Vietnam is having a moment. In 2025, the country welcomed more than 21 million foreign visitors, making it the second most visited destination in Southeast Asia after Thailand. More tourists, more digital nomads, more investors, more retirees. That...
Vietnam is a beautiful place where you can eat a hot bowl of pho, ride motorbikes through chaos. And accidentally donate your entire stack of Vietnam currency to a smiling ATM. Don’t worry, it’s fine. The machine just...
When people think of a scam in Vietnam, they usually imagine a taxi meter running wild. A pricey “free” mud bath, or a tourist trick on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam tourism has been fighting...
Twelve thousand euros. That’s nearly $13,000. Or if you’re counting in street food terms, about 400 bowls of phở, every day for a year. That’s also the going scam rate a so-called Vietnam visa agent charges for a...
Thinking you can out-scam the locals in Vietnam is like trying to sell ice in Antarctica—pointless, foolish, and bound to fail. When it comes to scam in Vietnam, the locals have seen it all, from rigged taxi meters...
