Hanoi Metropolitan Area

Hanoi Metropolitan Area

Hanoi Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area currently planning by the government of Vietnam. This metropolitan area was created by decision 490/QD-TTg dated May 5, 2008 of the Prime Minister of Vietnam. Hanoi will be the core city of this metropolitan area. Other component parts will include provinces: Hà Tây, Vĩnh Phúc, Hưng Yên, Bắc Ninh, Hải Dương, Hà Nam and Hòa Bình with an area of 13,436 km², half of the size of Greater Ho Chi Minh City, the same for population size plannning.As Hà Tây as been merged into Hanoi by a resolution of the National Assembly of Vietnam in June 2008, this metropolitan will include Hanoi and 6 surrounding provinces.

As of 2006, this metropolitan area has a population of 12.462 million, of which, 3.26 million live in urban areas, by 2020, the number will be 14.5-15 and 8.1-9.2 million respectively.

ee also

*Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area


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