Hưng Yên Province



Hưng Yên Province (Vietnamese: Tỉnh Hưng Yên) is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Red River Delta region and is bordered by Bắc Ninh Province to the north, Hải Dương and Thái Bình provinces to the east, Nam Định and Ninh Bình provinces to the south, and Hòa Bình Province and Hanoi Municipality to the west. Its capital and largest city is Hưng Yên, located in the centre of the province on the left bank of the Red River, and Phủ Lý is the second most important city of the province.



Geography
The province is split north-south by the Red River, and the area to the south is known as Hà Nam, formerly its own province, with its capital at Phủ Lý.

Hưng Yên Province is almost entirely flat, except the south-western corner near Phủ Lý, where there are some medium-sized hills.