Asia · Southeast Asia
Vietnam
31 cities in the atlas · 20 airports with scheduled flights
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- Capital
- Hanoi
- Currency
- VND
- Vietnamese Dong
- Local time
- Indochina TimeUTC+07:00
- Calling code
- +84
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A, C, F and G
Facts
Vietnam in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Hanoi
- Currency
- Vietnamese Dong VNDToday's indicative rate: VND 1,000 ≈ USD 0.039Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: VietnameseSpoken: Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese and Khmer
- Time zones
- Indochina TimeUTC+07:00
- Calling code
- +84
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A, C, F and G220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 113police114fire115ambulanceAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 101,598,527 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 329,560 km²
- Internet domain
- .vn
When to go
Climate across Vietnam
In November to April, more than half of the 24 cities with figures in Vietnam have a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanoi | 20° | 23° | 27° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 25° | 21° |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 32° | 35° | 37° | 37° | 34° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| Da Nang | 23° | 25° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 24° |
| Ðà Lạt | 24° | 26° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 24° |
| Huế | 23° | 25° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 24° |
| Haiphong | 20° | 22° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 25° | 21° |
| Cần Thơ | 31° | 34° | 36° | 36° | 33° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| Vinh | 22° | 25° | 29° | 33° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 25° | 22° |
| Buôn Ma Thuột | 27° | 29° | 32° | 34° | 32° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 26° |
| Nam Định | 21° | 23° | 25° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 25° | 21° |
| Cities good for going, of 24 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in Vietnam
All 31 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
- HanoiCapitalGuide8,053,663
- Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh City (HCMC)14,002,598
- HaiphongHai Phong2,625,200
- Cần ThơCan Tho City1,507,187
- HuếThừa Thiên Huế Province1,380,000
- Da NangGuideDa Nang City1,276,000
- Biên HòaDong Nai1,272,235
- Thanh HóaThanh Hóa Province850,000
- VinhNghệ An Province790,000
- Nha TrangKhanh Hoa579,000
- Qui NhonGia Lai519,208
- Vũng TàuHo Chi Minh City (HCMC)464,860
- Rạch GiáAn Giang459,860
- Bắc GiangBac Ninh450,000
- Nam ĐịnhNinh Binh448,225
- Buôn Ma ThuộtDak Lak434,256
- Thái NguyênThai Nguyen420,000
- Việt TrìPhu Tho415,280
- Thủ Dầu MộtHo Chi Minh City (HCMC)373,105
- Bến CátHo Chi Minh City (HCMC)364,578
- Hoa LưNinh Binh319,125
- An NhơnGia Lai308,396
- Nghi SơnThanh Hóa Province302,210
- Ðà LạtLam Dong258,014
Smaller places with an airport · 7
Airports
Airports in Vietnam
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
- SGNTan Son Nhat International AirportHo Chi Minh City
- HANNoi Bai International AirportHanoi
- HPHCat Bi International AirportHaiphong
- VCACan Tho International AirportCần Thơ
- HUIPhu Bai International AirportHuế
- DADDa Nang International AirportDa Nang
- CXRCam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air BaseNha Trang
- PQCPhú Quốc International AirportHàm Ninh
Photographs
Vietnam in pictures
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its author, with its licence.
Ho Chi Minh City
HanoiPhoto: NKSTTSSHNVN · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Da NangPhoto: Quangpraha · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Guides
Our guides in Vietnam
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Vietnam
Tell us where in Vietnam, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.