VN · Country and locale facts
Document format and locale facts for Vietnam
Use these defaults as a practical starting point for presentation. ISO/CLDR formatting facts are not legal or tax advice, and reviewed jurisdiction guidance is identified separately.
Currency & locale
VND · vi-VN
Paper & date
A4 · DD/MM/YYYY (DMY)
Language
vi (official) · LTR
Text system
gregory calendar · latn digits
Why these defaults?
The country code comes from ISO 3166. Unicode CLDR supplies presentation-oriented locale, currency, paper, date, language, calendar, numbering, and direction metadata. Defaults reduce setup time; they do not decide what a valid document must contain.
Recorded official or regional-official language tags: vi.
Limited guidance reviewed
Document vocabulary and checks
Vietnam's prior Decree 123 framework and the current Decree 254/2026/NĐ-CP authority record and 1 July 2026 effective date are pinned. Because the new decree has not yet been reconciled article by article in this pack, prior field guidance is deliberately not promoted as current compliance guidance. This local Hóa đơn is not a tax-authority-format electronic invoice and does not register, sign, transmit, validate, replace, adjust or correct one; field rules, taxpayer applicability and operational requirements remain separately researched scopes.
Evidence snapshot: 2 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-19. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.
Tax labels: VAT (GTGT). Business identifier labels: Mã số thuế (Tax Identification Number).
- Guidance: Vietnam's Decree 254/2026/NĐ-CP, effective 1 July 2026, now implements Tax Administration Law 108/2025/QH15 for electronic invoices and electronic records. Earlier Decree 123/2020/NĐ-CP material must not be treated by itself as a current field checklist. This pack has not yet completed an article-by-article reconciliation of the new framework.Evidence VN_GOV_DECREE_123, VN_GOV_DECREE_254_2026 · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- Vietnam Government - Decree 123/2020/NĐ-CP on invoices and recordsLast verified 2026-07-19
- Vietnam Government - Decree 254/2026/NĐ-CP on electronic invoices and recordsLast verified 2026-07-19
Registry provenance
- ISO 3166 Country Codescode-list · verified 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR 48.2formatting-metadata · verified 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR Territory-Language Informationformatting-metadata · verified 2026-07-15