Plugs and electricity in Vietnam

Vietnam runs at 220 V, 50 Hz, with Type A, B, C, F sockets.

Data status: references list slightly different sockets.

What you need, coming from…

Two devices that behave oppositely. A charger takes any supply, so only the plug shape matters. A hair dryer is built for one voltage, and the wrong one destroys it.

Packing something else? Check your exact device →

Socket types used here

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  Type AType A (NEMA 1-15, ungrounded) · 2 pins · not earthed
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  Type BType B (NEMA 5-15, grounded) · 3 pins · earthed
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  Type CType C (CEE 7/16 Europlug) · 2 pins · not earthed
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  Type FType F (CEE 7/4, Schuko) · 2 pins · earthed

Plug photographs from Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized. Credits and licences.

Earthed plugs in Vietnam’s sockets

A plug that fits is not always a plug that earths. Into Type A, Type B, Type C and Type F sockets, Type E or Type K plugs go in and lose the earth connection, while Type B or Type F earth normally.

Arriving with	Type A socket	Type B socket	Type C socket	Type F socket
Type B	does not fit	earth kept	does not fit	does not fit
Type E	does not fit	does not fit	does not fit	earth lost
Type F	does not fit	does not fit	does not fit	earth kept
Type K	does not fit	does not fit	does not fit	earth lost

A travel adapter only carries the earth through if it is built to. What earthing protects against →

What the two references say

This site grades a country by comparing two general references rather than merging them. Where they disagree we show both and say so, because a reconciled number with the disagreement hidden is the failure mode this whole dataset is built against.