Nghệ An province

Nghệ An
Nghệ An
Province
	Beach of Cửa Lò • Hồ Chí Minh Town square • Monument workers, farmers, soldiers • Quang Trung Temple • Lenin Avenue in Vinh City • Sun rise at Cửa Lò • Mai Hắc Đế Temple • A street in Vinh by night • Department of Defense in Vinh • University Vinh • Vinh City Town square • Nguyễn Xí Temple
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	Location of Nghệ An within Vietnam
	Interactive map of Nghệ An
	Coordinates: 19°20′N 104°50′E
Country	Vietnam
Region	North Central Coast
Capital	Vinh
Government
• People's Council Chair	Thái Thanh Quý
• People's Committee Chair	Nguyễn Đức Trung
Area
• Total	16,486.49 km2 (6,365.47 sq mi)
Population (2025)
• Total	3,831,694
• Density	232.4142/km2 (601.9500/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Vietnamese, Khơ Mú, Thai, Thổ, Mường, H'Mông
GDP
• Total	VND 115.676 trillion; US$ 5.024 billion
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes	238
ISO 3166 code	VN-22
HDI (2020)	0.711; (30th)
Website	nghean.gov.vn

Nghệ An (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋêˀ ān] ^ⓘ) is a coastal province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It borders Thanh Hóa to the north, Hà Tĩnh to the south, Laos to the west, and the South China Sea (Gulf of Tonkin) to the east. Nghệ An is located on the east–west economic corridor connecting Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam along National Route 7 to the port of Cửa Lò.