Current time in Hanoi, Vietnam
The current local time in Hanoi is shown below. Hanoi observes ICT.
Daylight saving time
Hanoi does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Saigon
- Standard abbreviation
- ICT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Hanoi in context
Hanoi sits on the Red River in northern Vietnam, the capital and second-largest Vietnamese city with a metropolitan population of around 8 million. The city's geography is defined by the river and an intricate network of small lakes within the urban core, including Hoan Kiem Lake at the centre and the larger West Lake to the north. The historic Old Quarter retains its dense network of narrow streets organised around 36 traditional craft trades.
Timezone history of Hanoi
Hanoi uses Indochina Time at UTC+7, the same offset as Bangkok, Phnom Penh, and Vientiane. Vietnam reunified its civil time in 1975 after the war, with the unified country adopting the previously northern offset. The country does not observe daylight saving and has held to a single fixed offset throughout. The Chinese border around 170 kilometres north produces a one-hour timezone change to UTC+8.
Working hours in Hanoi
Hanoi's working day runs 08:00 to 17:30 with an extended lunch break of 90 minutes, traditionally including a short rest period after the meal. The city's government employment and the substantial state-owned enterprise sector keep more conventional hours than the more commercially oriented Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese public holidays cluster around Tet (lunar new year, typically late January or early February), which produces a week-long national pause that effectively shuts the country down for the largest single annual closure.