Vietnamese Architecture - Organization

Organization

In terms of societal levels of organization, the two most important units are làng (village) and nước (country). Vietnamese people usually say that "làng goes hand in hand with nước." Intermediate organizational units are huyện (district), "xã" (sub-district) and tỉnh (province).

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