Bến Tre province
Bến Tre province
Kiến Hòa province Trúc Giang province | |
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Bến Tre countryside around Cái Mơn | |
| Nickname(s): "Coconutland" (Xứ Dừa) | |
Location of Bến Tre within Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 10°10′N 106°30′E / 10.167°N 106.500°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | Mekong Delta |
| Provincial capital | Bến Tre |
| Government | |
| • Body | Bến Tre provincial Party Committee |
| • People's Council Chair | Hồ Thị Hoàng Yến (Communist Party of Vietnam) |
| • People's Committee Chair | Trần Ngọc Tam |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,379.70 km2 (918.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,799,328 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | People of Bến Tre |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Khmer, Hoa, Chăm |
| GDP | |
| • Total | VND 41.851 trillion US$ 1.818 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 86xxx |
| Area codes | 75 (until 16 July 2017) 275 (from 17 June 2017) |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-50 |
| HDI (2020) | 0.683 (49th) |
| Website | www |
Bến Tre was a former province of Vietnam. It is one of the country's southern provinces, and is situated in the Mekong Delta. It is also famous for its coconuts and the Coconut Religion nationwide. Disconnected from the mainland, the province lies mainly on 2 river islands. It has land borders only with Vĩnh Long Province, which occupies the western tip of the southern river island.