# How can I get the commune / ward names for the Vietnam 2009 census.  I have access to only the raw data with refs

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I must connect these references to names to give them spatial value. So for example in the ss file, you can find:

/PROVVN  
110 “Ha Noi”  
111 “Ha Tay”  
120 “Hai Phong”  
130 “Hai Hung”

and so on…

and also…  
/DISTVN  
001 “Ba Dinh”  
002 “Hoan Kiem”  
003 “Tay Ho”  
004 “Long Bien”  
for all districts.

I don’t even know the name of the lable for the next level. Any ideas? dave

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