uỷ ban nhân dân

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• ủy ban nhân dân
• (initialism) UBND

Etymology

uỷ ban (“committee”) +‎ nhân dân (“people”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔwi˧˩ ʔɓaːn˧˧ ɲən˧˧ zən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔwɪj˧˨ ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧ jəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)wɪj˨˩˦ ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧ jəŋ˧˧]

Noun

uỷ ban nhân dân • (委班人民)

1. a people's committee (local executive branch in Vietnam)

Usage notes

• In Vietnam, people's committees are the local counterparts of Chính phủ (national level). They are divided into sở (“departments”) at the provincial level and phòng (“wards”) at the district level.

See also

• hội đồng nhân dân
• chính phủ