Overall Green Forest fire in Viet Nam from 12 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC to 18 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6025 ha) in Viet Nam 12 Apr 2026

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1028479
Countries:	Viet Nam
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Apr 2026 - 22 Apr 2026
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	6323 in the burned area
Burned area:	6025 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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18 Apr 11:06

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6323	6025	18 Apr 2026 10:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6713	6405	19 Apr 2026 06:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7085	8344	20 Apr 2026 06:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8364	10337	23 Apr 2026 06:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Viet Nam , Province of Kien Giang (population 1,350,610) . The nearest places are Hà Tiên, Rach Giá, Chau Phú, Long Xuyên, and Kâmpôt.

Radius	Population
10 km	47000 people
5 km	30000 people
2 km	18000 people
1 km	13000 people
Burned Area	8400 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kien Giang	Viet Nam	1.4 million people
An Giang	Viet Nam	2 million people
Takev	Cambodia	720000 people
Kampot	Cambodia	480000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hà Tiên	Kien Giang	Vietnam	City	-	33 km
Rach Giá	Kien Giang	Vietnam	City	230000 people	47 km
Chau Phú	An Giang	Vietnam	City	-	58 km
Long Xuyên	An Giang	Vietnam	City	160000 people	73 km
Kâmpôt	Krong Kep	Cambodia	City	18000 people	73 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Cement Plant		2				0	17 km
That Son		30				0	35 km
Ha Tien		3				0	36 km
Kien Giang	VKG	2	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	55 km
Chau Duc		3				0	57 km
Long Xuyen		5				0	76 km
Long Xuyen	XLO	unknown				0	76 km
Kampot	KMT	unknown				0	76 km
Duong Dong	PQC	7	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	90 km
Don Phuoc		4				0	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ha Tien		Vietnam	33 km
Kampot		Cambodia	73 km
My Thoi	VNMUT	Vietnam	77 km
Duong Dong		Vietnam	91 km
Ham Ninh		Cambodia	91 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kamchay	Kamchay	2012	85 km

Nuclear plants

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