Is Buôn Hồ safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Buôn Hồ safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Buôn Hồ scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). 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.
Buôn Hồ scores 49/100 (Moderate). 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 Buôn Hồ: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (79/100) and security (47/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 12.8544° N, 108.2703° E in Đắk Lắk, Buôn Hồ maintains a regional distance of 941.6 km NNW to Hanoi.
Đắk Lắk
12.8544° N, 108.2703° E
706 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
127,920
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Vietnam
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Buôn Hồ happened in February (3 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Vietnam travel advice & laws.
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