Vietnam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Capital
- Hanoi
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population, 2025
- 102 million
- Currency
- VND
- Area
- 331,212 km²
Across Vietnam's 27 priced cities, one person needs about $739 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $493.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
63out of 100
- Purchasing power25%40
- Safety20%60
- Health care15%63
- Climate10%71
- Air quality10%64
- Connectivity10%95
- Cost10%88
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #46
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
22.3
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
9.7
New York = 100
Purchasing power
60.9
New York = 100
One person
$739
A month, rent included
Net salary
$493
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$405
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$5,066
2025
Growth
+8.0%
2025
Unemployment
1.5%
2025
Inflation
3.3%
2025
Life expectancy
74.7 years
2024
Internet users
84%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 5%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 10.5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 21.5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 10%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 60.2
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 39.8
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2011
- 1.5
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #8 worldwide
- 301
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #9 worldwide
- 220
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +13%
Cities in Vietnam
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Buon Ma Thuot | 71 | 21.0 | — | — | — | 434.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 2Phan Rang | 71 | 20.4 | $269 | — | — | 208K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 3Kon Tum | 70 | — | — | — | — | 205.8K | Low confidence |
| 4Huyện Lâm Hà | 70 | — | — | — | — | 144.7K | Low confidence |
| 5Pleiku | 69 | — | — | — | — | 114.2K | Low confidence |
| 6Đưc Trọng | 69 | — | — | — | — | 161.2K | Low confidence |
| 7Phan Thiet | 69 | 19.2 | — | — | — | 228.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 8Buôn Hồ | 69 | — | — | — | — | 127.9K | Low confidence |
| 9Bảo Lộc | 68 | — | — | — | — | 170.9K | Low confidence |
| 10Cam Ranh | 68 | 21.0 | — | — | — | 146.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 11Cam Pha | 67 | 21.7 | — | — | — | 190.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 12Vung Tau | 67 | 20.3 | $298 | $578 | 109.6 | 464.9K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 13La Gi | 67 | — | — | — | — | 160.7K | Low confidence |
| 14Ba Đồn | 67 | — | — | — | — | 106.4K | Low confidence |
| 15Xuân Lộc | 67 | — | — | — | — | 253.1K | Low confidence |
| 16Long Khánh | 67 | — | — | — | — | 171.3K | Low confidence |
| 17Tịnh Biên | 67 | — | — | — | — | 143.1K | Low confidence |
| 18Đức Phổ | 67 | — | — | — | — | 155.7K | Low confidence |
| 19Da Lat | 66 | 19.7 | $283 | $427 | 84.1 | 258K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 20Thành Phố Bà Rịa | 66 | — | — | — | — | 235.2K | Low confidence |
| 21Vinh | 66 | 21.9 | — | — | — | 790K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 22Phú Mỹ | 66 | — | — | — | — | 287.1K | Low confidence |
| 23Dong Xoai | 66 | — | — | — | — | 168K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 24Chơn Thành | 66 | — | — | — | — | 121.1K | Low confidence |
| 25Phong Điền | 66 | — | — | — | — | 114.8K | Low confidence |
| 26Ca Mau | 66 | — | — | — | — | 226.4K | Low confidence |
| 27Ðông Hà | 66 | — | — | — | — | 164.2K | Low confidence |
| 28Vĩnh Châu | 66 | — | — | — | — | 183.9K | Low confidence |
| 29Bạc Liêu | 66 | — | — | — | — | 156.1K | Low confidence |
| 30Kỳ Anh | 66 | — | — | — | — | 150.2K | Low confidence |
| 31Ninh Hòa | 66 | — | — | — | — | 230.6K | Low confidence |
| 32Sơn La | 66 | — | — | — | — | 106.1K | Low confidence |
| 33Nghi Sơn | 65 | — | — | — | — | 302.2K | Low confidence |
| 34Tân Châu | 65 | — | — | — | — | 175.2K | Low confidence |
| 35Giá Rai | 65 | — | — | — | — | 145.3K | Low confidence |
| 36Hồng Ngự | 65 | — | — | — | — | 101.2K | Low confidence |
| 37Hà Tiên | 65 | — | — | — | — | 100.6K | Low confidence |
| 38Ha Tinh | 65 | — | — | — | — | 266.3K | Low confidence |
| 39Rạch Giá | 65 | — | — | — | — | 459.9K | Low confidence |
| 40An Nhơn | 65 | — | — | — | — | 308.4K | Low confidence |
| 41Tuy Hòa | 65 | — | — | — | — | 155.9K | Low confidence |
| 42Điện Bàn | 65 | — | — | — | — | 226.6K | Low confidence |
| 43Thị Trấn Thuận Châu | 65 | — | — | — | — | 153K | Low confidence |
| 44Hòa Thành | 65 | — | — | — | — | 147.7K | Low confidence |
| 45Tây Ninh | 65 | — | — | — | — | 135.3K | Low confidence |
| 46Phu Quoc | 65 | — | — | — | — | 294.4K | Low confidence |
| 47Ha Long | 65 | — | — | $231 | — | 270.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 48Hai Phong | 65 | 21.2 | $243 | $500 | 101.6 | 2.6M | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 49Phú Quốc | 65 | — | — | — | — | 179.5K | Low confidence |
| 50Dong Hoi | 64 | 20.2 | $245 | $402 | 83.8 | 133.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 51Lạng Sơn | 64 | — | — | — | — | 200.1K | Low confidence |
| 52Cẩm Phả Mines | 64 | — | — | — | — | 135.5K | Low confidence |
| 53Hoàng Mai | 64 | — | — | — | — | 113.4K | Low confidence |
| 54Sóc Trăng | 64 | — | — | — | — | 221.4K | Low confidence |
| 55Long Xuyên | 64 | — | — | — | — | 286.1K | Low confidence |
| 56Sa Dec | 64 | — | — | — | — | 214.6K | Low confidence |
| 57Cao Lãnh | 64 | — | — | — | — | 211.9K | Low confidence |
| 58Trà Vinh | 64 | — | — | — | — | 160.3K | Low confidence |
| 59Thốt Nốt | 64 | — | — | — | — | 158.2K | Low confidence |
| 60Quận Đức Thịnh | 64 | — | — | — | — | 132K | Low confidence |
| 61Ô Môn | 64 | — | — | — | — | 129.7K | Low confidence |
| 62Cờ Đỏ | 64 | — | — | — | — | 116.6K | Low confidence |
| 63Bình Thủy | 64 | — | — | — | — | 113.6K | Low confidence |
| 64Thới Lai | 64 | — | — | — | — | 109.7K | Low confidence |
| 65Bến Cát | 64 | — | — | — | — | 364.6K | Low confidence |
| 66Kiến An | 64 | — | — | — | — | 118K | Low confidence |
| 67Móng Cái | 64 | — | — | — | — | 108.6K | Low confidence |
| 68Sầm Sơn | 63 | — | — | — | — | 129.8K | Low confidence |
| 69Mỹ Tho | 63 | — | — | — | — | 270.7K | Low confidence |
| 70Tân An | 63 | — | — | — | — | 215.3K | Low confidence |
| 71Cai Lậy | 63 | — | — | — | — | 143.1K | Low confidence |
| 72Vĩnh Long | 63 | — | — | — | — | 137.9K | Low confidence |
| 73Yên Vinh | 63 | — | — | — | — | 107.1K | Low confidence |
| 74Thuận An | 63 | — | — | — | — | 588.6K | Low confidence |
| 75Chợ Lớn | 63 | — | — | — | — | 561K | Low confidence |
| 76Bình Thạnh | 63 | — | — | — | — | 552.2K | Low confidence |
| 77Thủ Đức | 63 | — | — | — | — | 524.7K | Low confidence |
| 78Dĩ An | 63 | — | — | — | — | 463K | Low confidence |
| 79Quận Mười | 63 | — | — | — | — | 399K | Low confidence |
| 80Thủ Dầu Một | 63 | — | — | — | — | 373.1K | Low confidence |
| 81Quận Mười Một | 63 | — | — | — | — | 332.5K | Low confidence |
| 82Quận Ba | 63 | — | — | — | — | 220.4K | Low confidence |
| 83Quận Bốn | 63 | — | — | — | — | 199.3K | Low confidence |
| 84Quận Năm | 63 | — | — | — | — | 187.5K | Low confidence |
| 85Bến Tre | 63 | — | — | — | — | 124.4K | Low confidence |
| 86Gò Vấp | 63 | — | — | — | — | 110.9K | Low confidence |
| 87Thanh Khê | 63 | — | — | — | — | 201.2K | Low confidence |
| 88Hải Châu | 63 | — | — | — | — | 131.4K | Low confidence |
| 89Hòa Cường | 63 | — | — | — | — | 119.4K | Low confidence |
| 90Ngã Bảy | 63 | — | — | — | — | 101.2K | Low confidence |
| 91Hue | 63 | 19.5 | $131 | $290 | 78.2 | 1.4M | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 92Quận Sáu | 63 | — | — | — | — | 271.1K | Low confidence |
| 93Trảng Bàng | 63 | — | — | — | — | 161.8K | Low confidence |
| 94Cần Giuộc | 63 | — | — | — | — | 152.2K | Low confidence |
| 95Tam Kỳ | 62 | — | — | — | — | 165.2K | Low confidence |
| 96Lào Cai | 62 | — | — | — | — | 130.7K | Low confidence |
| 97Bien Hoa | 62 | 18.2 | $192 | $307 | 75.6 | 1.3M | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 98Bắc Quang | 62 | — | — | — | — | 118.7K | Low confidence |
| 99Thanh Hóa | 61 | — | — | — | — | 850K | Low confidence |
| 100Tuyên Quang | 61 | — | — | — | — | 104.6K | Low confidence |
| 101Quang Ngai | 61 | 16.6 | $179 | $221 | 58.9 | 278.5K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 102Quy Nhon City | 61 | 20.1 | $295 | $307 | 58.9 | 519.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 103Nam Dinh | 60 | 21.9 | — | — | — | 448.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 104Hòa Bình | 60 | — | — | — | — | 105.3K | Low confidence |
| 105Chũ | 60 | — | — | — | — | 127.9K | Low confidence |
| 106Nha Trang | 59 | 21.2 | $406 | $294 | 46.5 | 579K | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 107Thị Trấn Đông Triều | 59 | — | — | — | — | 248.9K | Low confidence |
| 108Chí Linh | 59 | — | — | — | — | 220.4K | Low confidence |
| 109Ha Dong | 59 | 21.9 | — | — | — | 50.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 110Bắc Kạn (Bac Can) | 59 | 21.9 | — | — | — | 45K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 111Song Be | 58 | 22.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 112Ho Chi Minh City | 58 | 23.4 | $576 | $493 | 60.9 | 14M | High confidence, 109 contributors |
| 113Da Nang | 58 | 21.7 | $524 | $356 | 47.8 | 1.3M | High confidence, 76 contributors |
| 114Hai Duong | 58 | — | — | — | — | 241.4K | Low confidence |
| 115Yên Bái | 58 | — | — | — | — | 100.6K | Low confidence |
| 116Can Tho | 57 | 20.3 | $192 | $161 | 37.1 | 1.5M | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 117Hanoi | 57 | 22.3 | $405 | $499 | 77.1 | 8.1M | High confidence, 86 contributors |
| 118Thái Nguyên | 57 | — | — | — | — | 420K | Low confidence |
| 119Phổ Yên | 57 | — | — | — | — | 231.4K | Low confidence |
| 120Thành phố Sông Công | 57 | — | — | — | — | 128.4K | Low confidence |
| 121Phủ Lý | 57 | — | — | — | — | 136.7K | Low confidence |
| 122Ba Vì | 56 | — | — | — | — | 282.6K | Low confidence |
| 123Thị Trấn Đại Từ | 56 | — | — | — | — | 179.2K | Low confidence |
| 124Thanh Xuân | 55 | — | — | — | — | 293.3K | Low confidence |
| 125Việt Yên | 54 | — | — | — | — | 205.9K | Low confidence |
| 126Việt Trì | 54 | — | — | — | — | 415.3K | Low confidence |
| 127Vinh Yen | 54 | — | — | — | — | 119.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 128Đống Đa | 53 | — | — | — | — | 371.6K | Low confidence |
| 129Long Bien | 53 | — | — | — | — | 347.8K | Low confidence |
| 130Bắc Từ Liêm | 53 | — | — | — | — | 340.6K | Low confidence |
| 131Hai Bà Trưng | 53 | — | — | — | — | 303.6K | Low confidence |
| 132Cầu Giấy | 53 | — | — | — | — | 292.5K | Low confidence |
| 133Sơn Tây | 53 | — | — | — | — | 230.6K | Low confidence |
| 134Ba Dinh | 53 | — | — | — | — | 221.9K | Low confidence |
| 135Phúc Yên | 53 | — | — | — | — | 180K | Low confidence |
| 136Tây Hồ | 53 | — | — | — | — | 168.3K | Low confidence |
| 137Tương Mai | 53 | — | — | — | — | 136.3K | Low confidence |
| 138Hoàn Kiếm | 53 | — | — | — | — | 135.6K | Low confidence |
| 139Bồ Đề | 53 | — | — | — | — | 120K | Low confidence |
| 140Dien Bien Phu | 53 | — | — | — | — | 84.7K | Low confidence |
| 141Gia Lâm | 53 | — | — | — | — | 309.4K | Low confidence |
| 142Thuận Thanh | 53 | — | — | — | — | 199.6K | Low confidence |
| 143Mỹ Hào | 53 | — | — | — | — | 115.6K | Low confidence |
| 144Kien Giang | 53 | 24.5 | $231 | $307 | 58.8 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 145Bac Giang | 53 | 21.3 | $144 | $208 | 51.3 | 450K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 146Hưng Yên | 53 | — | — | — | — | 118.6K | Low confidence |
| 147Hoi An | 50 | 20.7 | $432 | $288 | 44.4 | 32.8K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 148Bac Ninh | 49 | 19.4 | $692 | $377 | 43.9 | 287.7K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |