Thái Bình province
Thái Bình province | |
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Thần Quang Pagoda • Trần Triều Temple • An Lập Canthedral • Museum Thái Bình • Culture Thái Bình • Model Month Tide Đinh | |
| Nickname: "Riceland" (Quê Lúa) | |
Location of Thái Bình within Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 20°30′N 106°20′E / 20.500°N 106.333°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | Red River Delta |
| Founded | 21-March-1890 |
| Merge to Hưng Yên | 1-July-2025 |
| Central agency | Thái Bình city |
| Government | |
| • People's Council Chair | Nguyễn Tiến Thành |
| • People's Committee Chair | Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,584.61 km2 (611.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 2,093,049 |
| • Density | 1,320.86/km2 (3,421.01/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Kinh, Tanka, [...] |
| GDP | |
| • Total | VND 71.300 trillion US$ 2.930 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area codes | 227 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-20 |
| HDI (2020) | 0.737 (18th) |
| Website | www |
Thái Bình was a former coastal eastern province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. Its name is chữ Hán (太平) for "great peace." It is about 18 km from Nam Định, 70 km from Haiphong, and 110 km from Hanoi. As of April 2024, it had a population 1,888,184.
On June 12, 2025 the decision was made to subsume Thái Bình into Hưng Yên province.