Emergency kit

Where

Da Nang, Vietnam

Local language

Vietnamese · Phrasebook

Da Nang speaks Central Vietnamese. Administrative borders changed in 2025 (Quang Nam merged into Da Nang; to verify): the mountains inland have minority languages.

Spoken here

Central (Hue, Quang, Da Nang). Tones and words differ noticeably from standard Vietnamese; even other Vietnamese find it hard (to verify). Speak slowly, show written cards.

Highland minority languages. Villages may speak a minority language first and Vietnamese second. Show written cards, use pictures and gestures.

Elsewhere in the country

• Northern (Hanoi) (North: Hanoi, Hai Phong). Basis of the standard spoken language.
• Southern (Saigon, Mekong) (South: Ho Chi Minh City, Vung Tau, Mekong Delta). Standard Vietnamese is understood everywhere. Some Khmer is spoken in parts of the Mekong Delta.

Local risks

• Typhoons and floods on the central coast
• Heat; landslides in the mountains in heavy rain

If you end up in a neighbouring country

• Cambodia: Khmer.
• Laos: Lao.
• China: Mandarin (standard). In the south: Cantonese and others, border villages also Zhuang and more. A village may not understand Mandarin at all: have a written card and a translator app.

Not filled in yet

• hospitals open 24h (names, addresses)
• Russian embassy / consulate contacts
• landmarks, main roads, Han river bridges, airport, Hai Van pass
• evacuation directions
• offline map tiles