1. Vietnam taxi always come with meter, not like in Malaysia, without meter. So please come with listed taxi companies ( with service number), always have meter on. Anything happen, you claim to their center number.
There's no report on any burglar or murder by taxi driver. Just don't leave your wallet or Iphone on the cab. They may not returned to you for sure.
2. In the Southern, the govt trying to reduce the rate of bags snatching case, in the Northern, it's safer.
Rarely, a murder to foreigner happened. The punishment to crime against foreigners in Vietnam is quite hard.
So the crime gang would prefer Vietnamese over foreigner.
In Hanoi old quarter, there're some women who would try to put something in your hands as accessories for taking photograph and ask for money. Just scare them by call for police. Don't fear. They are the one who fear but pretend scare you.
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3. For some services like Karaoke, you could be overcharged if less attention to the price list.
4. Vietnam is country of bargain, so make sure you bargained well on the items you wanna buy, or you would pay double, triple the actual cost.
5. One ugly thing ( but nice to somebody ) that you could freely use liquor and beer anytime in Vietnam, the price quite cheap.
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