Is Cần Thơ safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Cần Thơ safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Cần Thơ scores 48/100 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.
Cần Thơ scores 48/100 (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 Cần Thơ: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (47/100) and natural hazards (62/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Cần Thơ belongs to Cần Thơ (Vietnam), centered at coordinates 10.0333° N, 105.7833° E (3 m above sea level). Distance to Hanoi is 1,219.5 km towards the N.
Cần Thơ
10.0333° N, 105.7833° E
3 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
1,237,300
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Vietnam
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (33 °C avg high); Wettest: September (284 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 31° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° |
| Low °C | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 33 | 17 | 47 | 114 | 182 | 217 | 248 | 249 | 284 | 257 | 143 | 84 |
Normals: Cần Thơ (0 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 | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Cần Thơ happened in September and December (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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