When traveling or working in Vietnam, the most important thing must be massage and coffee.
In major cities in Vietnam, there are many massage parlors, especially where foreigners gather. The easiest thing to do when going to Vietnam is the freedom of massage and SPA.
Vietnamese massage shop girl
In Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and other places with a large number of foreigners, there are countless massage parlors, but some massage parlors will provide improper services and need to keep your eyes open and avoid stepping on pits.
The easiest way is to ask the locals before going, ask colleagues if you have colleagues, ask friends if you don't have colleagues, ask taxi drivers if you can't do it, many taxi drivers will talk about some Chinese, and they know all aspects of the city.
Massage parlor signs can be seen everywhere in Vietnam
Massage parlors mainly for foreigners, generally charge 15-300,000 VND (about 45-90 yuan), Vietnamese dong to exchange RMB is "go to 10,000 times 3".
For example, 50,000 VND, remove 10,000, multiply by a 3, it is 15 RMB, 100,000 VND is 30 RMB, and 500,000 VND is 150 RMB.
Massage parlors for locals are even cheaper, costing around VND 100,000 (about 30 yuan).
Vietnamese streets
Vietnamese technicians are generally very professional in their massage techniques, and many technicians with good techniques have gone to other Southeast Asian countries to work.
Another characteristic of Vietnamese technicians is that they generally use more force, including female technicians. It is completely different from many tickling massages in China.
Beautiful Vietnamese technician
When the technician massages, many times he uses his full strength, so many times if he goes late, the massage parlor will not receive it, and he will tell you directly that he is tired. It is different from the idea that money must be earned in China.
Let the technician let go of the press, it will generally be more painful, can't stand it can make him lighter, but it is recommended to endure it, after the pain will feel refreshed.
Vietnamese girl
Another characteristic of Vietnam is that there are many coffee shops, and there are as many coffee shops in Vietnam as there are tea houses in Chengdu. The price is about half the level of the country. The taste is so-so, personally I think it's not bad. Many people bring a lot of coffee or cashew nuts back from Vietnam.
Apart from massage and coffee, most of the other things are not cheap. Most importantly, Vietnam's per capita income is relatively low, with an average salary of VND 6.6 million (about RMB 2,000) in September 2022.
Local Vietnamese cuisine
With a salary of 2,000 yuan, trying to live in Vietnam is inconceivable to foreigners, because the price level in Vietnam is quite high.
First of all, let's talk about the large parts of cars, most of Vietnam's cars are Japanese and South Korean brands, the average selling price is at least 40% higher than that of China, and people who can afford cars in Vietnam are considered rich.
Vietnam's average car ownership per 1,000 people is about 50, while China's car ownership per 1,000 people has exceeded 200.
Local brand cars in Vietnam
The higher price also limits the enthusiasm of Vietnamese people to buy a car, after all, for most Vietnamese, a motorcycle is enough.
An ugly-looking motorcycle costs at least 5.6,000 yuan, and many electric motorcycles in shopping malls cost more than 10,000 yuan.
60 yuan 1 bowl
I bought a bag of the cheapest rice in Hanoi, about 2 yuan a catty, the rice is very small, the boiled porridge has no aroma, and the slightly better rice is sold for about 4 yuan a catty.
The most funny thing is that even pots and pans are much more expensive than in China, an ordinary pot costs 250,000 yuan (75 yuan), the most common bowl for eating in the mall, costs 3-50,000 VND, and the larger one even costs more than 200,000 VND (60 yuan).
Seeing that the most expensive bowl cost 800,000 VND (240 yuan), I thought that the price was wrong, whether it was a cultural relic and repeatedly confirmed with the salesman that it was so much money.
Chinese toys in Vietnamese supermarket
The self-service barbecue restaurant, about 180,000 VND (54 yuan) per person, this price is actually good, but considering the average salary in Vietnam, it still feels a little more expensive.
In short, those who think that Vietnam's economy is relatively backward, so prices must be low is completely wrong, and the prices of Vietnamese cities cannot catch up with Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, which is probably the same level as Chengdu.
Lulong Bay, Vietnam
Living in Vietnam, the easiest thing to achieve is the freedom of massage and coffee, don't think about anything else, especially cars and houses, which are more difficult than in China!
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