  2008

  After the country's reunification in 1975, Vietnam's 72 provinces and cities were reduced to 38 due to mergers, then increased to 63 provincial-level administrative units in 2008 and have remained so far.
  Vietnam currently has 63 provinces and cities (57 provinces and 6 centrally-run cities: Hanoi , Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue, Hai Phong and Can Tho). From 1975 to present, our country has undergone 9 separations and mergers of provincial administrative units.

3. Which two provinces have never merged since their establishment?

• A

  Hai Duong and Bac Ninh

• B

  Quang Ninh and Phu Tho

• C

  Thanh Hoa and Thai Binh

  During the development process, the administrative boundaries of the provinces in our country have continuously changed, many localities have undergone separation and merger to suit the development conditions of each stage. However, Thanh Hoa and Thai Binh are two localities that have never undergone the process of merger or separation, and have kept the same name from the feudal period until now.

• D

  Ha Nam and Ninh Binh

4. Under which king did our country have 31 provinces?

• A

  Minh Mang

  In the year of Tan Mao (1831), King Minh Mang carried out large-scale administrative reforms, dividing the whole country into 31 provinces. From then on, the province was a unified administrative unit in the whole country with a reasonable territory and terrain. Each province had a Governor, a Provincial Governor, a Provincial Governor, and a Provincial Judge to oversee the work. The mountainous regions followed the unified administrative unit with the lowlands.
  Minh Mang was the second king of the Nguyen Dynasty, reigning from 1820 until his death, and was posthumously given the temple name Nguyen Thanh To. He was the most accomplished king of the Nguyen Dynasty.

• B

  Bao Dai

• C

  Tu Duc

• D

  Gia Long

5. In what year did our country have the fewest number of provinces in the past 50 years?

• A

  1976

  In 1976, Vietnam had 38 provinces and cities, including 35 provinces and 3 centrally-run cities. This was the year with the smallest number of provinces and cities in Vietnam in the past half century.
  At that time, the North had 13 provinces and 2 cities including: Bac Thai, Cao Lang, Ha Nam Ninh, Ha Bac, Ha Son Binh, Ha Tuyen, Hai Hung, Hoang Lien Son, Lai Chau, Quang Ninh, Son La, Thai Binh, Vinh Phu. The two cities were Hanoi and Hai Phong.
  Central region: 10 provinces: Thanh Hoa, Nghe Tinh, Binh Tri Thien, Quang Nam - Da Nang, Nghia Binh, Phu Khanh, Thuan Hai, Gia Lai - Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Lam Dong.
  Southern 12 provinces: Song Be, Tay Ninh, Dong Nai, Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang, Tien Giang, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Ben Tre, Cuu Long, Minh Hai and Ho Chi Minh City.

• B

  1977

• C

  1978

• D

  1979

Lam Hoang