Plugs and voltage
Vietnam uses Types A and C sockets; Types B and F are also found. Mains supply is 220 V at 50 Hz.
Most sockets are combined sockets for Type A and C plugs.
At 220 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Adapter guides: from United States · from United Kingdom · from Australia · from South Korea
Money
₫ Vietnamese Dong VND
Average in 2024: 1 USD = 24,165 VND (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 30 (US = 100, 2024)
Everyday household prices in Vietnam are about 30% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Vietnameseofficial86%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Vietnam is on UTC+7, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Vietnam drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
14 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
January 2027
- New Year's Day
February 2027
- 29 of Lunar New Year
- Lunar New Year's Eve
- Lunar New Year
- Second Day of Lunar New Year
- Third Day of Lunar New Year
- Fourth Day of Lunar New Year
- Fifth Day of Lunar New Year
April 2027
- Hung Kings' Commemoration Day
- Liberation Day/Reunification Day
May 2027
- International Labor Day
- International Labor Day (observed)
September 2027
- National Day
- National Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 1 Exercise normal precautions
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Vietnam.
Updated 2026-09-21. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +84
- Internet domain
- .vn
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in South-eastern Asia
Flag: Flag of Vietnam.svg, Public domain. Arms: Emblem of Vietnam.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
