Vietnamese Provinces Database

A complete SQL database of Vietnamese administrative units, includes all 63 Vietnamese provinces and associated districts, wards sub-divisions.
Data is updated as of the most recent effective decree: 939/NQ-UBTVQH15
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Overview

The author(s) of this repository is not associated with the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, nor the Vietnamese government.
The data of provinces, districts and wards are created base on the API province data provided by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam website.
This dataset also include additional information apart from the original provinces, districts and wards data from the original data. Please see section Additional change make by this repository

Dataset releases and Government issued decrees

The Vietnamese Government may issues decree time to time to change the administrative unit structure. You can track the latest issued decrees here.

This dataset will be gradually updated to keep up with the latest effective decree. To check the status of your dataset and how to keep the dataset up-to-date, see section How to update the existing dataset?.

The following tables contains the list of issued decree, its effected date from, tracked from the earliest version of this dataset.

Issued Decree	Issued on	Effect from	Release Version
939/NQ-UBTVQH15	13/12/2023	01/02/2024	v2.0.0
From 721/NQ-UBTVQH15 to 730/NQ-UBTVQH15	13/02/2023	10/04/2023	v1.0.4.1
569/NQ-UBTVQH15, 570/NQ-UBTVQH15	11/08/2022	01/10/2022	v1.0.3.1
510/NQ-UBTVQH15	12/05/2022	01/07/2022	v1.0.2
469/NQ-UBTVQH15	15/02/2022	10/04/2022	v1.0.1
387/NQ-UBTVQH15	22/09/2021	01/11/2021	v1.0.0

Additional change make by this repository

Add administrative_regions table
Add administrative_units table
Define the administrative unit and associated region for province, district and ward data
Generate the English name for the provinces, districts and wards, offer both full and short forms
Generate the code name for the provinces, districts and wards

Installation

Postgresql

Either use your existing database, or create a new one:

CREATE DATABASE vietnamese_administrative_units;

Execute the CreateTable_vn_units.sql in the postgresql directory first in the target database to generate all the table structure.

Then follow up by executing the ImportData_vn_units.sql to import data to these generated tables.

MySQL - MariaDB

Either use your existing database, or create a new one:

CREATE DATABASE vietnamese_administrative_units;

Execute the CreateTable_vn_units.sql in the mysql directory first in the target database to generate all the table structure.

Then follow up by executing the ImportData_vn_units.sql to import data to these generated tables.

Microsoft SQL Server

Either use your existing database, or create a new one:

CREATE DATABASE vietnamese_administrative_units;

Execute the CreateTable_vn_units.sql in the sqlserver directory first in the target database to generate all the table structure.

Then follow up by executing the ImportData_vn_units.sql to import data to these generated tables.

Oracle

Either use your existing database, or create a new one

Execute the CreateTable_vn_units.sql in the oracle directory first in the target database to generate all the table structure.

Then follow up by executing the ImportData_vn_units.sql to import data to these generated tables.

Tables Schema

`administrative_regions` table

The administrative_regions table contains the list of 8 Vietnamese geographical regions with the id increment following the region location from North to South.

Table definition

Column	Data type	Meaning	Constraint
`id`	integer	Id of the region	Primary Key
`name`	varchar(255)	Region name in Vietnamese
`name_en`	varchar(255)	Region name in English
`code_name`	varchar(255)	Code name, derived from Vietnamese name, written in lowercase, underscored
`code_name_en`	varchar(255)	Code name, derived from English name, written in lowercase, underscored

Data preview

id	name	name_en	code_name	code_name_en
1	Đông Bắc Bộ	Northeast	dong_bac_bo	northest
2	Tây Bắc Bộ	Northwest	tay_bac_bo	northwest
3	Đồng bằng sông Hồng	Red River Delta	dong_bang_song_hong	red_river_delta
4	Bắc Trung Bộ	North Central Coast	bac_trung_bo	north_central_coast
5	Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ	South Central Coast	duyen_hai_nam_trung_bo	south_central_coast
6	Tây Nguyên	Central Highlands	tay_nguyen	central_highlands
7	Đông Nam Bộ	Southeast	dong_nam_bo	southeast
8	Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long	Mekong River Delta	dong_bang_song_cuu_long	southwest

`administrative_units` table

The administrative_units table contains a list of administrative units with id sorted by the tier level from biggest to the smallest unit.

Table definition

Column	Data type	Meaning	Constraint
`id`	integer	Id of the administrative unit	Primary Key
`full_name`	varchar(255)	Full name of the administrative unit in Vietnamese
`full_name_en`	varchar(255)	Full name of the administrative unit in English
`short_name`	varchar(255)	Short name of the administrative unit in Vietnamese
`short_name_en`	varchar(255)	Short name of the administrative unit in English
`code_name`	varchar(255)	Code name, derived from Vietnamese `full_name`, written in lowercase, underscored
`code_name_en`	varchar(255)	Code name, derived from English `full_name_en`, written in lowercase, underscored

Data preview

id	full_name	full_name_en	short_name	short_name_en	code_name	code_name_en
1	Thành phố trực thuộc trung ương	Municipality	Thành phố	City	thanh_pho_truc_thuoc_trung_uong	municipality
2	Tỉnh	Province	Tỉnh	Province	tinh	province
3	Thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương	Municipal city	Thành phố	City	thanh_pho_thuoc_thanh_pho_truc_thuoc_trung_uong	municipal_city
4	Thành phố thuộc tỉnh	Provincial city	Thành phố	City	thanh_pho_thuoc_tinh	provincial_city
5	Quận	Urban district	Quận	District	quan	urban_district
6	Thị xã	District-level town	Thị xã	Town	thi_xa	district_level_town
7	Huyện	District	Huyện	District	huyen	district
8	Phường	Ward	Phường	Ward	phuong	ward
9	Thị trấn	Commune-level town	Thị trấn	Township	thi_tran	commune_level_town
10	Xã	Commune	Xã	Commune	xa	commune

`provinces` table

The provinces table contains a list of first administrative tier - the provincial level units, includes 63 municipalities and provinces.
The code key and full_name are based on the original CSV file.

Table definition

Column	Data type	Meaning	Constraint
`code`	varchar(20)	The official unit code, defined by government	Primary Key
`name`	varchar(255)	Name in Vietnamese
`name_en`	varchar(255)	Name of in English
`full_name`	varchar(255)	Full name in Vietnamese, includes the administrative unit name
`full_name_en`	varchar(255)	Full name in English, includes the administrative unit name
`code_name`	varchar(255)	Code name, derived from `name`, written in lowercase, underscored
`administrative_unit_id`	integer	The administrative unit id of this record	Foreign Key, references to `administrative_units.id`
`administrative_region_id`	integer	The geographical region this this record belongs to	Foreign Key, references to `administrative_regions.id`

Data preview

code	name	name_en	full_name	full_name_en	code_name	administrative_unit_id	administrative_region_id
01	Hà Nội	Ha Noi	Thành phố Hà Nội	Ha Noi City	ha_noi	1	3
30	Hải Dương	Hai Duong	Tỉnh Hải Dương	Hai Duong Province	hai_duong	2	3
46	Thừa Thiên Huế	Thua Thien Hue	Tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế	Thua Thien Hue Province	thua_thien_hue	2	4
48	Đà Nẵng	Da Nang	Thành phố Đà Nẵng	Da Nang City	da_nang	1	5
79	Hồ Chí Minh	Ho Chi Minh	Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh	Ho Chi Minh City	ho_chi_minh	1	7
..	...........	...........	.....................	................	...........	..	..

`districts` table

The districts table contains a list of second administrative tier - the district level units, includes 705 municipal city, urban districts, district-level towns, districts and provincial cities.
The code key and full_name are based on the original CSV file.

Table definition

Column	Data type	Meaning	Constraint
`code`	varchar(20)	The official unit code, defined by government	Primary Key
`name`	varchar(255)	Name in Vietnamese
`name_en`	varchar(255)	Name of in English
`full_name`	varchar(255)	Full name in Vietnamese, includes the administrative unit name
`full_name_en`	varchar(255)	Full name in English, includes the administrative unit name
`code_name`	varchar(255)	Code name, derived from `name`, written in lowercase, underscored
`province_code`	integer	The `province` this record belongs to	Foreign Key, references to `provinces.code`
`administrative_unit_id`	integer	The administrative unit id of this record	Foreign Key, references to `administrative_units.id`

Data preview

code	name	name_en	full_name	full_name_en	code_name	province_code	administrative_unit_id
001	Ba Đình	Ba Dinh	Quận Ba Đình	Ba Dinh District	ba_dinh	01	5
002	Hoàn Kiếm	Hoan Kiem	Quận Hoàn Kiếm	Hoan Kiem District	hoan_kiem	01	5
003	Tây Hồ	Tay Ho	Quận Tây Hồ	Tay Ho District	tay_ho	01	5
004	Long Biên	Long Bien	Quận Long Biên	Long Bien District	long_bien	01	5
005	Cầu Giấy	Cau Giay	Quận Cầu Giấy	Cau Giay District	cau_giay	01	5
...	........	........	.............	.................	........	..	..

`wards` table

The wards table contains a list of third administrative tier - the commune level units, includes 10599 wards, communes and commune-level towns.
The code key and full_name are based on the original CSV file.

Table definition

Column	Data type	Meaning	Constraint
`code`	varchar(20)	The official unit code, defined by government	Primary Key
`name`	varchar(255)	Name in Vietnamese
`name_en`	varchar(255)	Name of in English
`full_name`	varchar(255)	Full name in Vietnamese, includes the administrative unit name
`full_name_en`	varchar(255)	Full name in English, includes the administrative unit name
`code_name`	varchar(255)	Code name, derived from `name`, written in lowercase, underscored
`district_code`	integer	The `district` this record belongs to	Foreign Key, references to `districts.code`
`administrative_unit_id`	integer	The administrative unit id of this record	Foreign Key, references to `administrative_units.id`

Data preview

code	name	name_en	full_name	full_name_en	code_name	district_code	administrative_unit_id
25942	Dĩ An	Di An	Phường Dĩ An	Di An Ward	di_an	724	8
25945	Tân Bình	Tan Binh	Phường Tân Bình	Tan Binh Ward	tan_binh	724	8
25948	Tân Đông Hiệp	Tan Dong Hiep	Phường Tân Đông Hiệp	Tan Dong Hiep Ward	tan_dong_hiep	724	8
25951	Bình An	Binh An	Phường Bình An	Binh An Ward	binh_an	724	8
25954	Bình Thắng	Binh Thang	Phường Bình Thắng	Binh Thang Ward	binh_thang	724	8
-----	-----	-------	---------	-----------	----------	---	--

Sample Queries

You can easily create query to get all the kind of data you need since the tables are clearly referenced between each others.
Here is some sample queries to start with:

Get all the provinces in a geographical region

Get all provinces in South Central Coast region (id = 5)

SELECT p.code, p."name" , p.full_name , p.full_name_en ,au.full_name as administrative_unit_name
FROM provinces p
INNER JOIN administrative_units au 
ON p.administrative_unit_id = au.id 
WHERE p.administrative_region_id = 5
ORDER BY code;

code	name	full_name	full_name_en	administrative_unit_name
48	Đà Nẵng	Thành phố Đà Nẵng	Da Nang City	Thành phố trực thuộc trung ương
49	Quảng Nam	Tỉnh Quảng Nam	Quang Nam Province	Tỉnh
51	Quảng Ngãi	Tỉnh Quảng Ngãi	Quang Ngai Province	Tỉnh
52	Bình Định	Tỉnh Bình Định	Binh Dinh Province	Tỉnh
54	Phú Yên	Tỉnh Phú Yên	Phu Yen Province	Tỉnh
56	Khánh Hòa	Tỉnh Khánh Hòa	Khanh Hoa Province	Tỉnh
58	Ninh Thuận	Tỉnh Ninh Thuận	Ninh Thuan Province	Tỉnh
60	Bình Thuận	Tỉnh Bình Thuận	Binh Thuan Province	Tỉnh

Get all districts under a province

Get all districts under Khánh Hoà province

SELECT d.code, d."name" , d.full_name , d.full_name_en ,au.full_name as administrative_unit_name
FROM districts d 
INNER JOIN administrative_units au 
ON d.administrative_unit_id = au.id
WHERE d.province_code = '56' -- Khanh Hoa province code
ORDER BY d.code;

code	name	full_name	full_name_en	administrative_unit_name
568	Nha Trang	Thành phố Nha Trang	Nha Trang City	Thành phố thuộc tỉnh
569	Cam Ranh	Thành phố Cam Ranh	Cam Ranh City	Thành phố thuộc tỉnh
570	Cam Lâm	Huyện Cam Lâm	Cam Lam District	Huyện
571	Vạn Ninh	Huyện Vạn Ninh	Van Ninh District	Huyện
572	Ninh Hòa	Thị xã Ninh Hòa	Ninh Hoa Town	Thị xã
573	Khánh Vĩnh	Huyện Khánh Vĩnh	Khanh Vinh District	Huyện
574	Diên Khánh	Huyện Diên Khánh	Dien Khanh District	Huyện
575	Khánh Sơn	Huyện Khánh Sơn	Khanh Son District	Huyện
576	Trường Sa	Huyện Trường Sa	Truong Sa District	Huyện

Get wards under a district

Get all wards of Ninh Hoa town

SELECT w.code, w."name" , w.full_name , w.full_name_en ,au.full_name as administrative_unit_name
FROM wards w 
INNER JOIN administrative_units au 
ON w.administrative_unit_id = au.id
WHERE w.district_code = '572' -- Ninh Hoa town code
ORDER BY w.code;

code	name	full_name	full_name_en	administrative_unit_name
22528	Ninh Hiệp	Phường Ninh Hiệp	Ninh Hiep Ward	Phường
22531	Ninh Sơn	Xã Ninh Sơn	Ninh Son Commune	Xã
22534	Ninh Tây	Xã Ninh Tây	Ninh Tay Commune	Xã
22537	Ninh Thượng	Xã Ninh Thượng	Ninh Thuong Commune	Xã
22540	Ninh An	Xã Ninh An	Ninh An Commune	Xã
22543	Ninh Hải	Phường Ninh Hải	Ninh Hai Ward	Phường
22546	Ninh Thọ	Xã Ninh Thọ	Ninh Tho Commune	Xã
-----	--------	-----------	------	-----
(the rest of rows are removed for brevity)

FAQ

What is the original data source that this repository develope from?

The original data source is the CSV file from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam website.
You can go to the site, tick on the checkbox Quận Huyện, Phường Xã, then click the Xuất Excel button to download the CSV file.

How are the primary keys defined?

Table	Primary Key
`administrative_regions`	Key: `id`. Starting from `1` to `8`, follow the geographical location order from North to South
`administrative_units`	Key: `id`. Starting from `1` to `10`, follow the tier order from biggest unit to smallest unit
`provinces`	Key: `code`. Officially referenced from government unit code
`districts`	Key: `code`. Officially referenced from government unit code
`wards`	Key: `code`. Officially referenced from government unit code

I cannot find districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc?

Districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc were merged into a single Thu Duc Municipal city, directly under Ho Chi Minh city recently. Hence all their wards are binded directly under district entity Thu Duc city, code 769.

How to update the existing dataset?

The government may gradually public new decree to change the administrative unit structure overtime.

If you want to check the current up-to-date status of your provinces dataset, simply execute the patch_checker.sql script, and apply the missing decree patch (if any) in the patch directory.

Sample Output from the patch_checker script:

nghidinh_469_nq_ubtvqh15	vietnamese_provinces_dataset_up_to_date
true	true

Or you can completely refresh the existing Vietnamese provinces table in your database by unlink all of your references, then drop these provinces tables and re-create and import all the provinces dataset, then re-establish the relationship between your data and the provinces table again.

I saw some issues in the SQL patch?

If you see any improvement that can be made, please kindly Open a issue and write down your finding. Or even better by Create a Pull Request. Any contribution is welcomed.

I prefer a JSON version

Please see daohoangson/dvhcvn as the JSON alternative version

Reference

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Vietnamese Provinces Database

Overview

Dataset releases and Government issued decrees

Additional change make by this repository

Installation

Postgresql

MySQL - MariaDB

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle

Tables Schema

administrative_regions table

Table definition

Data preview

administrative_units table

Table definition

Data preview

provinces table

Table definition

Data preview

districts table

Table definition

Data preview

wards table

Table definition

Data preview

Sample Queries

Get all the provinces in a geographical region

Get all districts under a province

Get wards under a district

FAQ

What is the original data source that this repository develope from?

How are the primary keys defined?

I cannot find districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc?

How to update the existing dataset?

I saw some issues in the SQL patch?

I prefer a JSON version

Reference

`administrative_regions` table

`administrative_units` table

`provinces` table

`districts` table

`wards` table