Commune-level town

Administrative units
of Vietnam
Province-level
District-level
Commune-level
Village-level

Commune-level town (Vietnamese: thị trấn), a type of third tier subdivision of Vietnam is divided into 11,162 units along with ward and commune have equal status.[1] By virtue of Decree No. 42/2009/ND-CP, township are officially classified into Class-2, Class-3, Class-4 or Class-5.[2]

The townships can only subordinate to district as the Third Tier unit.

  1. ^ "Đơn vị hành chính". Archived from the original on 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ "DECREE No. 42/2009/ND-CP: More specific definitions for urban centers". Archived from the original on 2018-02-19.