The district-level town or town ( Chữ nôm:市社) is a kind of second level administrative unit in Vietnam, under the governance of the province or the centrally-controlled municipality. District-level towns are officially classified as Class III or Class IV urban areas by the Vietnam government. In July 2010, Vietnam has 45 district-level towns. A district-level town may be a capital of a province, but cannot be a capital of a municipality.