Cửa Lò (kɨ̰ə˧˩˧:lɔ̤˨˩) is a former district-level town of Nghệ An province and also the most important seaport of Vinh, in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

By texts from Thiều Chửu, Dr. Lê Chí Quế and Trần Chí Dõi, its name Cửa-lùa (before) or Cửa-lò (in present) was a classical Annamese pronunciation of Malayo-Polynesian word keluar, or kuala, or simply k'la (kẻ-la, what is similar cổ-loa[1]) which means the point where two rivers join or an estuary.

Under the aid of the SEV block in the 1980s, Cửa Lò went from a poor fishing village to become the leading eco-tourism and resort area in Vietnam.

Since the beginning of the 2020s, the Cửa Lò government has directed and developed the "night economic" model (hình-mẫu kinh-tế đêm) according to experience drawn from the success of Saigon.

It is possible to follow the Lam river bank through the Cham forest (where there is rich vegetation and animal species such as birds and reptiles).