Vietnam
Vietnam is one of the 193 UN member states, in South-Eastern Asia. UN Tourism counted 18 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 86% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 18 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 28th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 14%
- Area
- 329,981 km² (127,406 sq mi)
- Population
- 96.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 63in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 22with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 9on Globestamp’s list
Does Vietnam count as a country?
Yes. Vietnam is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts Vietnam? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Vietnam |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Vietnam stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Vietnam’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 18 million international arrivals in 2019, Vietnam is more visited than 86% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Vietnam
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Vietnam when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in Vietnam you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Vietnam, from 9 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 9
Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park (2003) · Ha Long Bay (1994) · Mỹ Sơn (1999) · Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (2011) · Imperial Citadel of Thang Long (2010) · Tràng An (2014) · Complex of Huế Monuments (1993) · Hoi An Ancient Town (1999) · The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape (2025). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park · Cát Tiên National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Ha Long Bay. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 5
Suối Tiên Theme Park · Dam Sen Cultural Park · Grand World · Hồ Thủy Tiên · Ocean Park Ha Long. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 2
Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens · Thủ Lệ Park. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 2
Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens · Hanoi Botanic Garden. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Ho Chi Minh City | 5,314,000 |
| Hanoi | 4,378,000 |
| Haiphong | 1,969,000 |
| Can Tho | 1,121,000 |
| Da Nang | 1,000,000 |
| Hue | 950,000 |
| Qui Nhon | 805,290 |
| Biên Hòa | 652,646 |
Airports
Vietnam has 22 airports with scheduled flights, 8 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
63 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Vietnam into 63 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 63
An Giang · Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu · Bắc Giang · Bạc Liêu · Bắc Ninh · Bến Tre · Bình Định · Bình Dương · Bình Phước · Bình Thuận · Cà Mau · Cần Thơ · Cao Bằng · Da Nang · Đắk Lắk · Đắk Nông · Điện Biên · Đông Nam Bộ · Đồng Tháp · Gia Lai · Hà Giang · Hà Nam · Hà Tĩnh · Hải Dương · Haiphong · Hanoi · Hậu Giang · Ho Chi Minh · Hòa Bình · Khánh Hòa · Kiên Giang · Kon Tum · Lai Châu · Lâm Đồng · Lạng Sơn · Lào Cai · Long An · Nam Định · Nghệ An · Ninh Bình · Ninh Thuận · Northeast Vietnam · Phú Thọ · Phú Yên · Quảng Bình · Quảng Nam · Quảng Ngãi · Quảng Ninh · Quảng Trị · Red River Delta · Sóc Trăng · Sơn La · Tây Ninh · Thái Bình · Thái Nguyên · Thanh Hóa · Thừa Thiên Huế · Tiền Giang · Trà Vinh · Tuyên Quang · Vĩnh Long · Vĩnh Phúc · Yên Bái
Questions people ask
Is Vietnam a country?
Yes. Vietnam is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit Vietnam a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 18,009,000 international arrivals in Vietnam in 2019, the 28th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Vietnam stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 14% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Vietnam count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Vietnam”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Vietnam
Near Vietnam
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.