Urban district (), or borough, was a former type of second tier subdivision in Vietnam. Urban district had equal status with district, provincial city, and town.
Urban districts can only subordinate to municipality as the Second Tier unit. At the Third Tier, urban district was divided into wards.
History Before 1975, in South Vietnam, all second-level administrative subdivisions were called districts (), regardless of urban or rural areas. For example, quận Châu Thành, Vĩnh Long Province is in the urban area of present Vĩnh Long city, and quận Trà Ôn was the rural area of present Vĩnh Long Province.
, Vietnam had 49 urban districts. The data of local administrative subdivisions till 31 December 2008 by Vietnam Statistics General Office. Ho Chi Minh City with 19 urban districts had the most. Huế City with two urban districts had the fewest.
In 2025, urban districts were abolished along with other district-level subdivisions.
List of urban districts in Vietnam Hanoi (12 urban districts)
Ba Đình District Hoàn Kiếm District Đống Đa District Hai Bà Trưng District Cầu Giấy District Thanh Xuân District Hoàng Mai District Long Biên District Tây Hồ District Hà Đông District Bắc Từ Liêm District (North Từ Liêm District) Nam Từ Liêm District (South Từ Liêm District)
Ho Chi Minh City (16 urban districts)
District 1 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 10 District 11 District 12 Tân Bình District Tân Phú District Bình Tân District Phú Nhuận District Gò Vấp District Bình Thạnh District
Haiphong (8 urban districts)
Hồng Bàng District Ngô Quyền District Lê Chân District Kiến An District Hải An District Dương Kinh District Đồ Sơn District An Dương District
Huế (2 urban districts)
Phú Xuân District Thuận Hóa District
Da Nang (6 urban districts)
Hải Châu District Thanh Khê District Sơn Trà District Ngũ Hành Sơn District Liên Chiểu District Cẩm Lệ District
Cần Thơ (5 urban districts)
Ninh Kiều District Bình Thủy District Cái Răng District Ô Môn District Thốt Nốt District
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