Ho Chi Minh City eSIM: Arriving at Tan Son Nhat
A Ho Chi Minh City eSIM runs on VNPT, the same network serving the rest of Vietnam. It carries data alone, and it waits for you to turn data roaming on. Until that moment the phone stays on its home line.
12 plans for Vietnam, from 1 GB at $3.99 to 20 GB at $28.99, plus 6 unlimited-data tiers. 5 GB for 30 days costs $10.99 — 11th cheapest of 29 in Asia, against a $10.99 median. Our retail prices from the operator catalogue, checked 13 September 2026.
Vietnam · VNPT 5G · from $3.99
Last eSIM issued 1 day ago
Arriving at Tan Son Nhat International Airport
Tan Son Nhat International Airport asks nothing of you, but your phone settings do. Scan the QR code and install the profile over Wi-Fi before you leave home. On arrival, find the eSIM line in settings and turn its data roaming on. Nothing happens until that switch moves, whatever the phone shows in its status bar. The status bar may show a signal from your home SIM, and that is not the eSIM working. Select the eSIM as the line for mobile data, ahead of the home SIM. The connection to VNPT starts the plan, so installing early costs you nothing here.
Which plan for Ho Chi Minh City
Two Vietnamese plans share the same fifteen-day window, and the gap between them is wide. The metered one holds 2 GB and cost $6.49, checked 5 September 2026. The unlimited one over those same fifteen days was $48.99 on that date. Below them the ladder opens at 1 GB over seven days. Above them every metered size from 3 GB upwards runs a full thirty days. Hanoi draws its plans from this same Vietnam list.
What the Vietnam rule means here
There is no registration step waiting for you in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnam country page found no confirmed trap that reaches a roaming data profile. The profile is bought abroad, and no local registration attaches to it on arrival. Nothing further in the law touches a visitor's data plan.
Nothing to type for Vietnam
No access point name is listed for this profile on either platform. VNPT answers without a typed value, on Android and on iPhone alike. That removes the field travellers most often get wrong. When data does not start, the roaming switch is what to check. One Vietnam catalogue serves this page and the Hanoi one. The listing showed no APN value when it was checked 5 September 2026.
Before you fly to Ho Chi Minh City
- Tan Son Nhat (SGN) is the arrival point in Ho Chi Minh City.
- Two plans share the fifteen-day window: a 2 GB block and an unlimited pass.
- One Vietnam catalogue serves both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The country page has the full rule and every plan: Vietnam eSIM.