City profile · Vietnam · Asia
Lai Châu
Lai Chau Province · Vietnam
City population
42,973
#210
in Vietnam
#13,094
worldwide
22.396, 103.458 · 290 km from Hanoi
About Lai Châu
Lai Châu is a city in Lai Chau Province, Vietnam with a population of 42,973. It is the 210th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, and the 13,094th largest worldwide. It lies 290 km from Hanoi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Lai Chau Province
Elevation
919 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Bangkok
Coordinates
22.396, 103.458
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 301 in VietnamClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.