Infographic: The periods of provincial separation and merger in Vietnam

After the liberation of South Vietnam and the reunification of the country on April 30, 1975, the country had 72 provincial-level administrative units, including 28 provinces, cities, and special zones in the North and 44 provinces and cities in the South. Through the process of provincial separation and merger, from 2008 to the present, Vietnam maintains 63 provincial-level administrative units, including 57 provinces and 6 centrally-administered cities.