Is Vũng Tàu safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Vũng Tàu safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Vũng Tàu 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.
Vũng Tàu 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 Vũng Tàu: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 10.3833° N, 107.1167° E within Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Vũng Tàu is situated 1,188.3 km N of Hanoi at an altitude of 10 m.
Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu
10.3833° N, 107.1167° E
10 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
341,552
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 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Vũng Tàu happened in September (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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