Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh time zone

Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh is an IANA time zone used in Vietnam. It stays on UTC+7 all year.

Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh at a glance

UTC offset now	UTC+7
Standard time	UTC+7
Used in	Vietnam

Rules of the Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh time zone

Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh stays on UTC+7 all year. The tz database records no daylight saving time in this zone since 1970.

Recent and upcoming changes in Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh

Date	Change	New offset
Thursday, June 12, 1975	Clocks go back 1 hour for good: 12:00 AM becomes 11:00 PM	UTC+7

The base offset of this zone changed in 1975, from UTC+8 to UTC+7. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.

Where Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh is used

Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh is used in Vietnam. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh compared with other time zones

Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.

City	Time now	Difference now	In January	In July
New York (United States)	--:--	12 h behind	12 h behind	11 h behind
Los Angeles (United States)	--:--	15 h behind	15 h behind	14 h behind
London (United Kingdom)	--:--	7 h behind	7 h behind	6 h behind
Paris (France)	--:--	6 h behind	6 h behind	5 h behind
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	--:--	3 h behind	3 h behind	3 h behind
Mumbai (India)	--:--	1 h 30 min behind	1 h 30 min behind	1 h 30 min behind
Singapore	--:--	1 h ahead	1 h ahead	1 h ahead
Tokyo (Japan)	--:--	2 h ahead	2 h ahead	2 h ahead
Sydney (Australia)	--:--	4 h ahead	4 h ahead	3 h ahead
UTC	--:--	7 h behind	7 h behind	7 h behind

Other zones on UTC+7 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

Using Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh in software

Use the zone name Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.

Show the current time in Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh date

Plan around the time in Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh

Convert a time to or from Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
Add Ho Chi Minh City to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh and the other cities you work with.
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Frequently asked questions

What is the UTC offset of Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh?

UTC+7, all year.

Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.