Is Bỉm Sơn safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Bỉm Sơn safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Bỉm Sơn scores 51/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Vietnam Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 24 Jun 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bỉm Sơn scores 51/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Vietnam (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bỉm Sơn: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (78/100) and security (47/100).
A score of 51 is higher than the scores of 69% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 20.0781° N, 105.8603° E within Thanh Hóa, Bỉm Sơn is situated 102.5 km N of Hanoi at an altitude of 7 m.
Thanh Hóa
20.0781° N, 105.8603° E
7 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
100,820
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Vietnam
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (33 °C avg high); Wettest: August (353 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 20° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 31° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 21° |
| Low °C | 13° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 24 | 33 | 46 | 85 | 169 | 187 | 277 | 353 | 234 | 137 | 80 | 40 |
Normals: Ninh Bình (19.3 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Bỉm Sơn happened in August (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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