(if anyone is interested to improve the English translation, or has an official translation, please let me know at rdavemail-medals@yahoo.com)

H-01 PROVINCAL HERO AND CITY HERO
  Huy hiệu “Tỉnh Anh hùng”, “Thành phố Anh hùng”

The 14 June 2005 decree established the award :

(if anyone has previous details about this award), please let me know at rdavemail-medals@yahoo.com)


The 14 June 2005 regulations amendment specified the award criteria as :

  Article 58a.-
  The "Heroic Province" or "Heroic City" title shall be awarded to provinces or centrally-run cities that satisfy the following criteria:
  1. Having recorded exceptionally outstanding and comprehensive achievements in political, economic, cultural, social, education, scientific, technological, defense, security and foreign-relations domains; having made great contributions to the cause of the struggle for national liberation as well as national construction and defense;
  2. Being dynamic and creative, and deserving to be an economic, cultural, scientific and technological center, serving as a motive to promote local and national development in the cause of renewal and accelerated national industrialization and modernization;
  3. Having united, clean and strong Party organizations, administrations, Vietnam Fatherland Front committees and mass organizations;
  4. Having been conferred the "People's Armed Forces Hero" and "Labor Hero" titles."

The 30 September 2005 implementation guidelines didn't include these awards:


The 19 May 2006 regulations designing awards didn't include these awards:


The 15 April 2010 decree updated the 30 September 2005 implementation guidelines didn't include these awards:


The 16 November 2013 decree amending the 26 November 2003 regulations didn't include these awards:


10/C DESIGN OF 2014
  one class - redesigned 10 September 2014 and 20 July 2018; guildelines 31 July 2017

(regulations pending)