Regions of Vietnam EXPLAINED

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[RyebertandWhiskey]

Sucks the original got taken down, really doesn't make sense why it would be removed

[redtigergaming]

Like if you saw the original video and was confused from the notification

[namdo]

Hi Barb! I think there is a mistake that "Saigon was the capital of French Indochina". It was the first major city that the French captured in Vietnam. But when they fully colonised Vietnam (in which they took totally control Cocochine ( South VietNam) and Tonkin (North VietNam), they choose Hanoi as the capital of French Indochine with the Presidential Palace (built in 1900-1960).
Therefor, you can see there are many French architecture in both Saigon and Hanoi

[unleaded]

I’m going to Vietnam in a month from the UK. Perfect timing!

[katelynne]

Hội An is not considered a Champa site, it was built by the Vietnamese kings and the architecture was influenced by China and Japan, probably with some other foreign elements cause it has always been a busy trading port (nevertheless it remains an iconic Vietnamese heritage site). Cham architecture is very distinct and more similar to other Southeast Asian cultures, anyone can tell the difference immediately.

[kamrenwalker]

i can’t WAIT till the vietnam 🇻🇳 video, i been obsessed since the 7th grade. they were doing a travel abroad trip (couldn’t go ☹️) but they did a presentation on all the crazy pringles they had 🤣 and now that’s all i think of when i think of vietnam 🇻🇳

[MishaGianni]

I'm so happy to finally see a video about Vietnamese geography on your channel, you tried to pronounce Vietnamese place names well, good job

[ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe]

Here are the corrections for the misinformative facts that have remained in this second version of this video
0:49 Vietnamese provinces are like that because well, Vietnam isn’t that big compared to giants like China, Russia and USA and provinces of this size are normal for countries of this size. Provinces in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Turkey are of similar size as well and they also have a lot of provinces. The main reason for these provinces isn’t statistical data. The division of Vietnam into provinces has existed since 1832, not very recent and way before anything was done with statistical data. The most recent change was a minor change in 2008 where Hà Tây merged with Hà Nội. Shortly after reunification of Vietnam, a couple of provinces have been joined together, but later in the 90’s had been separated again from eachother,

3:19 Bắc Giang is the largest province by population, but the capital Bắc Giang is not the largest city in that regio. The city Thái Nguyên is the largest city by population with 420.000 people, while Bắc Giang has 174.000 people.

3:35 The Northeast region isn’t home to Cát Bà island. Cát Bà is in the Red River Delta region.

3:56 Almost all areas of Vietnam above Huế have been under Chinese rule and since the Vietnamese were already heavily sinicized at the time they marched to the south and conquered it, they also brought the sinicized culture to the south, so nearly the whole culture of Vietnam is heavily Sinocized, not only the Northeast region in particular. I would even say this region is one of the regions in Vietnam with less Chinese influence in culture, since a large part of the people in this region belong to non-sinicized ethnic minorities. Only some cities bordering or very close to China have notably more Chinese influence.

3:59 Đông Bắc Bộ is actually the regio with the provinces with the least ethnic Vietnamese, thus also less Chinese ancestry in general. Vietnamese are a minority group in 4 of the provinces in this regio and 6 provinces in this region have less than 50% Vietnamese. Vietnamese only make up 5% of the Cao Bằng province, and around 10% in Bắc Kạn and Hà Giang. Most people here are from ethnic groups who speak Tai-Kadai languages and to smaller extent Hmong-Mien or Sino-Tibetan languages. Though having lower Chinese ancestry in general, this region still ranks 3rd after Southeast region and Mekong region by Hoà population (people who not only have Chinese ancestry but also identify as Chinese). Chinese ancestry is most common in Ho Chi Minh City which also has a large Chinese quarter (Chợ Lớn) and in the province of Bạc Liêu. As of 2019 there are 507.000 Hoà in the Southeast region, 149.000 Hoà in the Mekong Delta region and only 44.000 Hoà in Northwest and Northeast regio combined.

4:32 Same mistake as in the previous regio. Sơn La province has the largest population of the region but Sơn La city isn’t the most populous. The most populous city, Yên Bái has a population of 169.000 while Sơn La city has a population of 106.000.

6:45 Thanh Hoá isn’t the largest city of this region but Huế. Huế has a population of 653.000 while Thanh Hoá city has a population of 614.500. Like the previous regio, the population of the province has been taken instead of the city (who have the same name as their respective province) population.

8:23 Kandarapura is written wrongly as Kandapurpura.

8:30 Đà Nẵng is listed as the most notable city of the South Central Coast region but also is the largest city of this region. Đà Nẵng has a population of 1.135.000 while Quy Nhơn has a population of only 427.400.

9:10 They aren’t Indic (in the sense that they aren’t from India/South Asia).

9:12 Hội An was a Champa port city in the past but can’t be called a Cham heritage site since no buildings of it are left and all historical buildings in Hội An are Vietnamese architecture and not Cham architecture, so none of it counts as Cham heritage. The bridge in the photo is actually build by/for the Japanese!

9:30 The majority of Cham in Vietnam are muslim and it isn’t some Cham that are Hindu. It is nearly half of the Cham in Vietnam! (80k muslims and 70k Hindus). Hindu Cham mainly live in the South Central coast regio, while Muslim Cham also live in the South Central coast or are scattered around Mekong Delta regio with Châu Đốc city having most Chams of the Mekong delta region and even has a couple of mosques. The muslim Cham in the South Central Coast (Bani Cham) have still have pre-Islamic and Hindu influences/belief in their religion although they are Muslim. Because of this, their form of Islam is seen as unusual. The muslim Cham in the Mekong Delta are Sunni muslims.

9:32 In the video they are first referred as Hindu Indic people but later it is said they are the only non-Indic Hindu people in SEA along with Balinese people. They are indeed not Indic. Also, there are more non-Indic Hindu ethnic groups like the Baduy and Osing people (both on Java island, Indonesia).

10:11 Đà Lạt has its own climate due to being at higher altitude. The area where Đà Lạt is settled has the highest altitude of Vietnam excluding the Northern region.

10:15 Actually there are many areas in the Northwestern region of Vietnam which can be colder than Đà Lạt. There is even snowfall in this region sometimes, while snowfall is not possible in Đà Lạt (as shown in this video this time).

10:23 The Austronesian people who live in this regio aren’t Cham or are descendants of Cham. They share a common ancestor with the Cham people.

10:33 Though the Champa kingdom covered the Central Highlands in the past, Cham people don't live in Central Highlands at all. Out of the 179.000 Cham in Vietnam, only around 2000 live in the Central Highlands. Most Cham reside in the South Central Coast region and scattered around the Mekong Delta region, mainly near the Cambodian border. There are certain Austronesian ethnic groups in this regio (Jarai, Rhade/Ede and Chru) who also speak Chamic languages and descended from the same people like the Cham (descended from people of the Sa Huỳnh culture (1000BC-200AD)) but aren't Cham. The Jarai and Rhade both outnumber the Cham in population by 3-4 times. The Jarai and Rhade have in the Central Highlands a total population of 506.000 and 359.000. Though Jarai and Ede are Austronesian like the Cham, they are part of the Montagnard (mountain people also known for their gongs, as shown in this video this time) groups while the Cham aren’t part of these people. Their culture is more similar to other Montagnard ethnic groups who besides them, all speak Austroasiatic languages (Bahnar, Sedang etc.) than to Cham culture and they aren’t Hindu or had any Indic influences, except for Chru who look less like other Montagnards groups and are closest to Cham. Though being the ethnic group most close to Cham, they also don’t have Indic influences. In Đắk Lắk province, the largest ethnic minority is the Ede, in Đăk Nông it is the M’Nông, in Gia Lai it is the Jarai, in Kon Tum it is the Bahnar and in Đăk Nông it is the Koho.

10:42 The cities in this region don’t have Cham names but Jarai/Rhade names alongside with Bahnar, M'Nông, Cơ Ho, Nạ etc. Buôn Ma Thuột comes from Ê Đê language and Đà Lạt comes from Cơ Ho/K'Ho language. Pleiku (capital of Gia Lai province) comes from the Jarai language and Kon Tum comes from the Bahnar language.

12:23 Bánh mì has the common misspelling bahn mi

14:30 Buddhist temples are found everywhere in Vietnam. The difference is that Khmer people follow Theravada Buddhism (and their temples look distinct from Vietnamese temples) while Vietnamese people follow Mahayana Buddhism mixed with folk religion. More Theravada Buddhist temples only occur in the provinces Sóc Trăng and Trà Vinh. The rest of the Mekong Delta region is almost entirely Vietnamese and have little Khmer temples like the rest of Vietnam.

14:48 Crab hotpot isn’t only specific to the Miền Tây region. It is a dish almost eaten every where in Vietnam since crabs don’t only appear in the delta’s of the Mekong river.

Source for data regarding demographics: 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census.

[DannyNguyen-zuzb]

Finally, Vietnam episode is here. I am been waiting for so long for this video to come out. You make really good videos so I am excited for another video about Vietnam

[qu.andoiz]

3:57 As a Vietnamese 🇻🇳 living in the Northeastern mountainous region (yes, its full name is "Northeastern mountainous region", if only called "Northeastern region" it would also include the Red River Delta region), I was really angry when I heard information about "they are of Chinese origin and can understand Chinese". I have never seen anyone can speak Chinese in my homeland.
First of all, you must understand that the concept of “China” is very complicated. The ancestors of ethnic groups such as the Hmong and Yao living in Vietnam came from lands that are now China but were not in the past. Therefore, they do not know Chinese but have their own ethnic language.
As for the Tay-Nung people - an ethnic group that accounts for more than half of the population in this area, their origin is here. More specifically, the living territory of their ancestors - speakers of the ancient Tai language family - is the Guangxi region (China) and northern Vietnam. Later, when the feudal states of Vietnam and China divided their territories, they cut the traditional residence of the ancient Tai people in half by the border between the two countries. Therefore, the Tay - Nung people can communicate with the Zhuang people in Guangxi (China) but cannot talk with other ethnic groups of China.
As for the concept of "Bach Viet", it happened more than 2, 000 years ago, while the appearance of different ethnic groups in the Northeast mountains has only happened about 1, 000 to 300 years ago. They are not related to each other.

It is an insult when you misrepresent the origin of a community.

[dylanteren]

I can't wait for the vietnam episode

[FranciscoVietnam]

13:40 It’s the city I’ve been leaving in since 2008. 🤗♥️🇻🇳
Already 15 years. 🥰

[jermaineevans]

My fiancee's family came from Rạch Giá, which is in the Mekong River Delta area. Her family settled in Pensacola. Her mom makes amazing steamed fish, banh xeo, and bun bo hue (as well as some great gumbo lol), and her grandparent owned a fish cake company. They introduced me to some amazing fruit, including soursop and the breast milk fruit... and durian. 😅

[gustavocarvalholoboleite]

Hey Barby in the next administrative divisions video you could make about Malaysia or Phillipines please.

[willw]

This is such an amazing video. I love how interesting you are able to make it. Thank you for all of your amazing videos.

[leviathan]

Glad you talked about the Bahnar not alot of credit comes with us, We also known as Montagnards and we’ve made of different “Tribes” like Rhade and jarai(I heard more exist but don’t know the names). I dont know much of my people as much was lost in the war but notably we have strong ties with americans and we even have a sizable community in the east coast of america.

[lenguyenxuonghoa]

Name of Vietnamese provinces in Standardized Nôm

垌平瀧九龍 - Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long “Mekong River Delta”
省歌毛 Tỉnh Cà Mau - 城庯歌毛 Thành phố Cà Mau
省薄遼 Tỉnh Bạc Liêu - 城庯薄遼 Thành phố Bạc Liêu
省朔𦝄 Tỉnh Sóc Trăng - 城庯朔𦝄 Thành phố Sóc Trăng
省茶榮 Tỉnh Trà Vinh - 城庯茶榮 Thành phố Trà Vinh
省𤅶𥯌 Tỉnh Bến Tre - 城庯𤅶𥯌 Thành phố Bến Tre
省前江 Tỉnh Tiền Giang - 城庯美湫 Thành phố Mỹ Tho
省隆安 Tỉnh Long An - 城庯新安 Thành phố Tân Ân
省垌塔 Tỉnh Đồng Tháp - 城庯高嶺 Thành phố Cao Lãnh
省永隆 Tỉnh Vĩnh Long - 城庯永隆 Thành phố Vĩnh Long
省後江 Tỉnh Hậu Giang - 城庯渭清 Thành phố Vị Thanh
省安江 Tỉnh An Giang - 城庯龍川 Thành phố Long Xuyên
省堅江 Tỉnh Kiên Giang - 城庯瀝架 Thành phố Rạch Giá
城庯芹苴 Thành phố Cần Thơ - 郡寧橋 Quận Ninh Kiều

東南部 - Đông Nam Bộ “Southeast Region”
省婆地-淎艚 Tỉnh Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu - 城庯婆地 Thành phố Bà Rịa
省垌狔 Tỉnh Đồng Nai - 城庯邊和 Thành phố Biên Hoà
省平福 Tỉnh Bình Phước - 城庯垌𣒱 Thành phố Đồng Xoài
省平陽 Tỉnh Bình Dương - 城庯守油蔑 Thành phố Thủ Dầu Một
省西寧 Tỉnh Tây Ninh - 城庯西寧 Thành phố Tây Ninh
城庯胡志明 Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - 君1 Quận 1

西原 - Tây Nguyên “Western Highlands”
省林同 Tỉnh Lâm Đồng - 城庯多樂 Thành phố Đà Lạt
省得農 Tỉnh Đắk Nông - 城庯嘉義 Thành phố Gia Nghĩa
省得勒 Tỉnh Đắk Lắk - 城庯班迷屬 Thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột
省嘉萊 Tỉnh Gia Lai - 城庯坡梨俱 Thành phố Pleiku
省崑嵩 Tỉnh Kon Tum - 城庯崑嵩 Thành phố Kon Tum

沿海南中部 - Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ “South Central Coast”
省平順 Tỉnh Bình Thuận - 城庯潘切 Thành phố Phan Thiết
省寧順 Tỉnh Ninh Thuận - 城庯潘郎-塔占 Thành phố Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm
省慶和 Tỉnh Khánh Hoà - 城庯芽莊 Thành phố Nha Trang
省富安 Tỉnh Phú Yên - 城庯綏和 Thành phố Tuy Hoà
省平定 Tỉnh Bình Định - 城庯歸仁 Thành phố Quy Nhơn
省廣義 Tỉnh Quảng Ngãi - 城庯廣義 Thành phố Quảng Ngãi
省廣南 Tỉnh Quảng Nam - 城庯三岐 Thành phố Tam Kỳ
城庯沱㶞 Thành phố Đà Nẵng - 郡海洲 Quận Hải Châu

北中部 - Bắc Trung Bộ “North Central Region”
省承天化 Tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế - 城庯化 Thành phố Huế
省廣治 Tỉnh Quảng Trị - 城庯東河 Thành phố Đông Hà
省廣平 Tỉnh Quảng Bình - 城庯洞海 Thành phố Đồng Hới
省河靜 Tỉnh Hà Tĩnh - 城庯河靜 Thành phố Hà Tĩnh
省乂安 Tỉnh Nghệ An - 城庯永 Thành phố Vinh
省清化 Tỉnh Thanh Hoá - 城庯清化 Thành phố Thanh Hoá

垌平瀧紅 - Đồng bằng sông Hồng “Red River Delta”
省寧平 Tỉnh Ninh Bình - 城庯寧平 Thành phố Ninh Bình
省南定 Tỉnh Nam Định - 城庯南定 Thành phố Nam Định
省太平 Tỉnh Thái Bình - 城庯太平 Thành phố Thái Bình
省海陽 Tỉnh Hải Dương - 城庯海陽 Thành phố Hải Dương
省北寧 Tỉnh Bắc Ninh - 城庯北寧 Thành phố Bắc Ninh
省永福 Tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc - 城庯永安 Thành phố Vĩnh Yên
省興安 Tỉnh Hưng Yên - 城庯興安 Thành phố Hưng Yên
省河南 Tỉnh Hà Nam - 城庯府里 Thành phố Phủ Lý
城庯河內 Thành phố Hà Nội - 郡還劍 Quận Hoàn Kiếm
城庯海防 Thành phố Hải Phòng - 郡鴻龐 Quận Hồng Bàng

東北部 - Đông Bắc Bộ “Northeast Region”
省廣寧 Tỉnh Quảng Ninh - 城庯下龍 Thành phố Hạ Long
省北江 Tỉnh Bắc Giang - 城庯北江 Thành phố Bắc Giang
省太原 Tỉnh Thái Nguyên - 城庯太原 Thành phố Thái Nguyên
省宣光 Tỉnh Tuyên Quang - 城庯宣光 Thành phố Tuyên Quang
省富壽 Tỉnh Phú Thọ - 城庯越池 Thành phố Việt Trì
省北𣴓 Tỉnh Bắc Kạn - 城庯北𣴓 Thành phố Bắc Kạn
省高平 Tỉnh Cao Bằng - 城庯高平 Thành phố Cao Bằng
省諒山 Tỉnh Lạng Sơn - 城庯諒山 Thành phố Lạng Sơn
省河楊 Tỉnh Hà Giang - 城庯河楊 Thành phố Hà Giang

西北部 - Tây Bắc Bộ “Northwest Region”
省和平 Tỉnh Hoà Bình - 城庯和平 Thành phố Hoà Bình
省山羅 Tỉnh Sơn La - 城庯山羅 Thành phố Sơn La
省奠邊 Tỉnh Điện Biên - 城庯奠邊府 Thành phố Điện Biên Phủ
省萊州 Tỉnh Lai Châu - 城庯萊州 Thành phố Lai Châu
省老街 Tỉnh Lào Cai - 城庯老街 Thành phố Lào Cai
省安沛 Tỉnh Yên Bái - 城庯安沛 Thành phố Yên Bái

[correalenicholas]

Great video! You should do a similar video like this one for all the regions of Italy!🇮🇹 Each region is unique and vastly different from north to south. It would be super interesting! Thanks!

[hymaswaroop]

We Love you Barbs. I watched lots of your videos and even reached the national geographic competition. Thanks!!!

[Ifoundnohappinesshere]

Can't help to think how we got this far into the whole series for years now. I wish I could help with the episode if needed Barby