Lightning strikes in Vietnam
The detection network has located 2,669 lightning strikes in Vietnam since the archive began, including 234 in the last 7 days. That is 0.03% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Vietnam #46 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Vietnam is counted under Asia in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 19 |
| 2026-08-13 | 29 |
| 2026-08-12 | 16 |
| 2026-08-11 | 5 |
| 2026-08-10 | 123 |
| 2026-08-09 | 42 |
| 2026-08-07 | 8 |
| 2026-08-06 | 27 |
| 2026-08-05 | 115 |
| 2026-08-04 | 362 |
| 2026-08-03 | 237 |
| 2026-08-02 | 155 |
| 2026-08-01 | 121 |
| 2026-07-31 | 248 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Vietnam's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unassigned | 1,155 | 27 | 43.3% |
| 2 | Nghệ An | 140 | 13 | 5.2% |
| 3 | Quảng Ninh | 135 | 7 | 5.1% |
| 4 | Hà Tĩnh | 129 | 0 | 4.8% |
| 5 | Yên Bái | 108 | 9 | 4.0% |
| 6 | Lào Cai | 78 | 5 | 2.9% |
| 7 | Thái Bình | 76 | 1 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Sơn La | 66 | 25 | 2.5% |
| 9 | Phú Thọ | 65 | 15 | 2.4% |
| 10 | Tuyên Quang | 65 | 14 | 2.4% |
| 11 | Hà Giang | 60 | 3 | 2.2% |
| 12 | Điện Biên | 58 | 39 | 2.2% |
| 13 | Thanh Hóa | 47 | 3 | 1.8% |
| 14 | Quảng Bình | 47 | 0 | 1.8% |
| 15 | Hòa Bình | 42 | 10 | 1.6% |
| 16 | Lạng Sơn | 40 | 6 | 1.5% |
| 17 | Quảng Nam | 38 | 0 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Hanoi | 33 | 19 | 1.2% |
| 19 | Nam Định | 31 | 8 | 1.2% |
| 20 | Kon Tum | 27 | 0 | 1.0% |
| 21 | Guangxi | 26 | 0 | 1.0% |
| 22 | Lai Châu | 21 | 4 | 0.8% |
| 23 | Bắc Giang | 19 | 0 | 0.7% |
| 24 | Bình Định | 13 | 0 | 0.5% |
| 25 | Quảng Ngãi | 13 | 0 | 0.5% |
| 26 | Haiphong | 13 | 1 | 0.5% |
| 27 | Bắc Ninh | 12 | 1 | 0.4% |
| 28 | Ninh Bình | 11 | 2 | 0.4% |
| 29 | Đắk Lắk | 11 | 2 | 0.4% |
| 30 | Hải Dương | 10 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 31 | Quảng Trị | 8 | 2 | 0.3% |
| 32 | Cao Bằng | 8 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 33 | Thái Nguyên | 7 | 4 | 0.3% |
| 34 | Gia Lai | 7 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 35 | Red River Delta | 6 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 36 | Vĩnh Phúc | 6 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 37 | Northeast Vietnam | 6 | 4 | 0.2% |
| 38 | Bình Phước | 5 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 39 | Hà Nam | 5 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 40 | Thừa Thiên Huế | 5 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 41 | Đắk Nông | 4 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 42 | Lâm Đồng | 3 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 43 | Bình Thuận | 2 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 44 | Da Nang | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 45 | Houaphanh | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 46 | Tây Ninh | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 47 | Phongsaly | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 48 | Long An | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 49 | Yunnan | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.
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