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Mekong Delta
region in southwestern Vietnam
Tonkin
thumb|right|18th century Tonkin Tonkin (), also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is an exonym referring to the area surrounding the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. During the 17th and 18th centuries, this term referred to the domain of Đàng Ngoài, under the control of the Trịnh lords, encompassing both the Northern and Thanh–Nghệ regions, north of the Gianh River at the 17.7th parallel. From 1884 to early 1945, the term referred to the French protectorate of Tonkin, which comprised only the Northern region, approximately north of the 20th parallel.
Central Highlands
mountainous region of Vietnam
Red River Delta
region of Vietnam
South Central Coast
region of Vietnam
Southeast
region of Vietnam
North Central Coast
region of Vietnam
Northwest Vietnam
region of Vietnam
Northeast Vietnam
region at the north of the Red River Delta, Vietnam
Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
former demilitarized zone that divided North Vietnam and South Vietnam between 1954 and 1976
Northern Vietnam
geographic region of Vietnam
Southern Vietnam
Region of Vietnam
Lingnan
Lingnan (; ) is a geographic area referring to the lands in the south of the Nanling Mountains. The region covers the modern Chinese subdivisions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong & Macau and Northern Vietnam.
Jiaozhi Commandery
Jiaozhi (standard Chinese, pinyin: Jiāozhǐ, Vietnamese: Giao Chỉ), was a historical region ruled by various Chinese dynasties, corresponding to present-day northern Vietnam. The kingdom of Nanyue (204–111 BC) set up the Jiaozhi Commandery (; , chữ Hán: 郡交趾) an administrative division centered in the Red River Delta that existed through Vietnam's first and second periods of Chinese rule. During the Han dynasty, the commandery was part of a province of the same name (later renamed to Jiaozhou) that covered modern-day northern and central Vietnam as well as Guangdong and Guangxi in southern China
Central Vietnam
region of Vietnam
Sip Song Chau Tai
"Twelve Provinces of the Dai" Chinese
region of Vietnam
Việt Bắc
former region of Vietnam
Plain of Reeds
Wetlands in Dong Thap province and Long An province, Mekong Delta