82 km

North: Thanh Hoa province.

Northwest: houaphanh province (Laos),

west Xiengkhuang province (Laos).

South: Ha Tinh Province.

Borikhamxay southwestern province (Laos).

East: China Sea.

Nghe An is in the tropical monsoon region with two typical seasons of wet, rainy summer (from May to October) and cold, dry winter (from November to April next year). Yearly temperature ranges from 23 - 240C. Temperatures are much different between months in a year. Average temperature during the hottest months (June and July) is 330C, up to absolute 42.70C; while during the coolest months (December to February next year) is 190C, down to absolute minus 0.50C. The province receives an average of 1,500 - 1,700hrs of sunshine every year. Annual rainfall in Nghe An is around 1,200 - 2,000 mm/year.

Forestry: The forests of Nghe An have many typical attributes of Vietnam’s general flora. According to the statistics, there are 153 families, 522 lines and 986 species of arbors, herbs, vines and inferiors. In which, 23 species of arbors and 6 species of herbs was recorded in Vietnam Red Book. Forests are concentrated in the hills with two common forest types are evergreen forests, which are within 700m above sea level and the forests of mixed conifers found at more than 700m above sea level.

The forests are still an important source for raw materials for industry development. Total capacity of wood currently is 52 mil m3, where Fokienia hodginsi account for 0.425 mil m3 and bamboos, neohouzeaua for about more than 1 billion trees.

Such a variety of terrain and ecological characteristics has created a collection of fauna in Nghe An. In the province, it is estimated there are 241 species of 86 families and 28 suborders, with 64 species of mammals, 137 species of birds, 25 species of reptiles, 15 species of amphibious. Among those, 34 mammal species, 9 bird species and 1 fish species were listed in the Red Book of Vietnam.

The national park of Pu Mat in the west of Nghe An, which is 93,523ha, was approved by UNESCO for its rank as the biosphere reserve, and other natural reserves including Pu Huong (41,127ha), Pu Hoat (over 34,723ha) with multiple species of animals and plants and having great potentials for tourism development, especially eco-tourism. This reserve stretches over 9 mountainous districts of Nghe An.

Marine resources: Nghe An has 82km long coastal line, for an area of 4,230 nautical miles square, with 6 canals along the coastal line (canals of Con, Quen, Thoi, Van, Lo and Hoi) which, at 1 - 3.5m deep, are convenient for boats and ships at 50 - 1,000 DWT. From the depth of 40m backshore, the seabed is relatively flat; in the outer side there are reefs and sand dunes where fish gatherings are available and are potentially economic valuable.

Minerals: The province has many different minerals distributed over the districts. These are high quality minerals; main and admixture materials are closely located in addition to the convenience in transportation, creating favourable conditions for the manufacturing of cement, ceramics, fine grains, ashlar tiles, and handcrafts.