Infographic: Vietnam's province separations and mergers

After the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country on April 30, 1975, the whole country had 72 provincial-level administrative units, of which the North had 28 provinces, cities and special zones, and the South had 44 provinces and cities. Through the process of separating and merging provinces, from 2008 to present, Vietnam has maintained 63 provincial-level administrative units, including 57 provinces and 6 centrally-run cities.