Telephone numbers in Vietnam

Vietnam telephone numbers

Location
Country	Vietnam
Continent	Asia
Access codes
Country calling code	+84
International call prefix	00
Trunk prefix	0

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.

Area codes starting with 1

In the past 18 and 19 used to be the area codes for Hòa Bình Province and Hà Giang Province respectively. However, with effect from 24 November 2007, the area codes for these provinces have been changed to 218 and 219. All area codes in Area 1, which used to belong to fixed line numbers, are now reserved for mobile phone numbers.

Area codes starting with 2

All telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.

• 20 – Lào Cai Province
• 210 – Phú Thọ Province
• 211 – VÄ©nh Phúc Province
• 218 – Hòa Bình Province (18 before 24 Nov 2007)
• 219 – Hà Giang Province (19 before 24 Nov 2007)
• 22 – SÆ¡n La Province
• 230 – Điện Biên Province (23 before 24 Nov 2007)
• 231 – Lai Châu Province (23 before 24 Nov 2007)
• 240 – Bắc Giang Province
• 241 – Bắc Ninh Province
• 25 – Lạng SÆ¡n Province
• 26 – Cao Bằng Province
• 27 – Tuyên Quang Province
• 280 – Thái Nguyên Province
• 281 – Bắc Kạn Province
• 29 – Yên Bái Province

Area codes starting with 3

Effective 5 October 2008, all telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.

• 30 – Ninh Bình Province
• 31 – Hai Phong city
• 320 – Hải DÆ°Æ¡ng Province
• 321 – HÆ°ng Yên Province
• 33 – Quảng Ninh Province
• 350 – Nam Định Province
• 351 – Hà Nam Province
• 36 – Thái Bình Province
• 37 – Thanh Hóa Province
• 38 – Nghệ An Province
• 39 – Hà TÄ©nh Province

Area code 4

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

Area codes starting with 5

Effective 5 October 2008, all telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.

• 500 – Đắk Lắk Province (50 before 24 Nov 2007)
• 501 – Đắk Nông Province (50 before 24 Nov 2007)
• 510 – Quảng Nam Province
• 511 – Da Nang city
• 52 – Quảng Bình Province
• 53 – Quảng Trị Province
• 54 – Thừa Thiên–Huế Province
• 55 – Quảng Ngãi Province
• 56 – Bình Định Province
• 57 – Phú Yên Province
• 58 – Khánh Hòa Province
• 59 – Gia Lai Province

Area codes starting with 6

Effective 5 October 2008, all telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.

• 60 – Kon Tum Province
• 61 – Đồng Nai Province
• 62 – Bình Thuận Province
• 63 – Lâm Đồng Province
• 64 – Bà Rịa–VÅ©ng Tàu Province
• 650 – Bình DÆ°Æ¡ng Province
• 651 – Bình PhÆ°á»›c Province
• 66 – Tây Ninh Province
• 67 – Đồng Tháp Province
• 68 – Ninh Thuận Province

Area code 69

69 is the special area code dedicated for the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam) and the Ministry of Public Security (Vietnam).

Area codes starting with 7

Effective 5 October 2008, all telephone numbers in this area have 7 digits.

• 70 – VÄ©nh Long Province
• 710 – Cần ThÆ¡ city (71 before 24 Nov 2007)
• 711 – Hậu Giang Province (71 before 24 Nov 2007)
• 72 – Long An Province
• 73 – Tiền Giang Province
• 74 – Trà Vinh Province
• 75 – Bến Tre Province
• 76 – An Giang Province
• 77 – Kiên Giang Province
• 780 – Cà Mau Province
• 781 – Bạc Liêu Province
• 79 – Sóc Trăng Province

Area code 8

• 80 – used exclusively by the national government of Vietnam (based in Hanoi)
• 82 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by Viettel)
• 83 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by VNPT)
• 84 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by VTC)
• 85 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by SPT)
• 862 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by Viettel)
• 863 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by Viettel)
• 866 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by Viettel)
• 868 – Viettel (mobile, used nationwide)
• 871 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by CMC Telecom)
• 873 – Ho Chi Minh City (landlines, provided by FPT Telecom)
• 88 – Vinaphone (mobile, used nationwide)
• 89 – MobiFone (mobile, used nationwide)

Area codes starting with 9

Most area codes starting with 9 are now used for mobile phone numbers, except 992, which is used for VSAT.

NEW area codes to be implemented in the near future (around year 2017) as per decision from Ministry of Information & Communication ^[1]

20x	21x	22x	23x	24	25x	26x	27x	28	29x
200 - Reserved	210 - Phú Thọ	220 - Hải Dương	230 - Reserved	24 - Hanoi	250 - Reserved	260 - Kon Tum	270 - Vĩnh Long	28 - Ho Chi Minh City	290 - Cà Mau
201 - Reserved	211 - Vĩnh Phúc	221 - Hưng Yên	231 - Reserved		251 - Đồng Nai	261 - Đăk Nông	271 - Bình Phước		291 - Bạc Liêu
202 - Reserved	212 - Sơn La	222 - Bắc Ninh	232 - Quảng Bình		252 - Bình Thuận	262 - Đăk Lăk	272 - Long An		292 - Cần Thơ
203 - Quảng Ninh	213 - Lai Châu	223 - Reserved	233 - Quảng Trị		253 - Reserved	263 - Lâm Đồng	273 - Tiền Giang		293 - Hậu Giang
204 - Bắc Giang	214 - Lào Cai	224 - Reserved	234 - Thừa Thiên - Huế		254 - Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu	264 - Reserved	274 - Bình Dương		294 - Trà Vinh
205 - Lạng Sơn	215 - Điện Biên	225 - Hải Phòng	235 - Quảng Nam		255 - Quảng Ngãi	265 - Reserved	275 - Bến Tre		295 - Reserved
206 - Cao Bằng	216 - Yên Bái	226 - Hà Nam	236 - Đà Nẵng		256 - Bình Định	266 - Reserved	276 - Tây Ninh		296 - An Giang
207 - Tuyên Quang	217 - Reserved	227 - Thái Bình	237 - Thanh Hóa		257 - Phú Yên	267 - Reserved	277 - Đồng Tháp		297 - Kiên Giang
208 - Thái Nguyên	218 - Hòa Bình	228 - Nam Định	238 - Nghệ An		258 - Khánh Hòa	268 - Reserved	278 - Reserved		298 - Reserved
209 - Bắc Kạn	219 - Hà Giang	229 - Ninh Bình	239 - Hà Tĩnh		259 - Ninh Thuận	269 - Gia Lai	279 - Reserved		299 - Sóc Trăng

Mobile telephone numbers

In Vietnam, mobile phone numbers follow the format 01yy xxx-xxxx or 08y xxx-xxxx or 09y xxx-xxxx. The first 0 is known as the trunk code.

Excluding the leading zero, the next 2 or 3 digits (1yy or 8y or 9y) 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:

12y	16y	18y	19y	8y	9y
120 - MobiFone					90 - MobiFone
121 - MobiFone					91 - Vinaphone
122 - MobiFone	162 - Viettel				92 - Vietnamobile (previously HT Mobile)
123 - Vinaphone	163 - Viettel				93 - MobiFone
124 - Vinaphone	164 - Viettel				94 - Vinaphone
125 - Vinaphone	165 - Viettel				95 - S-Fone (has stopped providing service)
126 - MobiFone	166 - Viettel	186 - Vietnamobile		868 - Viettel	96 - Viettel (previously EVN Telecom)
127 - Vinaphone	167 - Viettel				97 - Viettel
128 - MobiFone	168 - Viettel	188 - Vietnamobile		88 - Vinaphone	98 - Viettel
129 - Vinaphone	169 - Viettel		199 - Gmobile	89 - MobiFone	99 (2) - VSAT
					99 (3)(4)(5)(6)(7) - Gmobile (traded as Beeline)
					99 (8)(9) - Indochina Telecom

Emergency contact numbers

Used in major centers in Vietnam:

• 112 - Search & Rescue
• 113 – Police
• 114 – Fire
• 115 – Ambulance/First Aid

References

1. http://mic.gov.vn/vbqppl/Lists/Vn%20bn%20QPPL/Attachments/8004/Quy%20hoach%20kho%20so%20vien%20thong.signed.pdf

• ITU allocation data