1. Population: 3,512,754

2. Geographical features:

• Total area: 11,138 square km
• Thanh Hoa is adjacent to Ninh Binh province to the north, Nghe An to the south, Laos to the west, Hoa Binh and Son La provinces to the north-west, the East Sea to the east.
• Thanh Hoa is about 152 km south of Ha Noi. Mountains and hills cover seventy per cent of its area, its coastal length is about 102 km. Thanh Hoa is divided into 3 parts: Plain of 186,423 ha, coastal region of 114,189 ha and midland and mountainous area of 789,341 ha.

3. Ethnic groups: 6

• Muong: 289,574 people
• Thai: 196,723 people
• Tho: 7,642 people
• Mong: 6,900 people
• Dao: 4,323 people
• Kho Mu: 508 people
• Other ethnic groups: 2,794 people

4. Religions:

• Buddhism: 200,000 members.
• Catholicism: 140,000 members.

5. Cultural institution:

• Classified relics (as of 7/5/1997): 62
• Historical relics: 39
• Architectural and art relics: 7
• Historical and cultural: 9
• Scenic relics: 2
• Archaeological relics: 2
• Historical and scenic relics: 3
• Scenic spots:
  • Sam Son
  • Tu Thuc cave
  • Hon Vong Phu
  • Do Mountain (Thieu Hoa)

6. Festivals:

• Special important relic:
  • Lam Kinh (historical relic)
  • Sam Son Beach (scenic relic)
  • Nha Ho rampart (cultural relic)
  • Da But cultural archaeological site
  • Dong Son cultural archaeological site (archaeological relic)

• Aniversary of Le Loi and Le Lai's deaths: from the twenty first to the twenty second of the eighth moon of the lunar calendar
• Aniversary of Quang Trung's death: on the fifth of the first moon of the lunar calendar