DetourmapArchaeological & historic sites in Vietnam
Vietnam has 16 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Mỹ Sơn. All of them are below.
- Archaeological
- 16
- Oldest
- Đồng Dương 875
- Little known
- 6 of 16
- Most from
- 20th century
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1.Mỹ Sơn
Archaeological · Renowned
Vietnamese world heritage site with over 100 Cham Hindu monument ruins
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3.Bắc Giang
Archaeological · Notable
Former provincial city and capital of Bắc Giang province, Vietnam
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7.Cholon
Archaeological · 19th century · Notable
Quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, known as Chinatown
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8.Thủ Đức
Archaeological · 21st century · Notable
Former municipal city in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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9.1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
U.S. Air Force aircraft crash during Operation Babylift
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12.1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
US Air Force aviation disaster
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13.Phú Xuân
Archaeological · Hidden gem
The historic capital of the Nguyễn lords, the Tây Sơn dynasty, and later became the Nguyễn dynasty's capital (renamed Huế)
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15.Đồng Dương
Archaeological · 9th century · Hidden gem
A ruined Buddhist monastery complex in Central Vietnam
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Vietnam?
16 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Vietnam with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in Vietnam?
Mỹ Sơn. Vietnamese world heritage site with over 100 Cham Hindu monument ruins.
Which is the oldest?
Đồng Dương, dated to 875. 7 of these 16 carry a founding date, 1 of them from before the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.