Trà Vinh () 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.

Etymology

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

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.

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

The name was changed again from Trà Vinh to Vĩnh Bình province in 1957.

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

The name Trà Vinh comes from the Khmer name of the area ព្រះត្រពាំង , which means Sacred pond or Buddha's pond. The Vietnamese transliteration gave Trà Vang and later Trà Vinh.

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.

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File:Đường Phạm Ngũ Lão ở Trà Vinh.jpg|Phạm Ngũ Lão Street in the center of Trà Vinh city.

File:Về chùa.jpg|The monk returned to Hang Pagoda after begging for alms.

File:Cổng chùa Watsamrongek, Trà Vinh.jpg|Watsamrongek Pagoda Gate, Trà Vinh.

File:Quốc lộ 60, Trà Vinh đi Sóc Trăng.jpg|National Road 60, Trà Vinh to Sóc Trăng.

File:Đò máy từ Trà Vinh đi Cù Lao Dung.jpg|Take the ferry from Trà Vinh to Cù Lao Dung

File:Co Chien bridge.jpg|alt=Cổ Chiên Bridge|Cổ Chiên Bridge

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References

  • of the Trà Vinh province government