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Wildfires in Vietnam

347 fires over 1,000 hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS since 2016, adding up to 606,483 hectares burned across 117 districts.

Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the entry totals, but they are in the GWIS yearly series.

The season, week by week

Copernicus GWIS

Vietnam, at this point in the year: 312,836 hectares, below the 2012–2025 average of 770,560.

2026 average 2012–2025 lowest and highest

2012–2026

Yearly average 2016–2025606,327 ha

Worst year2016 1,268,462 ha

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Year	Fires	hectares	Source
2026	1,799	312,836	GWIS
2025	1,400	248,460	GWIS
2024	2,122	377,073	GWIS
2023	3,222	574,906	GWIS
2022	2,206	346,397	GWIS
2021	3,191	544,844	GWIS
2020	4,647	884,496	GWIS
2019	4,575	848,527	GWIS
2018	2,732	470,189	GWIS
2017	2,600	499,919	GWIS
2016	6,222	1,268,462	GWIS
2015	6,740	1,326,255	GWIS
2014	7,266	1,501,623	GWIS
2013	5,246	1,045,856	GWIS
2012	5,860	1,246,183	GWIS

National estimates from Copernicus GWIS, rebuilt from heat detections since 2012.

Hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS by the fire’s starting month, and the largest fire of each year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Aug	Sep	Nov	Σ	Largest of the year
2026	4k	18k	59k	140k		1k		7k		229,485	Tan Hung 14,282 ha
2025	6k	3k	10k					3k	4k	25,166	Ea Sup 2,598 ha
2024	2k	1k	8k	8k						18,128	Vinh Hung 2,673 ha
2023	1k	1k	9k	6k						17,502	Chu Pah 2,452 ha
2022		1k	1k	3k						5,181	Muong Nhe 2,006 ha
2021	3k		11k	3k		1k	2k			20,436	Krong Pa 2,981 ha
2020	1k	20k	34k	4k	3k			1k		63,402	Nam Po 4,216 ha
2019	1k	2k	11k	21k		1k				36,732	Tuan Giao 2,030 ha
2018			5k	14k	1k					20,541	Tu Mo Rong 2,716 ha
2017		1k	11k	10k	2k					24,805	Son La 2,615 ha
2016	9k	12k	63k	55k	3k	4k				145,105	Song Ma 5,326 ha