Vĩnh Yên is a ward of Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam, and was before 2025 the provincial city of the old Vĩnh Phúc province. The Vietnamese Wikipedia article places it at the centre of that province, 55 kilometres west of Hanoi, 30 kilometres southwest of Việt Trì and 25 kilometres from Nội Bài international airport. It covers 50.39 square kilometres and had 123,353 people in 2021. Government Decree 146 of 1 December 2006 created the city, and it was an urban area of type II from 2014, an economic hub and an important transport junction of the northern key economic region. It was the scene of the first clash between General Võ Nguyên Giáp and General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, the Battle of Vĩnh Yên in January 1951. It was dissolved as a city on 1 July 2025.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Vietnam: cities and towns (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deCities table, 2019 census column
Vĩnh Yên City VPH 65,182 79,547 99,273
Cities table, census year
Vĩnh Yên City VPH 65,182 79,547 99,273
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View the Source 2. Vietnamese Wikipedia: Vĩnh Yên (thành phố)
Vietnamese WikipediaĐịa lý, vị tríQuote, Địa lý, vị trí
Thành phố Vĩnh Yên có diện tích 50,39 km²
3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 21.3125,105.5861
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (21.3125,105.5861); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountainQuote, SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (21.3125,105.5861); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountain
"elevation": 13.0
4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 21.25 105.75 (class Cwa) containing the city pointQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 21.25 105.75 (class Cwa) containing the city point
21.25 105.75 Cwa
5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, current rule (7:00 offset); the comment under it says the entry agrees with all of Vietnam since 1975-06-13Quote, Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, current rule (7:00 offset); the comment under it says the entry agrees with all of Vietnam since 1975-06-13
Ho Chi Minh entry suffices for most purposes as it agrees with all of
Vĩnh Yên (Wikipedia)
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is a ward (phường) of Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam
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is a ward (phường) of Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam
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