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title: "Is Thái Nguyên walkable? Walkability score 38/100"
description: "Thái Nguyên scores 38/100 for walkability across its central 5 km, likely an underestimate: open map data lists few places outside its centre, which scores 93."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/thai-nguyen
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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2.  [Vietnam](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam)
3.  Thái Nguyên

# How walkable is Thái Nguyên?

By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 

Thái Nguyên has a walkability score of 38 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. Its centre scores 93, and open map data lists fewer everyday places away from the centre here, so the score is likely an underestimate. It is the 14th most walkable of the 19 cities ranked in Vietnam.

38 out of 100: Car-Dependent

Most errands require a car.

*   #14 of 19 in Vietnam
*   #671 of 690 worldwide
*   93 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=21.59033&lon=105.83126&q=Th%C3%A1i%20Nguy%C3%AAn%2C%20Vietnam) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,377 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Thái Nguyên. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for parks.

### Groceries

3.0 of 3 points

*   Sữa Hạt Dành Cho Người Tiểu Đường Mỉ Ngân Food, 3 min
*   Sieu Thi Hoang Mam Thanh Do, 6 min
*   Xây nhà trọn gói Homaz Thái Nguyên, 6 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   Bánh Mỳ Tràng An, 1 min
*   Menard Thái Nguyên, 1 min
*   Foodaholic Thái Nguyên, 1 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   Bình Minh Mobile - Bảo hành 2 năm, 1 min
*   Hoa Tuyết fashion, 1 min
*   Cong ty TNHH Am Thanh Anh Sang Viet Dung, 1 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   Mê Say cafe, 1 min
*   Đột Kích Coffee, 1 min
*   cafe Victoria-thành phố Thái Nguyên, 2 min

### Banks

1.0 of 1 point

*   SeABank Chi nhánh Thái Nguyên, 1 min
*   Sacombank, 6 min
*   SACOMBANK-CN Thái Nguyên, 7 min

### Parks

0.1 of 1 point

*   Unnamed park, 22 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   Trường Mầm Non Phan Đình Phùng, 3 min
*   Truong mam non BonBee co so Hoang Van Thu, 5 min
*   Galaxy Preschool - Trường Mầm Non Galaxy, 7 min

### Books & libraries

0.9 of 1 point

*   Nhà Sách Tiến Thọ, 7 min
*   Nhà sách Tân Việt - Vincom Thái Nguyên, 9 min
*   Nhà Sách Tâm Thoa, 9 min

### Culture & entertainment

1.0 of 1 point

*   Karaoke Hà My 2, 1 min
*   Trung Tâm Nghệ Thuật Việt Bắc, 2 min
*   Đông Á Karaoke Tầng 7, 2 min

### Further than usual

*   The nearest park is 22 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.

Measured from the centre at 21.5903, 105.8313, the point near Thái Nguyên's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

## Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 121 street intersections per km², and blocks average 83 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Thái Nguyên's score of 38 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 89 within 1 km of the centre, 56 from 1 to 3 km out and 20 from 3 to 5 km out. 23% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Thái Nguyên, one hexagon per square kilometre. 22% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 0, is 4 km to the south-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/vietnam/thai-nguyen.svg?v=71ea26f2e729)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Thái Nguyên. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 93    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 89    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 56    | 38%         | 29             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 20    | 2%          | 47             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                            | Distance | Score |
| ----------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Bắc Giang](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/bac-giang), Vietnam | 51 km    | 28    |
| [Việt Trì](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/viet-tri), Vietnam   | 55 km    | 36    |
| [Hanoi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/hanoi), Vietnam         | 63 km    | 87    |
| [Haiphong](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/haiphong), Vietnam   | 119 km   | 52    |
| [Nam Định](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/nam-dinh), Vietnam   | 134 km   | 30    |

## Questions about walking in Thái Nguyên

### Is Thái Nguyên a walkable city?

Its centre is, but most of the area around it is not. Thái Nguyên has a walkability score of 38 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. Its centre scores 93. Open map data lists fewer everyday places away from the centre in some cities, so scores there may be underestimates. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks 14th of 19 cities in Vietnam and 671st of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.

### What is the most walkable city in Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh City is the most walkable of the 19 cities ranked in Vietnam, with a score of 93. Thái Nguyên ranks 14th with 38.

### How does Thái Nguyên compare with nearby cities?

Thái Nguyên sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 38, against Bắc Giang (28, 51 km away), Việt Trì (36, 55 km away) and Hanoi (87, 63 km away).

### Which part of Thái Nguyên is most walkable?

Thái Nguyên's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 93. Walkability averages 89 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 42) and falls most to the north-east (16).

### How is Thái Nguyên's walkability score calculated?

For Thái Nguyên it is the average of 83 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 19 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.

This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.

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