🇻🇳 Cities in Vietnam — API & JSON data

277 cities. 17 regions. 7 languages. That's the current coverage for Vietnam in the Geomelon API, led by Ho Chi Minh City at 14,002,598 people.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Vietnam cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Ho Chi Minh City	—	14,002,598
Hanoi	—	8,435,650
Đồng Nai	—	3,255,810
Haiphong	—	2,088,020
Kiên Giang	—	1,751,760
Cần Thơ	—	1,252,350
Huế	—	1,236,393
Da Nang	—	1,220,190
Biên Hòa	Đồng Nai	1,104,000
Thủ Đức	—	1,013,795

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=vn&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "e37d2f98-812d-4bd8-946c-dcd56d60dc99",
    "name": "Ho Chi Minh City",
    "population": 14002598,
    "countryName": "Vietnam",
    "countryCode": "VN",
    "countryEmoji": "🇻🇳",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "3ebc0467-3aeb-448e-aa9e-a3e2bc7cef5c",
    "name": "Hanoi",
    "population": 8435650,
    "countryName": "Vietnam",
    "countryCode": "VN",
    "countryEmoji": "🇻🇳",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "48c53a21-497e-4934-8ad6-2965ab6ebf4e",
    "name": "Đồng Nai",
    "population": 3255810,
    "countryName": "Vietnam",
    "countryCode": "VN",
    "countryEmoji": "🇻🇳",
    "regionName": null
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=vn&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=vn&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Vietnam are available in 7 languages.

en: Ho Chi Minh City
zh: 胡志明市
ja: ホーチミン市

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 49 Vietnam cities as JSON (7 KB, no API key) from the Vietnam cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Vietnam does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 277 cities in Vietnam across 17 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Vietnam city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Vietnam are available in 7 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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