Đồng Tháp province

Đồng Tháp
Province
Đồng Tháp province
A corner of Mỹ Tho ward center
Seal
Location in Vietnam
Interactive map of Đồng Tháp
Coordinates: 10°40′N 105°40′E / 10.667°N 105.667°E / 10.667; 105.667
Country	Vietnam
Region	Mekong Delta
Capital of Province	Mỹ Tho ward
Government
• Party Secretary :	Trần Trí Quang
• People's Council Chairman :	Phan Văn Thắng
• People's Committee Chair :	Phạm Thiện Nghĩa
Area [1]
• Total	5,938.64 km2 (2,292.92 sq mi)
Population  (2025)[1]
• Total	4,370,046
• Density	735.866/km2 (1,905.89/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Vietnamese, Khmer, Hoa
GDP[2]
• Total	VND 260.036 trillion US$ 9.86 million
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes	277 (from 17 Jun 2017) 67 (until 16 Jul 2017)
ISO 3166 code	VN-45
HDI (2020)	0.689[3] (45th)
Website	dongthap.gov.vn

Đồng Tháp is a province in the Mekong Delta, Việt Nam. It has a 50 kilometer border with Prey Veng province (Cambodia) in the North, Tây Ninh province in the Northeast, Hồ Chí Minh city in the east (separated by the Soài Rạp river), South China Sea, Vĩnh Long province in the South, An Giang province in the West, and Cần Thơ city in the Southwest.

Since 1976, Kiến Phong province and Sa Đéc province were merged to form Đồng Tháp Province, with the provincial capital initially located in Sa Đéc Town.^[4][5] On June 12, 2025, the National Assembly passed Resolution No. 202/2025/QH15 which took effect the same day, merging Tiền Giang province into Đồng Tháp Province.^[6]

In Resolution No. 1663/NQ-UBTVQH15, the National Assembly Standing Committee resolved to rearrange commune-level administrative units of Dong Thap province. After the rearrangement, Dong Thap province has 102 commune-level administrative units, including 82 communes and 20 wards:^[7]

• 20 wards: Mỹ Tho, Đạo Thạnh, Mỹ Phong, Thới Sơn, Trung An, Gò Công, Long Thuận, Bình Xuân, Sơn Qui, An Bình, Hồng Ngự, Thường Lạc, Cao Lãnh, Mỹ Ngãi, Mỹ Trà, Sa Đéc, Mỹ Phước Tây, Thanh Hòa, Cai Lậy, Nhị Quý.
• 82 communes: Tân Hồng, Tân Thành, Tân Hộ Cơ, An Phước, Thường Phước, Long Khánh, Long Phú Thuận, An Hòa, Tam Nông, Phú Thọ, Tràm Chim, Phú Cường, An Long, Thanh Bình, Tân Thạnh, Bình Thành, Tân Long, Tháp Mười, Thanh Mỹ, Mỹ Quí, Đốc Binh Kiều, Trường Xuân, Phương Thịnh, Phong Mỹ, Ba Sao, Mỹ Thọ, Bình Hàng Trung, Mỹ Hiệp, Mỹ An Hưng, Tân Khánh Trung, Lấp Vò, Lai Vung, Hòa Long, Phong Hòa, Tân Dương, Phú Hựu, Tân Nhuận Đông, Tân Phú Trung, Tân Phú, Thanh Hưng, An Hữu, Mỹ Lợi, Mỹ Đức Tây, Mỹ Thiện, Hậu Mỹ, Hội Cư, Cái Bè, Mỹ Thành, Thạnh Phú, Bình Phú, Hiệp Đức, Long Tiên, Ngũ Hiệp, Tân Phước 1, Tân Phước 2, Tân Phước 3, Hưng Thạnh, Tân Hương, Châu Thành, Long Hưng, Long Định, Bình Trưng, Vĩnh Kim, Kim Sơn, Mỹ Tịnh An, Lương Hòa Lạc, Tân Thuận Bình, Chợ Gạo, An Thạnh Thủy, Bình Ninh, Vĩnh Bình, Đồng Sơn, Phú Thành, Long Bình, Vĩnh Hựu, Gò Công Đông, Đồng Tháp, Tân Điền, Tân Hòa, Tân Đông, Gia Thuận, Tân Thới, Tân Phú Đông, Đồng Tháp.

Đồng Tháp has, since December 22, 2008, the largest Buddha statue of the Mekong Delta, built in Quan Âm Pagoda: "The sculpture, 32 meters long and weighing 100 tons, is that of Buddha lying on his side on a lotus petal, his right arm supporting his head and his left arm lying along his body. Buddhist scriptures say the Buddha assumed this position when he attained Nirvana, the release from the cycle of death and rebirth of an enlightened person. Thich Giac An of Quan Âm Pagoda, which from today will be home to the statue, said many Buddhists and locals contributed the 2,000 sacks of cement, five tons of iron and many other necessary materials worth VND1.6 billion (US$94,000) needed to build the statue. Quan Âm Pagoda, founded 200 years ago by a mandarin named Tran Quy Tanh, receives many devotees from across the country for major Buddhist festivals."^[8]

The Tràm Chim National Park is a miniature ecological model of Đồng Tháp Mười and the habitat of red-head cranes – a bird species protected by the world. Tràm Chim National Park achieves 7 out of 9 criteria in the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance. Also, there is the Gáo Giồng ecotourism site.^[9]

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