The cost of Living in Vietnam in 2023

1 year of unlimited 5G data from Viettel, the top carrier here: ₫1,080,000 VNĐ/$45.39 USD
(₫90,000 VNĐ/$3.78 USD per month)

-@OceanBeach92107
WOW thats a good deal, I pay 90k vnd a month for 4G with MOBI & its not unlimited.

Just an observation on my part but getting back on the cost of living thing my take on it........I do my supermarket shopping along the road at AEON twice a month 5th & 20th on Members Day (5% discount) & I see a big increase in prices % wise after TET especially for imported stuff. eg 200g jar of Nescafe Red Cup before 125,000, now 155,000. Small bottle of Strongbow before 13,500 now 18,500.
However at the wet markets all the prices seem to be pretty much the same or even a bit less.

Thing is, its all relative, a 20% increase here for most expats is nothing like a 20% increase back in UK & for some Vietnamese though it will be hitting them hard I think!
-@goodolboy

We are also seeing the same relative price increases for items sourced from outside Vietnam, while prices at the local fresh/wet market have not changed at all since we moved back here to Hội An last October.

I'm figuring that anything sourced internationally has been subject to the fluctuations in the dollar & other currencies relative to the dong.

Our previous 2-bedroom, 2 toilet apartment with washing machine and kitchen sink in Vũng Tàu (July 2022) charged us a flat rate of ₫100,000 VNĐ per resident for water (so the two of us paid ₫200,000 VNĐ per month).

Here in our two bedroom house in Cẩm Thanh, Hội An--with 3 toilets, a washing machine, a kitchen sink used MUCH more often than we did in Vũng Tàu AND an outdoor hose used to water my wife's veggie gardens--our latest monthly water bill is ₫64,296 VNĐ total.

Teeth cleaning in Hội An:

₫200,000 VNĐ (currently $8.48 USD)