Quế Võ

Quế Võ [kwe˧˥:vɔʔɔ˧˥] is a ward^[3] of Bắc Ninh province in the Northern Midlands and Mountains of Vietnam.

Quế Võ Ward Phường Quế Võ Thị xã Quế Võ
Ward (Class-II)
An entrance of the Phố Mới Little Zone in 2012.
Nickname(s):  "Land of Wharfs and Boats" (Quê hương bến nước con đò)
Motto(s):  "Bright – Green – Cleanliness – Beauteousness"[1] (Sáng – Xanh – Sạch – Đẹp)
Country	Vietnam
Region	Northern Midlands and Mountains
Province	Bắc Ninh
Establishment	VI century
Central hall	No.1, Nguyễn Lượng street, National Route 18, Phố Mới little zone, Quế Võ ward
Government
• Type	Ward-level authority
• People Committee's Chairman	Đặng Văn Tuấn
• People Council's Chairman	Nguyễn Bá Quân
• Front Committee's Chairman	Nguyễn Thị Hiển
• Party Committee's Secretary	Lê Hồng Phúc
Area
• Total	155.11 km2 (59.89 sq mi)
Population  (August 30, 2023[2])
• Total	223,964
• Density	1,378/km2 (3,570/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Kinh Tanka
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)
ZIP code	16800[note 1]
Website	Quevo.Bacninh.gov.vn Quevo.Bacninh.dcs.vn

History

According to Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, before the Later Lê Dynasty, the entire area of modern Bắc Ninh province was called Võ Ninh canton^{[note 2]} (Võ Ninh châu, 武寧洲), belonging to Bắc Giang prefecture (Bắc Giang phủ, 北江府).

Around the years of Quang Thuận,^{[note 3]} the court issued a decree to merge two adjacent districts Quế Dương and Võ Giàng to become Quế Võ rural district (Quế Võ huyện, 桂武縣), belonging to Kinh Bắc garrison (京北承宣, Kinh Bắc thừa tuyên).

On February 13, 2023, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam National Assembly issued Resolution 723/NQ-UBTVQH15,^[4] which took effect from April 10, 2023. Accordingly, the entire area of Quế Võ rural district has been officially converted into Quế Võ town (桂武市社, thị xã Quế Võ).^[5]

On April 19, 2025, after the dissolution of former Bắc Ninh province for the merger with Bắc Giang province by the Government of Vietnam, according to the Plan for arrangement of the commune-level administrative units in 2025^{[note 4]} by the Bắc Ninh Provincial People's Committee, Quế Võ town was transformed into Quế Võ ward (桂武坊, phường Quế Võ). This class-II administrative unit is under Bắc Ninh province.

Geography

Currently, Quế Võ ward includes 20 commune-level sub-divisions.

• 11 wards : Bằng An, Bồng Lai, Cách Bi, Đại Xuân, Nhân Hòa, Phố Mới,^{[note 5]} Phù Lương, Phương Liễu, Phượng Mao, Quế Tân, Việt Hùng.
• 9 communes : Châu Phong, Chi Lăng, Đào Viên, Đức Long, Mộ Đạo, Ngọc Xá, Phù Lãng, Việt Thống, Yên Giả.

Topography

Quế Võ ward covers an area of 155.11 km². In particular, all people are registered as Kẻ Kinh.

Demography

As of 2023, Quế Võ ward had a population of 223,964.^[6][7]

Culture

In early March 2025, Quế Võ ward suddenly attracted attention on international travel forums as a top trending destination^[8] due to the positive effect of MV Bắc Bling performed by songstress Hòa Minzy. According to her special sharing, she called for the help of Meritorious Artist Xuân Hinh and 300 hundreds of Lạc Xá villagers^[9][10] to make the MV with the wish to promote the customs of her hometown.^[11][12][13]

Phù Lãng ceramic & porcelain village

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Vietnamese-Japanese Foreign Language-Technology College

Economy

• Quế Võ Industrial Zone

See also

• Chí Linh
• Gia Bình
• Lương Tài
• Tiên Du
• Thuận Thành
• Từ Sơn
• Việt Yên
• Yên Dũng
• Yên Phong