Foreign tourists walk on Bui Vien backpacker street in downtown HCMC, March 2020. (Photo: VnExpress)

Vietnam's southern metropolis was placed above Jakarta, Manila, and Yangon in Southeast Asia, but behind Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok.

The index measures cities in 5 continents based on 76 qualitative and quantitative indicators spread across five categories of security: digital, infrastructure, health, personal and environment.

Copenhagen topped the index as the world’s safest city, followed by Toronto and Singapore.