Đông Bắc is the region to the north of the Red River Delta in Vietnam, bordering China. It is called Northeast to distinguish it from the Tây Bắc or "Northwest", but it is actually in the north and no

Bắc Kạn, sometimes misspelled as Bắc Cạn, was a former province of Vietnam. It is located in the Northeast region, due north of the capital Hanoi.