Land lines
Fixed line phone numbers in Vietnam follow the format Area Code + Phone Number. The area codes depend on the province and/or city.
To dial a number within the same province or city, only the phone number needs to be dialed.
When dialing from a different province/city, follow the format 0 + Area Code + Phone Number.
At the moment, area codes may have from 1 to 3 digits, while phone numbers from 5 to 8 digits.
The different area codes are described below.
The following area codes are planned to be launched in 2017 according to the decision from the Ministry of Information & Communication of Vietnam.
69 is the special area code dedicated for the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam) and the Ministry of Public Security (Vietnam).
All telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.
20 – Lào Cai Province (discontinued)210 – Phú Thọ Province211 – Vĩnh Phúc Province218 – Hòa Bình Province219 – Hà Giang Province22 – Sơn La Province (discontinued)230 – Điện Biên Province (discontinued)231 – Lai Châu Province (discontinued)240 – Bắc Giang Province (until 14 May 2017)241 – Bắc Ninh Province (until 14 May 2017)25 – Lạng Sơn Province (until 14 May 2017)26 – Cao Bằng Province (until 14 May 2017)27 – Tuyên Quang Province (until 14 May 2017)280 – Thái Nguyên Province (until 14 May 2017)281 – Bắc Kạn Province (until 14 May 2017)29 – Yên Bái Province (discontinued)Effective 5 October 2008, all telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.
30 – Ninh Bình Province (until 14 May 2017)31 – Hai Phong city (until 14 May 2017)320 – Hải Dương Province (until 14 May 2017)321 – Hưng Yên Province (until 14 May 2017)33 – Quảng Ninh Province (until 14 May 2017)350 – Nam Định Province (until 14 May 2017)351 – Hà Nam Province (until 14 May 2017)36 – Thái Bình Province (until 14 May 2017)37 – Thanh Hóa Province (discontinued)38 – Nghệ An Province (discontinued)39 – Hà Tĩnh Province (discontinued)This area code is used exclusively by Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. All telephone numbers in this area have 8 digits.
4 – Hanoi city (until 16 July 2017)Effective 5 October 2008, all telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.
500 – Đắk Lắk Province (until 16 July 2017)501 – Đắk Nông Province (until 16 July 2017)510 – Quảng Nam Province (discontinued)511 – Da Nang city (discontinued)52 – Quảng Bình Province (discontinued)53 – Quảng Trị Province (discontinued)54 – Thừa Thiên–Huế Province (discontinued)55 – Quảng Ngãi Province (until 16 July 2017)56 – Bình Định Province (until 16 July 2017)57 – Phú Yên Province (until 16 July 2017)58 – Khánh Hòa Province (until 16 July 2017)59 – Gia Lai Province (until 16 July 2017)Effective 5 October 2008, all telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.
60 – Kon Tum Province (until 16 July 2017)61 – Đồng Nai Province (until 16 July 2017)62 – Bình Thuận Province (until 16 July 2017)63 – Lâm Đồng Province (until 16 July 2017)64 – Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province (until 16 July 2017)650 – Bình Dương Province (until 16 July 2017)651 – Bình Phước Province (until 16 July 2017)66 – Tây Ninh Province (until 16 July 2017)67 – Đồng Tháp Province (until 16 July 2017)68 – Ninh Thuận Province (until 16 July 2017)Effective 5 October 2008, all telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.
70 – Vĩnh Long Province (until 16 July 2017)710 – Cần Thơ city (until 14 May 2017)711 – Hậu Giang Province (until 14 May 2017)72 – Long An Province (until 16 July 2017)73 – Tiền Giang Province (until 16 July 2017)74 – Trà Vinh Province (until 14 May 2017)75 – Bến Tre Province (until 16 July 2017)76 – An Giang Province (until 14 May 2017)77 – Kiên Giang Province (until 14 May 2017)780 – Cà Mau Province (until 14 May 2017)781 – Bạc Liêu Province (until 14 May 2017)79 – Sóc Trăng Province (until 14 May 2017)80 – used exclusively by the national government of Vietnam (based in Hanoi)82 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by Viettel) (until 16 July 2017)83 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by VNPT) (until 16 July 2017)84 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by VTC) (until 16 July 2017)85 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by SPT) (until 16 July 2017)862 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by Viettel) (until 16 July 2017)863 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by Viettel) (until 16 July 2017)866 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by Viettel) (until 16 July 2017)868 – Viettel (mobile, used nationwide)871 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by CMC Telecom) (until 16 July 2017)873 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by FPT Telecom) (until 16 July 2017)88 – Vinaphone (mobile, used nationwide)89 – MobiFone (mobile, used nationwide)In Vietnam, mobile phone numbers follow the format 01yy xxx-xxxx or 08y xxx-xxxx or 09y xxx-xxxx (where y is 0-8) or 099y xxx-xxx.
The first 0 is the trunk code.The next 2 or 3 digits (1yy or 8y or 9y or 99y) specify the mobile phone operator. Some mobile phone operators have been given more than one operator code.The mobile phone operator codes are distributed as followed:
Used in major centers in Vietnam:
112 - Search & Rescue113 – Police114 – Fire115 – Ambulance/First Aid