Comments on: Price Check: Vietnam

By: tim

tim — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:27:22 +0000

Opera – yes, the rising oil and commodities issue is putting a body blow to every destination around the world. The expensive places are getting more expensive and the cheaper ones are getting…more expensive. I will be updating the book towards the end of the year, but things are too volatile right now. It’s hard to see where all of this is going to settle, but the overall advice, no matter where you are going, is expect to spend more than it says in anything you have read.

By: opera

opera — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:44:18 +0000

Post Tet in Hanoi the gas went up to a whooping 14,000 dong a liter (from 11,000d). Higher than the USA I hear. Consequently everything else that relys on transport has gone up in price. Pho is now about 15,000 d per bowl. Just under $1 US.

Pall Mall is $.66.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:51:39 +0000

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By: tim

tim — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:54:18 +0000

Thanks Teresa. Always good to hear from someone who is there for an extended time instead of just passing through. I had that experience too while I was there–except when the bus driver would pull over at a restaurant with two menus. One was in English, one in Vietnamese, but with different prices. Grrrrr.

By: teresa

teresa — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:18:26 +0000

Get out of Ha Noi and the prices get even cheaper. I regularly pay 15,000VND (less than $1) for two big bowls of pho and, since we are regulars, he throws in a couple of glasses of green tea and an extra bowl for my daughter to share with me.

By the way, bus travel costs vary widely. It cost me 50,000VND to get from Thanh Hoa to Ninh Binh and 30,000VND to get back. Another time I went from Tam Ky to Quang Ngai and it cost 50,000VND, but the ride back was 70,000VND. Both trips were about an hour each, but prices varied widely.

Part of the joy of living abroad, things (including prices) are constantly changing.

By: tim

tim — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:44:28 +0000

Malaysia is in the book. More info here: http://www.worldscheapestdestinations.com/id1.html

By: tuan rumah

tuan rumah — Tue, 15 May 2007 03:51:21 +0000

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