THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM'S PROVINCE NAMES (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03088A000100010047-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 47
• Content Type: REPORT

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UNCLASSIFIED
THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM'S PROVINCE NAMES (U)
The names of most of the provinces of the Republic of Vietnam are Sino-
Vietnamese, and can therefore be identified with fixed Chinese characters.
Only one provincial name, Go Cong, is.vernacular Vietnamese. Three others
(Darlac, Kontum, and PLeiku) are non-Vietnamese names derived from ethnic
minority languages spoken in the highland provinces.
Most Sino-Vietnamese provincial names consist of two Chinese characters
selected for their power to influence the destiny of the territory being
named. Because such names are created on the basis of astrological criteria,
their component characters have auspicious values but the two members of the
compounds need not complement one another as a meaningful whole..
Con Son, once a province, no longer is one; Phu Quoc never has been a
province although there has been talk of separating it from Kien Clang. De-
spite this, Con Son and Phu Quoc are included in the following list because
of their unique cartographic and territorial features.as islands.
The phonetic pronunciation hints in parepthPsea are approximations only.
An Giang (ANN JYAHNG)
An Xuye n (AHN SYFN)
Ba Xuyen (BAH SYEN)
Bac Lieu (BANK LYEH)
Bien Hoa (BYFM HWAH)
Binh -Oinh(BEAN DFAN)
Binh Duong(HFAN 1WONG)
Binh Long (BEAM LONG)
Binh Thuan(BEAN TWAHN)
Binh Tuy (BEAN TOY)
Chau Doc (ChOW DOCK)
Peaceful Stream
Peaceful River
Rolling River
Distant North
Peaceful Shore
Peaceful Calm
Peaceful Dawn
Peaceful Dragon
Peaceful Order
Tranquil Peace
Administered
(t'HYOMG TYEN)
Con Son (KAUN SAUN)
Oarlac (DAHRLAHK)
$inh Tuong(DEAN TWONG)
G i a {Dinh (C,YAH DEAN)
Go Cong (GOH KONG)
Hsu Nghia (HOW NYAH)
Khanh Hoa (KAHN HWAH)
Kien Giang(KYEN JYAHNG)
Keen Hoa (KYFN HWAH)
K ien Phong(KYEN PONG)
Kien Tuong (KYFN TWONG)
Phuoc
Phuoc
Thanh(PWOCK TARN)
Tuy (PWOCK TOY)
Swamp Settlement
Forested. Plain
Peaceful
Prosperity
Prosperous Well-
Beinq
Tranquil Order
Opulent Abode
Source of Wealth
Peaceful Wealth
Opulent Land
Prosperous
fortune
Perfect Fortune
Tranquil Fortune
of the Ox
Virtue
South
Justice
Faith
Pleiku (PLAYkOO) Forest
Quang
Quang
Quang
Quang
Quang
-Ruc (KWAHNG DUKE) Great
ham (KWAHNG NAHM) Great
Ngai (KWAHNG NYAI)Great
Tin (KWANNG TEEN) Great
Tri (KWANNG CHEE).
Tay Minh (TIE KEEN)
Thua Thien (TWAH TYFN)
Tuyen Duc (TYEN DUKE)
V-nh Binh (VEEN BEAN)
Vinh Long (VEEN LONG)
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Excellent
Beetle Mou
Lake Da K'
Calm Well-
Auspicious
Duke's Hil
Divine Jus
Kontum (KONTOOM)
Lam 'long (LAHl1 DONG)
Long An (LONG AHN)
Long Khanh(LONG KAHN)
Minh Thuan (KEEN TwAHN)
Phong Dinh (PONG TEEN)
Phu Bon (POOH BON)
Phu Yen (POOH YEN)
Phu Quoc (POOH KWOCK)
Phuoc Long (PWOCK LONG)
Rampart
ntain
lac
Being
Ca I'm
I
ticc
Peaceful Well-
Being
Everlasting River
Established Peace
Establ ishe,il
Opulence
Established Well-
Being
Great
Administration
Peaceful West
Mandate of
Heaven
Proclaimed
Virtue
Everlasting
Peace
Everlasting
Prosperity