Trà Vinh province

Trà Vinh (Khmer: ព្រះត្រពាំង) was a former province in the Mekong Delta region of Southern Vietnam. The capital is Trà Vinh City. It was dissolved and merged with Vĩnh Long province on 12 June 2025.^[5]

Trà Vinh ព្រះត្រពាំង (Khmer) Vĩnh Bình
Province
Trà Vinh province
Seal
Location of Trà Vinh within Vietnam
Coordinates: 9°50′N 106°15′E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Mekong Delta
Capital	Trà Vinh
Government
• People's Council Chair	Lê Văn Hẳn
• People's Committee Chair	Kim Ngọc Thái
Area [1]
• Total	2,390.77 km2 (923.08 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Total	1,423,900
• Density	600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Vietnamese (68.35%) Khmer (30.00%) Hoa (1.65%)[2]
GDP[3]
• Total	VND 45.778 trillion US$ 2.006 billion
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)
Area codes	294
ISO 3166 code	VN-51
HDI (2020)	0.693[4] (42th)
Website	www.travinh.gov.vn

Etymology

Trà Vang was an old name used for this area, a hinterland with a sparse population.^[6]

In 1825, the area of Trà Vinh was established by King Minh Mạng into Lạc Hóa district also known as chà-văng or chà-vinh.^[7][8]

In 1951, the name Vĩnh Trà appeared, a combination of Vĩnh from Vĩnh Long and Trà from Trà Vinh.^[9]

The name was changed again from Trà Vinh to Vĩnh Bình province in 1957.^[10]

In 1976, Cửu Long province came to be by merging Vĩnh Long province and Trà Vinh.^[11]

The name Trà Vinh comes from the Khmer name of the area ព្រះត្រពាំង Preah Trapeang, which means Sacred pond or Buddha's pond. The Vietnamese transliteration gave Trà Vang and later Trà Vinh.^{[12][unreliable source?]}

Demographics

Besides more than two thirds of Trà Vinh's population being Vietnamese, nearly a third of the population is Khmer Krom. Trà Vinh also has one of the largest ethnic Hoa (Chinese) communities in Vietnam (1.65%).

Administrative divisions

Trà Vinh is subdivided into nine district-level sub-divisions:

• 7 districts:

• • Càng Long
  • Cầu Kè
  • Cầu Ngang
  • Châu Thành
  • Duyên Hải
  • Tiểu Cần
  • Trà Cú

• 1 district-level town:
  • Duyên Hải
• 1 provincial city:
  • Trà Vinh (capital)

They are further subdivided into 11 commune-level towns (or townlets), 85 communes, and nine wards.

Gallery

• 
  Phạm Ngũ Lão Street in the center of Trà Vinh city.
• 
  The monk returned to Hang Pagoda after begging for alms.
• 
  Watsamrongek Pagoda Gate, Trà Vinh.
• 
  National Road 60, Trà Vinh to Sóc Trăng.
• 
  Take the ferry from Trà Vinh to Cù Lao Dung
• 
  Cổ Chiên Bridge