District-level town
Former type of second-tier subdivision of Vietnam
A district-level town (Vietnamese: thị xã) is a former type of second tier subdivision of Vietnam. District-level towns had equal status with urban districts, districts, municipal cities, and provincial cites. Towns were officially classified into Class-3 or Class-4 (as a result of Decree No. 42/2009/ND-CP).
District-level towns were abolished in 2025 along with other district-level subdivisions.
Towns could only be the capital of a province, and not of a municipality. At the third tier, towns were divided into wards and communes.
Many provincial capitals were once towns, though many of these became provincial cities.
District level
In Vietnam, there were other kinds of district-level urban subdivision: urban districts (Vietnamese: quận), districts (huyện), municipal cities (thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) and provincial cities (thành phố thuộc tỉnh). Urban districts were for urban areas, and only consisted of wards, but provincial cities and towns could consist of wards (in urban areas) and communes (in suburban areas).
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