Ho Chi Minh City ↔ Los Angeles
Best Time to Call
Decent overlap available between 8:00 and 10:00 (Ho Chi Minh City time).
Sync Ho Chi Minh City and Los Angeles easily. Ho Chi Minh City is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Decent overlap available between 8:00 and 10:00 (Ho Chi Minh City time).
Upcoming Time Change
- New York City clocks forward 1h in 10 days Mar 08
💡 Review recurring meetings scheduled during these dates to avoid sync issues.
Meeting Optimizer
Sync Score
6/10
-12h Current Time +12h
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Tokyo
20:07 GMT+9
Personal
Outside Business Hours🌍
New York City
06:07 EST
Sleeping
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London
11:07 GMT
Working
Synchronization Context
Operating on opposite sides of the clock, these cities have virtually no overlapping business hours. Expect a 24-hour turnaround for most communications.
Ho Chi Minh City Business Pulse
- Culture Fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and very hardworking.
- Lunch Break 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM.
- Pro Tip The "Gold Window" for calls is 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Vietnamese business culture is energetic and relationship-driven; deals are often sealing during meals. Small gifts or gestures of respect are common in-person, but for virtual calls, maintain a warm, polite, and enthusiastic tone.
Los Angeles Business Pulse
- Culture Creative, informal, and networking-heavy. Influenced by the entertainment and tech industries.
- Lunch Break 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM.
- Pro Tip Mornings are often spent dealing with East Coast syncs; domestic LA calls are best between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM. The culture is more casual than NYC, but still very results-oriented. Traffic is the ultimate local variable; virtual meetings are the standard for avoiding commute-related delays.
Quick Comparison
| Feature | Ho Chi Minh City | Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
| Timezone | Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh | America/Los_Angeles |
| Country | Vietnam | USA |
| Coordinates | 10.82, 106.63 | 34.05, -118.24 |
| Population | 9,320,000 | 12,531,000 |