Is Mộc Châu safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Mộc Châu safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Mộc Châu 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.
Mộc Châu 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 Mộc Châu: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (77/100) 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
Charted at coordinates 20.9221° N, 104.7521° E in Sơn La, Mộc Châu maintains a regional distance of 114.3 km E to Hanoi.
Sơn La
20.9221° N, 104.7521° E
814 m
Asia/Bangkok
148,259
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mộc Châu happened in April (7 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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