See the ISS from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The International Space Station is visible from Ho Chi Minh City 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sat 7 Nov at 18:14 (very bright, 63° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
18:57–18:59
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 26° up in the S
Disappears S, 26° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:54–04:57
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears NNE, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the NE
Disappears ENE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
18:10–18:14
Bright
mag -2.4
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 21° up in the SE
Disappears E, 18° up
Fri 6 Nov
18:59–19:02
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 26° up in the NW
Disappears NW, 26° up
Sat 7 Nov
04:54–05:00
Very bright
mag -3.2
Appears NNW, 12° up
Highest 56° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
18:11–18:17
Very bright
mag -3.4
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 63° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 12° up
Sun 8 Nov
04:09–04:12
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears NE, 24° up
Highest 24° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
04:57–05:01
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears W, 20° up
Highest 24° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:14–18:17
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
04:12–04:14
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears SSE, 28° up
Highest 28° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 10° up

Times are local to Ho Chi Minh City (Asia/Ho Chi Minh). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Ho Chi Minh City: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in Vietnam

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.