Is Buôn Ma Thuột safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Buôn Ma Thuột safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Buôn Ma Thuột scores 52/100 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.
Buôn Ma Thuột scores 52/100 (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 Buôn Ma Thuột: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (82/100) and security (47/100).
A score of 52 is higher than the scores of 70% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 12.6667° N, 108.0500° E in Đắk Lắk, Buôn Ma Thuột maintains a regional distance of 955.7 km NNW to Hanoi.
Đắk Lắk
12.6667° N, 108.0500° E
459 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
340,000
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Buôn Ma Thuột happened in February (5 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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