Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam
PeeringDB records two exchanges in Ho Chi Minh City. VNIX-HCM has 6 participants and NobiDev IX has 2, alongside seven colocation facilities holding 41 network presences. FPT Fornix HCM 01 counts 13 of them. An address that geolocates here shows an operator's registered location rather than the position of a device.
Internet exchanges in Ho Chi Minh City
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
VNIX-HCM | 6 | none in the registry |
NobiDev IX | 2 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| FPT Fornix HCM 01 | 13 | Unit 37-39A, Road 19-22, Tan Thuan EPZ, Tan Thuan Ward, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam |
| Viettel HHT | 12 | H158/2A Hoang Hoa Tham Tan Binh |
| CMC Tan Thuan (Ho Chi Minh) | 5 | CMC CREATIVE SPACE, Export Processing Zone, Street No. 19, Tan Thuan Dong, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam |
| VNIX-HCM | 4 | 18 Nguyen Du Street - Ha Noi - VietNam Tan Thuan EPZ, Tan Thuan Dong Ward, District 7 |
| CMC SHTP (Ho Chi Minh) | 3 | D1 Street, Tan Phu Ward, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| STT VNG Ho Chi Minh City 1 | 2 | No.40, Street 19, Tan Thuan EPZ, Tan Thuan Dong, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| FPT Fornix HCM 02 | 2 | Lot T2-T5, street D1, Ho Chi Minh Hightech Park, Tang Nhon Phu A Ward, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
What a Ho Chi Minh City IP address tells you
PeeringDB lists two exchanges in Ho Chi Minh City. VNIX-HCM carries 6 participants and NobiDev IX carries 2, which is 8 peering records for the whole city. Colocation holds more, 41 network presences across seven buildings. FPT Fornix HCM 01 accounts for 13 of them and Viettel HHT for 12, ahead of CMC Tan Thuan with 5, the VNIX-HCM facility with 4, CMC SHTP with 3, and STT VNG Ho Chi Minh City 1 and FPT Fornix HCM 02 with 2 each. Neither exchange has a carrier ASN attached, and the carrier data behind this page holds no Vietnamese mobile operator.
An address that resolves to Ho Chi Minh City in a lookup need not be a device in the city. An operator announces a block from one registry record, and that record carries a single address for an allocation that can serve subscribers anywhere the network reaches. Mobile traffic leaves through a small number of gateways, so a handset far from the city can appear at a gateway that a database places here. Geolocation providers read the operator's published location and repeat it, which is how an entire prefix ends up labelled with one city name.
The origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix tell you more than the city field does. The ASN names the network that announced the block, and the netname shows how that network described the range, including whether it is set aside for mobile subscribers. Neither says traffic crossed VNIX-HCM or sat in FPT Fornix HCM 01. The 8 exchange participants and 41 facility networks record where peering in Ho Chi Minh City is documented, not where any one address physically is.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Ho Chi Minh City?
PeeringDB lists two, VNIX-HCM with 6 participants and NobiDev IX with 2. VNIX-HCM is the better connected of the pair and also appears as a facility with 4 networks. Networks that peer privately inside a colocation building are not counted in those participant figures.
Do Vietnam mobile carriers peer in Ho Chi Minh City?
No carrier ASN is attached to VNIX-HCM or NobiDev IX in the registry, and no Vietnamese mobile operator appears in the carrier data behind this page. That is a gap in the record rather than proof that mobile networks exchange no traffic in the city.
Does an IP that geolocates to Ho Chi Minh City mean the device is there?
No. The city label comes from the address block's registration and the operator's published location, not from the device. A subscriber elsewhere in Vietnam can leave through a gateway whose prefix is registered here, and the lookup still returns Ho Chi Minh City.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants