Vị Thanh


Vị Thanh is a provincial city and also the capital city of the former Hậu Giang Province in Vietnam, now merged with Can Tho. Formerly, it was the capital town of Chương-Thiện province in South Vietnam. In 2004, Vị Thanh became the capital of Hậu Giang Province. It has an industrial zone of 880,000 square metres. There are roads, National Highway 61, and water connections by canal and river to the Hậu River.
Vị Thanh is the second biggest city of Hậu Giang, after Ngã Bảy became a city in 2020.

Population

Vị Thanh city has an area of, the population as of April 1, 2019, is 73,322 people, of which: the urban population is 44,164 people, rural population is 29,158 people, population density reaches 618 people/km2.