Best overlap: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Ho Chi Minh City is 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in London.
Shoot for 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Ho Chi Minh City; your London colleagues will see that as 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. With 4 hours to play with, a mid-window meeting keeps things balanced for Ho Chi Minh City and London alike. For part of the year the maths changes: London observes daylight saving, Ho Chi Minh City does not, shifting the overlap by an hour.
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