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Vietnam GIS data sources

Region
South-Eastern Asia
ISO 3166
VN · VNM
Sources
11
Themes
11
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Vietnam: 11 sources across 11 themes, led by UN OCHA and Open Development Mekong. 6 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Vietnam

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Viet Nam - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Vietnam (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Viet Nam - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: UNFPA and General Statistics Office of Viet Nam.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Vietnam (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Hydrology 1

River, lake and hydrology data for every country

  • Mekong River Commission Data Portal (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free with registration

    Mekong River Commission · Mekong River basin

    Hydro-meteorological time series, river network, basin boundaries and water-quality data for the Mekong basin; some datasets need a free account.

    • Hydrology
    • Environment
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, Shapefile, API
    Link
    portal.mrcmekong.org

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • Open Development Vietnam (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Open Development Mekong

    Open data hub with protected areas, forest cover, infrastructure and boundary layers.

    • Open data portal
    • Environment
    • Land cover
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON, CSV
    Link
    vietnam.opendevelopmentmekong.net

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Vietnam

Worldwide and continental layers that include Vietnam, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Natural hazards
Environment
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