Vĩnh Phúc province
Province of Vietnam
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Vĩnh Phúc was a former province in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. It was dissolved and merged with Phú Thọ province on 1 July 2025.[4]
Vĩnh Phúc | |
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      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 | |
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| Nickname: Fortune | |
 Location of Vĩnh Phúc within Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 21°18′N 105°36′E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Red River Delta |
| Capital | Vĩnh Yên |
| Government | |
| • People's Council Chair | Trịnh Đình Dũng |
| • People's Committee Chair | Nguyễn Ngọc Phi |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,236.00 km2 (477.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 1,347,578 |
| • Density | 1,090.27/km2 (2,823.80/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Sán Dìu, Sán Chay, Tày |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Total | VND 94.498 trillion US$ 4.104 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area codes | 211 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-70 |
| HDI (2020) |  0.778[3](8th) |
| Website | www |
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.[5]
Events
Closure of Sơn Lôi Commune during the COVID-19 pandemic
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 who 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.[6]
