Is Thanh Hóa safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Thanh Hóa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Thanh Hóa 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.
Thanh Hóa 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 Thanh Hóa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (80/100) 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
Positioned at 19.8075° N, 105.7764° E in Thanh Hóa, Thanh Hóa features an altitude of 5 m. The settlement is located 132.8 km N from Hanoi.
Thanh Hóa
19.8075° N, 105.7764° E
5 m
Asia/Bangkok
850,000
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Vietnam
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (33 °C avg high); Wettest: August (353 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 20° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 31° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 21° |
| Low °C | 13° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 24 | 33 | 46 | 85 | 169 | 187 | 277 | 353 | 234 | 137 | 80 | 40 |
Normals: Ninh Bình (49.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Thanh Hóa happened in September (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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