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255:, and so on), whereas townships generally have a more diversified economic base. Population density in townships is also higher than in communes. Other criteria, such as population (as opposed to density), revenue received from taxes, and land area are generally not taken into account. Townships often have higher budgets than communes, but many counter-examples exist.
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The difference between a township and a commune is mainly related to their industrialization rate. Communes are dominated by the practice of
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The data of local administrative subdivisions till 31 December 2008 by
Vietnam Statistics General Office.
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have equal status. By virtue of Decree No. 42/2009/ND-CP, township are officially classified into
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with 30 commune-level towns is the most of all province-level administrative units, followed by
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of a district is generally located in a township designated as a district capital (
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325:"DECREE No. 42/2009/ND-CP: More specific definitions for urban centers"
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As of
December 31, 2008, Vietnam had 617 commune-level towns.
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898:List of former provinces
216:as the Third Tier unit.
924:Subdivisions of Vietnam
388:Subdivisions of Vietnam
347:1 February 2010 at the
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307:"Đơn vị hành chính"
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85:District-level town
275:Thanh Hóa Province
260:seat of government
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856:Tiền Giang
841:Kiên Giang
783:Bình Phước
778:Bình Dương
717:Quảng Ngãi
702:Ninh Thuận
692:Bình Thuận
654:Quảng Bình
520:Quảng Ninh
293:References
289:has none.
264:Vietnamese
189:Vietnamese
33:of Vietnam
866:Vĩnh Long
851:Sóc Trăng
836:Hậu Giang
831:Đồng Tháp
765:Southeast
712:Quảng Nam
697:Khánh Hòa
687:Bình Định
664:Thanh Hóa
659:Quảng Trị
626:Vĩnh Phúc
621:Thái Bình
616:Ninh Bình
601:Hải Dương
548:Điện Biên
540:Northwest
490:Bắc Giang
482:Northeast
473:Provinces
861:Trà Vinh
821:Bến Tre
816:Bạc Liêu
811:An Giang
793:Tây Ninh
788:Đồng Nai
755:Lâm Đồng
740:Đắk Nông
611:Nam Định
606:Hưng Yên
591:Bắc Ninh
558:Lai Châu
553:Hòa Bình
510:Lạng Sơn
505:Hà Giang
500:Cao Bằng
413:Haiphong
405:Northern
345:Archived
268:huyện lỵ
249:forestry
231:town in
229:Mộc Châu
214:district
194:thị trấn
90:District
52:Province
846:Long An
750:Kon Tum
745:Gia Lai
735:Đắk Lắk
707:Phú Yên
649:Nghệ An
644:Hà Tĩnh
573:Yên Bái
563:Lào Cai
515:Phú Thọ
495:Bắc Kạn
454:Cần Thơ
446:Sothern
436:Da Nang
428:Central
287:Đà Nẵng
253:fishery
245:farming
203:commune
146:Village
118:Commune
826:Cà Mau
596:Hà Nam
568:Sơn La
141:Hamlet
418:Hanoi
279:Hanoi
258:The
220:Fact
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