Haiphong
Haiphong or Hai Phong is the third-largest city in Vietnam, with an area of 3,194.72 km2 (1,233.49 mi2).
Haiphong or Hai Phong is the third-largest city in Vietnam, with an area of 3,194.72 km2 (1,233.49 mi2). It includes Bạch Long Vĩ and Cát Bà islands in the Gulf of Tonkin. Haiphong has a population of 4,664,124 in 2025. Haiphong holds the historical distinction of being the first city in both Vietnam and Mainland Southeast Asia to be electrified.
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Worth seeing in and around Haiphong
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Hai Phòng
The diocese of Hải Phòng is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Vietnam. The bishop is Vincent Nguyên Văn Ban, since 2022.
600 m · diocese of the Catholic Church · Wikipedia - 02Lạch Tray Stadium
The Lạch Tray Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Hai Phong, Vietnam. It is currently used mostly for association football matches and is the home stadium of the V.League 1 club Hải Phòng.
1.6 km · Multi-use stadium in Hai Phong, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 03Bính Bridge
Bính Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Cấm River. It was completed in 2005, and connects the Hai Phong city to the Thủy Nguyên District and out to Quảng Ninh.
2 km · bridge in Vietnam · Wikipedia - 04Haiphong Opera House
Haiphong Opera House or Municipal Theatre is a French-built neoclassical opera house on Opera Square in Downtown Haiphong, which was opened in 1912.
900 m · opera house in Haiphong, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 05Bạch Đằng Bridge
Bach Dang Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Bạch Đằng River between Haiphong City and Quảng Ninh Province.
8.7 km · bridge in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 06Vietnam Maritime University
Vietnam Maritime University is a university in Haiphong operated by the Ministry of Transport. The university was established on 1 April 1956 as Haiphong Maritime University.
3.3 km · university in Haiphong, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 07Hai Phong Medical University
Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy is a public university established in September 1979 in Haiphong, Vietnam. The university enrolls 450 full time students and 200 connected students annually.
2.9 km · Vietnamese university · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Hai Phong City Museum
- 02Naval Museum
- 03Elephant Mountain An Lao
Elephant mountain An Lao or Núi Voi is a complex of rocky mountains, undulating and meandering.
- 04Thai Mieu
- 05Kiep Bac Temple
- 06Chua Lan Pagoda
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Where to eat
Stalls about town offer the normal array of Vietnamese cuisine. Local specials include anything cua (crab) or seafood, for example: "bánh đa cua"- noodle soup with crab and other traditional Vietnamese ingredients. Delicious. Try it once and you won't forget it!
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Getting to Haiphong
- Airports
- Cat Bi (HPH), 7 km · Noi Bai (HAN), 99 km · Nanning Wuxu (NNG), 247 km
- Stations
- Cat Bi International Airport, 6.6 km · Haiphong railway station, 1.1 km · Hai Phong Port, 500 m
- Hanoi (Soc Son) → Haiphong96 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · ₫109,000–146,000
- Da Nang → Haiphong557 km · quickest by air, 4h 2m · ₫1,488,440–2,308,120
- Nanning (Jiangnan) → Haiphong269 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · ¥140–190
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Haiphong
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Haiphong. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA number of ferries serve Haiphong, including several daily fast hydrofoils to and from Cat Ba Island.
- Get aroundAt the port (city centre, Ben Binh St) ferries depart to Cat Ba Island (up to 100,000 dong) To visit Đồ Sơn Beach, about 20 km southeast of Haiphong, go to Lạch Tray St and board any bus marked Đồ Sơn (17,000 dong).
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