Vietnam

1. Jan · Fine, with caveats
2. Feb · Good
3. Mar · Good
4. Apr · Good
5. May Fine, with caveats: heat
6. Jun Fine, with caveats: heat, rain
7. Jul Fine, with caveats: rain
8. Aug Fine, with caveats: rain
9. Sep Fine, with caveats: typhoons
10. Oct Fine, with caveats: typhoons
11. Nov · Fine, with caveats
12. Dec · Good

Good Fine, with caveats Hard heat rain typhoons

Cheaper and fewer tourists: Jan, May–Nov - the trade-off: heat, rain, typhoons

Country-wide average; mountains, coasts and the far north or south can differ.

• Tết (Lunar New Year) - February 5 - 9, 2027
  Public holiday for several days: many shops and offices closed, transport busy.

• Sockets: type A, C, F · 220 V, 50 Hz
  Phone and laptop chargers usually work (100–240 V); you may need a plug adapter.
• Traffic drives on the right
• Drink bottled or boiled water, not from the tap
• At temples, mosques and churches cover shoulders and knees and take off shoes where asked
• May–Jun: sunscreen, a hat, light clothes, a water bottle
• Jun–Oct: a light raincoat or umbrella, a waterproof phone pouch

• Drug trafficking can carry the death penalty. Even small amounts of drugs bring long prison terms. source
• Carry prescription medicines in hand luggage with a copy of the prescription; declare them if worth more than US$100. source
• Declare cash over 15 million VND or US$5,000. source
• Carry prescription medicines in their original packaging with a copy of the prescription.

• Taxi & Cars: Grab
• Public Transport & Maps: Rome2Rio, Moovit
• Food & Groceries: GrabFood, GO Supermarket App GO Big C, GrabMart
• Telecom, Internet & Apps: Nomad, Airalo, Saily
• Shopping, Classifieds & Parcels: Shopee, FedEx, DHL Express
• Travel: Tickets & Hotels: Agoda, Traveloka, Booking.com

Based on our checks of each service. Banks may add a fee for payments abroad.

• Xanh SM - Fare shown before booking; promotional minimum 70,000 VND for cars, 30,000 VND for bikes
• VietJet Air - Low-cost fares; checked bag from about 200,000 VND prepaid on Eco, 20 kg included on Deluxe

Prices as each service lists them, from our latest check (the date is in the line). Tap a service for details.

• eSIM, set up before the flight: Nomad - Vietnam from $4.00 for 1 GB / 7 days; 5 GB / 30 days $10.00 (October 2026); Airalo - Vietnam from $4.00 for 1 GB / 3 days; unlimited 3 days $11.50 (October 2026); Saily - Vietnam from $3.99 for 1 GB / 7 days; 5 GB / 30 days $10.99 (2026); Holafly - Unlimited only: from $11.90 for 3 days (October 2026)
• Local SIM, bought with your passport: Viettel - 30-day tourist SIM with 60 GB for 200,000 VND (~US$7.70, 2026); Mobifone - TR109 Travel: 4 GB/day for 109,000 VND, valid 20 days (~US$4.20, 2026); Vinaphone - YOLO90: 1.5 GB/day for 90,000 VND per month (~US$3.50, 2026)
• 10 of 66 services here need a local phone number for the SMS code, for example Zalo, ZaloPay, VNPay.
• Mobile operators and eSIM →