Is Hòa Thượng safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Hòa Thượng safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Hòa Thượng 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.
Hòa Thượng 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 Hòa Thượng: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (79/100) 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.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 21.6472° N, 105.8278° E within Thái Nguyên, Hòa Thượng is situated 72.0 km S of Hanoi.
Thái Nguyên
21.6472° N, 105.8278° E
Lowland
UTC
13,871
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Vietnam
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (403 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 20° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 20° |
| Low °C | 12° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 16° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 40 | 56 | 80 | 142 | 237 | 325 | 368 | 403 | 184 | 97 | 73 | 56 |
Normals: Thái Nguyên (5.7 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 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Hòa Thượng happened in May and June (4 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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