Vietnam Subnational Administrative Boundaries for 34 Provinces

A July 2025 version of Vietnam's administrative boundaries, structured into one level covering 34 provinces. The dataset was reviewed for accuracy in September 2025 and is contributed by OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, with quality assurance by OCHA FIS and HDX. It is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for humanitarian needs assessment based on province-level boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic or economic analysis based on administrative units.
• Serve as a base layer for disaster response planning based on the standardized administrative divisions.

Strengths

• Explicitly reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 25 September 2025.
• Part of a standardized global collection (COD-AB), suggesting interoperability.
• Available in multiple common geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, XLSX, GEODATABASE).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, quality assured and published by OCHA FIS and HDX.

Time Range

Boundaries created 01 July 2025, dataset reviewed 25 September 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:06:38.615375; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Vietnam, covering 34 provinces (Admin 1 level).