Vĩnh Phúc was a former province in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. It was dissolved and merged with Phú Thọ province on 1 July 2025.
Administrative divisions Vĩnh Phúc is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions: 7 districts:
Sông Lô Bình Xuyên Lập Thạch Tam Đảo Tam Dương Vĩnh Tường Yên Lạc
2 provincial cities: Vĩnh Yên (capital) Phúc Yên
They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townlets), 112 communes, and 13 wards.
Specialty Tay Dinh banh gio, also known as sun cake, is a famous Vinh Phuc specialty for a long time. This is an indispensable dish in traditional Tet holidays and some other holidays of the people of Tay Dinh - Vinh Phuc like banh chung. With long-standing accumulated experience, accompanied by the creativity of Tay Dinh villagers, they have created a specialty with bold flavors and unique features of Tay Dinh banh gio. The cake has a beautiful golden brown color. When eating, we can feel the aroma of rice and the chewiness of the cake, combined with sugar or molasses to create a characteristic sweet and cool taste.
Local specialties in Vĩnh Phúc also include Tam Đảo chayote, ant-bitten rare beef, and Lập Thạch fermented fish. Chayote is commonly grown in the Tam Đảo area. Ant-bitten beef is prepared by exposing beef to ants before grilling and Lập Thạch fermented fish is made by fermenting fish with roasted rice powder.
Events
Closure of Sơn Lôi Commune during the COVID-19 pandemic
On February 13, 2020, Vĩnh Phúc province has decided to lock down Sơn Lôi Commune - a rural community of over 10,600 in Bình Xuyên District - for fourteen days as an effort to contain the disease caused by the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV 2) virus. Seven of the total of sixteen people who contracted the virus in Vietnam are residents of Sơn Lôi Commune - including a three-month-old girl. Authorities have established mobile shops and provided food and face masks to the community.
References
External links Official site of Vĩnh Phúc Government