Hải Phòng Municipality

Hải Phòng Municipality (Vietnamese: Thành Phố Hải Phòng, English: Haiphong City) is an city of Vietnam. It is located in the Red River Delta region and is bordered by Quảng Ninh Province to the north, Hải Dương Province to the west, and Thái Bình Province to the south. Its capital and largest city is main city of Hải Phòng. The municipality has a coast on the Gulf of Tonkin, and is the location of Hải Phòng Port.

Hải Phòng Municipality is one of 5 urban province-level municipalities in Vietnam. It is a major port city, handling a vast majority of sea trade in northern Vietnam. The city has frequent freight and passenger rail services to Hanoi.

The city is also the main access point to Hạ Long Bay and the Đồ Sơn Peninsula, and is popular with domestic and foreign tourists, and Bạch Long Vĩ, a small distant offshore island popular with fishermen.