There is much praise about Vietnamese people and country in general and Saigon in particular on globally famous travel forums. Besides, there is little criticism about social evils like fraud, expensive price, etc. An Nhien Hotel Apartment feels sad when reading them. Although governments in general and Vietnamese government in particular always tries to reduce them, they still survive certain percentage. And, fairly and squarely, no matter which is developed or developing country, there are still certain percentages of social evils and bad persons. Do you affirm that yourself or your country is 100% perfect? If yes, congratulation! We definitely admire you and your country. If no, could you see other countries expansively and objectively?

Vietnamese people have sentence “reproach yourself first before you reproach others”, that means you should examine yourself first before blaming on others to evaluate any case objectively, from that improving yourself. Therefore, to avoid unexpected frauds when traveling another country, we should find out its knowledge of feature, culture, etc on good and bad sides to become a smart tourist. Today, let An Nhien Hotel Apartment learns to pay attention when coming to Vietnam.

Ask price before buying

You should ask price before buying to avoid paying higher price than normal one, or in objectively unlucky reason, a calculation is mistaken so you have to spend much money.

Don’t hesitate to bargain

Quoting that is more expensive than actual price is normal in Vietnam, so you don’t hesitate to bargain. You can prefer prices in many stores to choose an affordable price.

Note: Vietnamese people are quite superstitious, if there is good customer to help them with propitious business in morning, they think they can make much money in all day. Thus, you shouldn’t go to shopping in morning so that you don’t make seller angry.

Know the face value of Vietnam dong clearly

You must know the face value of Vietnam dong clearly to make sure you pay by cash exactly. You shouldn’t ask unreliable others as which paper-money I should take due to you can lose money.

Vietnam dong has face values like 1,000 ; 2,000 ; 5,000 ; 10,000 ; 20,000 ; 50,000 ; 100,000 ; 200,000 and 500,000

1,000vnd equivalent to 0.04 USD (4cent)

1,000vnd equivalent to 0.04 USD (4cent)

2,000vnd equivalent to 0.08 USD (8cent)

2,000vnd equivalent to 0.08 USD (8cent)

5,000vnd equivalent to 0.2 USD (20cent)

5,000vnd equivalent to 0.2 USD (20cent)

10,000vnd equivalent to  0.4 USD (40cent)

10,000vnd equivalent to  0.4 USD (40cent)

20,000vnd equivalent to  0.8 USD (80cent)

20,000vnd equivalent to  0.8 USD (80cent)

50,000vnd equivalent to  2.2 USD

50,000vnd equivalent to  2.2 USD

100,000vnd equivalent to  4.4 USD

100,000vnd equivalent to  4.4 USD

200,000vnd equivalent to  8.8 USD

200,000vnd equivalent to  8.8 USD

500,000vnd equivalent to  22 USD

500,000vnd equivalent to  22 USD

Note:

In fact, it’s easy to mistake between 20,000 and 500,000 paper-money, between 10,000 and 200,000 one because of similar color if you just glance, even you’re Vietnamese or not. Be careful!

Don’t open your wallet and let strange person takes your money because you might cheat that you don’t know

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