Vietnam Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Jun 1, 2026

Updated: June 1, 2026

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Vietnam Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Vietnam. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.

Vietnam - Address Format

An address format in Vietnam contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
House Number and Street Name
Ward Name
City Name and Postal Code (5 digits)
Country – VIET NAM (in all caps)

*Please note that if you are using the address system after Summer 2025, you should refer to the guidance on the new address format at the end of the page.

John Smith
99A Đường Nguyễn Hữu Cầu
Cái Khế
Cần Thơ 9400
VIET NAM

Vietnam Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
17 Cồn Ấu
Hung Phu
Cần Thơ 94912
VIET NAM

Example 2:

Vietnam Post Office
88 Đường T6
Tây Thạnh
Hồ Chí Minh 72009
VIET NAM

Postal and Country Information for Vietnam

Country/territory name	Vietnam
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: VN ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: VNM ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 704
Administrative area count	63
Term to describe postal codes	Mã bưu chính
Postal code format	99999
Population	99 988 208
Total land area	328 598km²

How to Validate Addresses for Vietnam Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Vietnam addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Vietnam, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

Postal Database if you only need to validate Wards, Cities and Postal Codes in Vietnam. Geopostcodes offers the current Vietnam administrative model (introduced in 2025) and the one that was existing before the transition.
Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Vietnam segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Vietnam using:

Pre-2025 administrative model:

Region 4 column to validate Ward names
Region 3 column to validate City names*
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

*Use Region 2 to validate Cần Thơ, Hà Nội, Hồ Chí Minh, Đà Nẵng and Hải Phòng.

Current administrative model:

Region 4 column to validate Ward names
Region 2 column to validate City names**
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

**Use Region 1 to validate Cần Thơ, Hà Nội, Hồ Chí Minh, Đà Nẵng, Hải Phòng and Huế.

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Our location dataset for Vietnam

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Vietnam ZIP Codes

Vietnam uses a “Mã bưu chính” system, which is a five-digit numeric format, like 99999, with no letters or separators. This format is similar to US ZIP codes, which are also five digits and purely numeric. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Vietnam has 20,300 postal codes covering 12,018 regions and 11,237 towns.

Vietnam ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Vietnam administrative landscape often follows inconsistent regional models and irregular public sources, making it difficult to maintain reliable boundaries. Our standardized postal and administrative boundary data resolves these gaps to ensure complete, coherent geographic coverage.

Vietnam Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Vietnam’s address structure, ensuring consistent, accurate, and globally aligned formatting across your systems. The dataset captures the official address elements required by the national postal operator and maps them into our unified global schema.