Thai Nguyen
Province in North Vietnam
Image: Bacthai20 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
- Region
- North Vietnam
- Seat of government
- Thai Nguyen
- Area
- 8,375 km² (3,234 sq mi)3,234 sq mi (8,375 km²)
- Population
- 1,799,489Figure in Resolution 202/2025/QH15
- 2025 merger
- Formed on 1 July 2025 from Bac Kan and Thai Nguyen
Places to visit in Thai Nguyen
We have no place guide in Thai Nguyen yet. The nearest one is Hanoi, 63 km (39 mi)39 mi (63 km) from Thai Nguyen city as the crow flies.
Getting there
The three nearest airports with scheduled flights, as the crow flies from Thai Nguyen, the seat of government. By road the trip is longer, and the nearest airport is not always the easiest one to use.
- HANNoi Bai International Airport42 km (26 mi)26 mi (42 km)
- HPHCat Bi International Airport126 km (78 mi)78 mi (126 km)
- VDOVan Don International Airport171 km (106 mi)106 mi (171 km)
Other provinces in North Vietnam
Sources
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- Resolution 202/2025/QH15 on the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units. National Assembly of Vietnam. Adopted 12 June 2025; the merged provinces started work on 1 July 2025. Area, population and the provinces merged into Thai Nguyen.
- Conclusion 163 and Resolution 60-NQ/TW (2025) on the new provinces and their seats (Thu Vien Phap Luat). Seat of government of Thai Nguyen.
- OurAirports. Airports with scheduled flights; straight-line distance from Thai Nguyen worked out by us.
- Tea hill in Thai Nguyen.jpg. Photo at the top of this page by Bacthai20, CC0.