Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Vietnam from abroad:

1) Obtain the lowest telephone call rate for Vietnam, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 84 + City Area Code + Local number

In order to make a phone call from Vietnam you will have to dial vietnam-exit-code (eg: vietnam-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual current date and time in Hanoi, Vietnam can be found at Time in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s standard time is 7 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Vietnam does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Vietnam are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Vietnam.

These phone area codes are needed only if calling from outside the telephone code area. Nevertheless it is necessary when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Vietnam in general specify geographical areas within Vietnam which might be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Vietnam is often preceded in the dial string by the Vietnamese country code or the international access code for Vietnam ("84").

Phone Area codes in Vietnam will often be quoted including the country access code for Vietnam.