Viá»Ât Trì is a former city located in the Northeast region of Vietnam. It was the capital city of Phú Thá» Province. In 2010, the city had a population of 260,288. The city covers an area of . Viá»Ât Trì was also the economic centre of the province and contains many industrial firms and service industries. Culturally, Viá»Ât Trì is recognized as the first capital of Vietnam, and is thus widely described as the origin of the Vietnamese nation.
Viá»Ât Trì ceased to exist as a municipal city on 1 July 2025, following the elimination of district level units in Vietnam.
Viá»Ât Trì is located northwest of Hanoi in northern Vietnam at "Ngã ba Hạc" (Hạc Junction) on the Red River where the Red River is joined by the Lô River, slightly downstream of where the Black River joins the Red River. Therefore Viá»Ât Trì is also known as the City of Confluence.
The city borders the three districts of LáºÂp Thạch, Sông Lô and Vénh Tðá»Âng (Vénh Phúc Province) to the east, Lâm Thao District to the west, Ba Vì District (Hanoi) to the south and Phù Ninh District to the north.
The city contains 13 wards: Bạch Hạc, Thanh Miếu, Thá» Sán, Tiên Cát, Nông Trang, Vân Cá, Bến Gót, Gia Cẩm, Tân Dân, Dữu Lâu, Minh Nông, Minh Phðáng and Vân Phú, and 10 communes: Thuỵ Vân, Phðợng Lâu, Sông Lô, Trðng Vðáng, Hy Cðáng, Chu Hoá, Thanh ÃÂình, Hùng Lô, Kim ÃÂức and Tân ÃÂức.
Viá»Ât Trì is one of the first industrial cities of northern Vietnam. The city has great potential for industrial development, agriculture, trade and services. A number of industries are developing including the chemical, paper, and apparel industries. The city focuses on factories, enterprises, and companies with industrial scale production, with a large proportion every year that contributes a large amount of provincial funding and jobs for many workers. A number of factories and companies are located in the district such as:
Many factories and companies are also located in the industrial zone:
University-level colleges - Maintenance in Viá»Ât Trì city:
secondary education system of Viá»Ât Trì city:
Viá»Ât Trì's prime responsibility is as an industrial city, due to being located near the confluence of three rivers. The city laid the groundwork for a roots festival in 2015, so in recent years it has undergone infrastructure investment to make sure the it is of fairly uniform construction. Many roads are being renovated, boasting upgrades and new construction to standardized inner city roads to always ensure smooth traffic. Transportation of goods across motorways, railways and rivers is also fairly convenient. National routes 2 and 32 are important for transportation from Viá»Ât Trì city to other cities and provinces in Vietnam. In 2012, Viá»Ât Trì was designated a class 1 provincial city according to Vietnam's "City Classification Criteria".