Country brief
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. Its capital is Hanoi, while its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City.
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Vietnam is a whole country. Weather, air quality and the Travel Score differ from place to place, so here are its main cities, each with its own live conditions.
Best conditions right now
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Ranked by today’s Travel Score. Pick a city for its full brief and forecast.
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 55 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 62 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese New Year)
CulturalVietnam · Nationwide
Feb 6, 2027In 98 days
Vietnam's most important holiday: family reunions, flowers and ancestor offerings. Many businesses close for several days. New Year's Day is 6 February in 2027; the official length of the break is set shortly before.
No known advisory
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisories (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-22 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 22, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
The largest cities in this country by population (GeoNames), each with its own live weather, air quality and Travel Score. Smaller destinations are not listed.
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
Plugs, power and driving side are shown only where two sources agree (Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country (from the IEC's World Plugs), worldstandards.eu, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Left- and right-hand traffic), checked 2026-10-11. See what each plug type looks like.
Vietnamese is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 25,802 VND, as of 31 Oct 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)
