
Foreign tourist charged $7.6 for hair braiding in northern Vietnam
Travel 14:33 21/07/2025A female foreign tourist was reportedly charged VND200,000 (US$7.6) for a brief two- to three-minute service of braiding hair and decorating it with flowers at Tham Ma Slope in Tuyen Quang Province, northern Vietnam, according to a local tour guide.

Nha Trang cyclo driver faces expulsion after seizing money from tourist amid fare dispute
Travel 14:45 01/06/2025The Nha Trang Tourist Cyclo Union, located in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, intends to expel a male member after confirming he forcibly took money from a foreign female traveler during a fare dispute, as depicted in a viral video circulating on social media.

Rescuers recover foreign man’s body from ravine on Da Nang's Son Tra Peninsula
Vietnam News 15:13 18/04/2025Rescue forces from the Da Nang City police department in central Vietnam recovered the body of a foreign man, believed to be a tourist, from a deep ravine in the Bai Bac (North Beach) area of the Son Tra Peninsula on Thursday.

Hoi An welcomes first foreign tourists in 20 months
Economy 14:54 21/11/2021They received a keen reception from locals

Foreign tourists with fat wallets have no idea where to spend in Vietnam: insiders
Economy 11:16 22/03/2018Most tourists say goods and services in Vietnam are not worth the money

Ben Thanh Market – a Saigon shopping heaven where haggling rules
Economy 07:30 22/10/2017Price tags are hard to come by in Saigon’s most famous market