Thanh Hóa province
Thanh Hóa province | |
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| Motto: "Scents and colors of the four seasons" (Hương sắc bốn mùa) | |
Location of Thanh Hóa within Vietnam | |
Interactive map of Thanh Hóa province | |
| Coordinates: 20°0′N 105°30′E / 20.000°N 105.500°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | North Central Coast |
| Capital (and Largest city) | Thanh Hóa |
| Government | |
| • People's Council Chair | Lại Thế Nguyên |
| • People's Committee Chair | Đỗ Minh Tuấn |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,114.71 km2 (4,291.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 5,324,783 |
| • Density | 479.0753/km2 (1,240.799/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Mường, Thai, Thổ, Dao, and H'Mông |
| GDP | |
| • Total | VND 146.242 trillion US$ 6.351 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area codes | 237 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-21 |
| HDI (2020) | 0.726 (23th) |
| Website | thanhhoa |
Thanh Hóa is the northernmost coastal province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It borders Sơn La, Hòa Bình, and Ninh Bình to the north, Nghệ An to the south, Laos to the west with a boundary of over 192 kilometres (119 mi) long, and the South China Sea (Gulf of Tonkin) to the east.