Vĩnh Tường district

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District in Red River Delta, Vietnam

Vĩnh Tường District Huyện Vĩnh Tường
District

Seal
Motto: Vinh Tuong Native Rice (Quê Lúa Vĩnh Tường)
Interactive map outlining Vĩnh Tường District
Coordinates: 21°15′00″N 105°28′59″E / 21.250°N 105.483°E / 21.250; 105.483
Country	Vietnam
Region	Red River Delta
Province	Vĩnh Phúc
Main town	Vĩnh Tường town
Government
• Type	People's Committee
• President of the People's Committee	Bùi Minh Hồng
Area
• Total	55 sq mi (142 km²)
Population (2003)
• Total	189,970
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Vĩnh Tường is a rural district of Vĩnh Phúc province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 189,970.^[1]

Geography

The district covers an area of 142 km². The district capital lies at Vĩnh Tường.^[1] It borders Yên Lạc district (east), Lập Thạch district and Vĩnh Yên city (north), Việt Trì city of Phú Thọ Province (west), Ba Vì district of Hà Nội (west, separated by the Red River), Phúc Thọ district & Sơn Tây city of Hà Nội (south, separated by the Red River).

Vĩnh Tường includes 3 towns (thị trấn) and 26 communes (xã):

Towns

Vĩnh Tường (main town, administrative center)
Thổ Tang (Trade Center)
Tứ Trưng

Communes

Vĩnh Ninh
Phú Đa
Lũng Hoà
Tân Cương
Đại Đồng
Cao Đại
Tuân Chính
Bồ Sao
Vĩnh Sơn
Bình Dương
Vân Xuân
Tam Phúc
Phú Thịnh
Lý Nhân
An Tường
Vĩnh Thịnh
Yên Bình
Tân Tiến
Vũ Di
Thượng Trưng
Chấn Hưng
Ngũ Kiên
Kim Xá
Yên Lập
Việt Xuân
Nghĩa Hưng

Economy

The district's main occupation is agriculture. The main products are rice, maize and soya. The district hosts many craft villages, such as Bích Chu and Thủ Độ (carpentry), Lý Nhân (blacksmith), and Thổ Tang (wholesale trade).

Notable residents

Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822), poet
Nguyễn Viết Xuân, artillery commander and revolutionary martyr
Lê Xoay, revolutionary martyr)

Culture

Most residents have no religion, although ancestor worship is widespread. Traditional festivals are celebrated along with a regional festival. It includes 18 communes.

The two main dishes are Chưng cake (square or cylinder glutinous rice green cake, filled with green bean paste and fat pork) and Dày cake (round sticky rice white cake). They are made from glutinous rice. Many expatriates visit their homeland.