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title: "Is Vinh walkable? Walkability score 49/100 · How Walkable"
description: "Vinh scores 49/100 for walkability across its central 5 km, likely an underestimate: open map data lists few places outside its centre, which scores 99."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/vinh
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Vinh

# How walkable is Vinh?

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

Vinh has a walkability score of 49 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. Its centre scores 99, and open map data lists fewer everyday places away from the centre here, so the score is likely an underestimate. It is the 11th most walkable of the 19 cities ranked in Vietnam.

49 out of 100: Car-Dependent

Most errands require a car.

*   #11 of 19 in Vietnam
*   #605 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   99 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=18.67726&lon=105.68047&q=Vinh%2C%20Vietnam) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,702 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Vinh. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.

### Groceries

3.0 of 3 points

*   Tuti Fruit Trai Cay Nhap Khau TP Vinh, 2 min
*   Siêu thị AN Mart, 2 min
*   Lala Accessories, 3 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   Tiệm Bánh Mì Xin Chào, 1 min
*   Súp Lươn Linh Lan, 2 min
*   Sữa Chua Nếp Cẩm tại Vinh, 3 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   Phụ kiện điện thoại MSY Store, 1 min
*   Pema Store, 1 min
*   Dũng Trang Store, 1 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   Phố Xưa, 2 min
*   Endor Coffee - 30 Lê Viết Lượng, 2 min
*   De Leo Menswear, 2 min

### Banks

1.0 of 1 point

*   HDBank Nghệ An, 1 min
*   OCB Nghệ An, 5 min
*   Exim Bank, 9 min

### Parks

0.8 of 1 point

*   Vườn hoa Cửa Bắc, 8 min
*   Công viên Nguyễn Tất Thành, 24 min
*   Vườn hoa Cửa Nam, 26 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   Huỳnh Thúc Kháng High School, 5 min
*   Trường Mầm Non Hưng Bình, 6 min
*   Trường Tiểu Học Hưng Bình, 6 min

### Books & libraries

1.0 of 1 point

*   Nhà Sách Phương Nam, 2 min
*   Nha Sach Giao Duc Co So 65 Le Hong Phong, 6 min
*   Nhà Sách FAHASA Nghệ An, 15 min

### Culture & entertainment

1.0 of 1 point

*   Thiệp Cưới Trúc Phương, 4 min
*   Galaxy Cinema Vinh, 6 min
*   Vertu Karaoke Vinh, 7 min

Measured from the centre at 18.6773, 105.6805, the point near Vinh'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 205 street intersections per km², and blocks average 66 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Vinh's score of 49 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of the centre, 70 from 1 to 3 km out and 27 from 3 to 5 km out. 10 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 33% 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 Vinh, one hexagon per square kilometre. 33% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 0, is 5 km to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/vietnam/vinh.svg?v=241d46457503)

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

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 99    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 95    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 70    | 60%         | 30             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 27    | 5%          | 44             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                            | Distance | Score |
| ----------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Thanh Hóa](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/thanh-hoa), Vietnam | 126 km   | 44    |
| [Hoa Lư](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/hoa-lu), Vietnam       | 179 km   | 33    |
| [Nam Định](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/nam-dinh), Vietnam   | 202 km   | 30    |
| [Hanoi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/hanoi), Vietnam         | 262 km   | 87    |
| [Haiphong](https://howwalkable.com/cities/vietnam/haiphong), Vietnam   | 265 km   | 52    |

## Questions about walking in Vinh

### Is Vinh a walkable city?

Its centre is, but most of the area around it is not. Vinh has a walkability score of 49 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. Its centre scores 99. 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 11th of 19 cities in Vietnam and joint 605th 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. Vinh ranks 11th with 49.

### How does Vinh compare with nearby cities?

Vinh is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 49, against Thanh Hóa (44, 126 km away), Hoa Lư (33, 179 km away) and Nam Định (30, 202 km away).

### Which part of Vinh is most walkable?

Vinh's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 99. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 56) and falls most to the south (19).

### How is Vinh's walkability score calculated?

For Vinh it is the average of 81 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 27 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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