Ninh Bình Province



Ninh Bình Province (Vietnamese: Tỉnh Ninh Bình) is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Red River Delta region and is bordered by Hưng Yên Province to the north, Nam Định Province to the east, Thanh Hóa Province to the south, and Hòa Bình Province to the north-west. Its capital and largest city is Ninh Bình, located in the centre of the province on the banks of the Đáy River. It is Vietnam's second-smallest province (after Vĩnh Phúc).

Geography
Ninh Bình Province is relatively flat, however, there are rolling hills in the central and western areas of the province. The province's eastern border with Nam Định Province is the Đây River (part of the Red River Delta and a distributary of the Red River.

Cúc Phương National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn Quốc Gia Cúc Phương) is a national park and nature reserve located in the far western corner of the province. The area is the hilliest area in the province, and is covered in virgin rainforest, which has become sparse in the Red River Delta.

The province has a coastline on the Gulf of Tonkin, and is the shortest coastline of any province in Vietnam.