Best overlap: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Sydney is 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Ho Chi Minh City.
Book within 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Sydney time (8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Ho Chi Minh City) and both teams will be at work. Ho Chi Minh City is 3 hours behind Sydney, but with 7 hours of common ground you can hold morning or afternoon meetings without anyone working odd hours. Don't be caught out by clock changes — Sydney observes daylight saving and Ho Chi Minh City doesn't, so the offset varies by an hour through the year.
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