Is Thủ Đức safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Thủ Đức safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Thủ Đức scores 44/100 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.
Thủ Đức scores 44/100 (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 Thủ Đức: 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 44 is higher than the scores of 57% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Thủ Đức belongs to Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnam), centered at coordinates 10.8266° N, 106.7609° E (29 m above sea level). Distance to Hanoi is 1,135.4 km towards the N.
Hồ Chí Minh
10.8266° N, 106.7609° E
29 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
1,013,795
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: March (34 °C avg high); Wettest: August (288 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 31° | 33° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| Low °C | 22° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 28 | 15 | 43 | 98 | 179 | 245 | 266 | 288 | 285 | 229 | 148 | 75 |
Normals: Ho Chi Minh City (8.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Thủ Đức happened in September (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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