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[Mr Wind-up Bird]

Another good piece of advice is if you're in a local restaurant and they bring you a menu entirely in English, ask for the VNese menu instead. If they say no, leave. Some restaurants (eg. Loan on the corner of Hai Ba Trung & Ly Tu Trong) have 2 different menus, and the English one invariably has less choice and higher prices.

[domaiuyen]

hi im a new memmber. u can call me uyen( sound like wind). im vietnamese and have lived in vn over 20 years so i think i can help a little.
u got 3000usd so let think what i can do with such amount of money.
i dont know how your demands are but the small room or a room in 5 stars hotel can cost u from 10-150usd per day. the cheapest room must be around local market which is very crowded and noisy( better surrounding cost more). in 10usd room, u got 1 bed, 1 table, small tv, small fridge shower with hot and cold water,i got a friend who stay there so its 100% true, i can recommend some places.u can also have other services like laundry or food, drink with reasonabe prices. 5 star room must be in the center which is most beautiful, near window shopping places.
food , its really up to u. u can dine out in a standard restaurant with 2 usd ( 1 dish like soup, noddle. steak, rice...), at local market its less than 1 usd. u also can enjoy buffet in 5 stars hotel with just 25 usd( seafood, sushi, chinese dishes, vietnamese dishes, western food, cake, ice cream..)
transportation, u can catch taxi or motobike atxi. motobike taxi is more popular and cheaper. they ll charge u up to the distance. taxi price is fixed less than 1usd/ km but the motobike taxi , u need to bargain, sometime if u r a newbie u may pay more than for a taxi, sorry to say that.
if u need any help, u can contact me by PM (MOD EDIT)
have a nice day. :wink:

[jw6789]

Thanks Uyen and everyone who replied. I'm in Thailand now and will be in Vietnam in August. From there the job hunt starts and will PM you for any other advice. Cheers!