Vietnam at a glance for the Zakat payer: Asia region, Vietnamese dong (VND) as the money of the calculation, and a Muslim community whose main languages include Vietnamese. It brings together the Nisab in your currency — VND 15,242,865 on the silver standard and VND 169,804,629 on the gold standard, indicatively — local thresholds, a local worked example worth VND 65,544,320 of savings, local payment channels and local Ramadan dates. Vietnam is one of 195 countries covered by ZakatSuite, in the Asia region, and every figure on this page is given in the currency a payer in Vietnam actually faces.
Priced from the reference metal values behind this guide (gold USD 76.42/g, silver USD 0.98/g, at 25400 VND to the dollar), one gram of gold is worth VND 1,941,068 in Vietnam and one gram of silver VND 24,892. The thresholds those prices produce are VND 169,804,629 for gold (87.48g) and VND 15,242,865 for silver (612.36g). Treat both figures as indicative: metal prices and exchange rates move every day, and the live calculator on this site fetches current prices before it tests your wealth. On the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash, a payer in Vietnam whose net savings pass VND 15,242,865 for a full lunar year owes 2.5% of the total.
In practice, payers settle their Zakat through the same short list of routes: payroll deduction schemes offered by some employers, community collection points and food banks during Ramadan and bank transfer to registered Zakat charities. Whichever route you choose, the money has to arrive with recipients within the eight categories of Quran 9:60, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). Plenty of households here calculate at home first, often against a fixed Ramadan date, then spread the payment over two or three trusted channels. Put the practical questions first: keep the receipt beside your calculation report, and confirm whether any administration deduction touches the Zakat itself. In Vietnam, community life runs in Vietnamese, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
The Ramadan of 1448 AH is planned from Monday 8 February 2027 in Vietnam, subject to the sighting of the new moon and the announcement your community follows. The final ten nights open with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, the search for Laylat al-Qadr falling on the odd nights (27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March) the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The last fast is expected on 8 or 9 March 2027, with Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Daily fasting times for Vietnam are gathered through the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, with Fitrana due before the Eid prayer, not after it.
Imagine savings in Vietnam of VND 65,544,320 held as cash and savings , roughly 4.3 times the silver Nisab, and no debts due. Above the Nisab and held for a full lunar year, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × VND 65,544,320 = VND 1,638,608. Any gold, stock or foreign currency joins the same VND total before the 2.5% is applied.
The short answer for Vietnam: the gold Nisab is VND 169,804,629 (87.48 grams of gold) with the silver Nisab at VND 15,242,865 — 612.36 grams of silver. Those conversions rest on a gold gram at VND 1,941,068 and silver at VND 24,892 the gram in Vietnam at the 25400 VND reference rate. Both metals trade daily, so the live calculator gives the exact threshold on your Zakat date; most scholars recommend the silver Nisab for cash and savings.
For Vietnam, the money of the calculation is VND — the Vietnamese dong. Wealth held in other currencies is brought into VND using the rate on your Zakat date then judged with everything else . The currency changes only the clothing of the numbers: the same calculation a payer runs in Japan, settled here in Vietnamese dong.
Work in VND throughout: cash and savings, metals priced today, stock, investments and receivables. Take off the debts due now, then compare the net figure with the Nisab — VND 15,242,865 on the silver standard, or VND 169,804,629 on the gold standard. Once the threshold and the hawl are both met, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount : on savings of VND 65,544,320, the example on this page, the payment is VND 1,638,608.
There is no single ZakatSuite rate for Vietnam: Fitrana is one sa' of the local staple — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — per household member. Scholars in Vietnam announce the VND rate each Ramadan, because it tracks the price of staple food in VND, not any international figure. Pay it for each person in the household, children included, with the Eid prayer as the deadline. The Fitrana calculator multiplies Vietnam's announced rate by your household size so nobody is missed.
Regionally, Vietnam is grouped with the rest of Asia; the languages of its Muslim community here are Vietnamese. Use code VN for the short page — (zakatsuite.com/vn) — and this address for the full guide. Every one of the 209 tools accepts Vietnam with VND, including live Nisab conversion and PDF reports; neighbouring coverage includes the Zakat calculator for Japan.