Question: My husband and I will travel to Vietnam for 2 weeks. We will begin from Hanoi and make our way to Ho Chi Minh City. We have already booked hotels at many destinations. We need to figure out how much money to take to Vietnam to pay for food and drink. Any suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated.
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Hi Laura,
Vietnam is a beautiful destination waiting for your journey. From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, you can experience different beauty, cultures, and local foods.
It depends on what kind of traveling you like: for the two of you, you will spend from just 800,000 VND (~32 USD) for local style to over 2,00,000 VND (~ 80 USD) for luxury travel.
This means that you should take 8,400,000 VND (~336 USD) to 19,600,000 VND (~784 USD) to spend on food and drinks during your two weeks in Vietnam.
You can carry USD and then change it into Vietnamese Dong at many banks in Vietnam.
You may want to check the exchange rate at Vietcombank here!
The list of food and drinks at the local restaurants below is excellent. You can also try Vietnamese local food during your trips to this lovely country.
Spending on food:
1) Noodle is great to taste:
- Noodle Soup in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City: from 60,000 VND per bowl, that’s enough for one meal.
- Bun Bo Hue in Hue City (Beef Noodle Soup): 50,000 VND per bowl, enough for one meal.
- Grilled pork noodles in Ho Chi Minh: 40,000 VND per bowl.
- Bun Cha in Hanoi: from 60,000VND to 80,000VND per bowl.
2) Spring rolls are served in many cities in Vietnam. The average of spring roll dishes with five short rolls is 50,000 VND.
3) Pancake has different prices.
- Banh Xeo – Pancake in Ho Chi Minh City: 80,000 VND/big pancake; 50,000 VND/small one
- Banh Xeo in Hoi An & Da Nang: 20,000 VND/pancake
- Banh Khoai in Hue: 30,000 VND/pancake
4) Banh Mi (Vietnamese Bread)
- In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City: 30,000 VND per bread
- In Da Nang and Hoi An: 15,000 VND – 20,000 VND per bread. The top place to taste Vietnamese Banh Mi is in Hoi An City.
Spending for drinks:
- Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk: from 20,000 VND per cup
- Local beer from 15,000 VND to 20,000 VND per can or bottle
- Can of Coke: from 10,000 VND to 20,000 VND (at tourist places)
- Small bottle of water: from 5,000 VND to 10,000 VND (at tourist destinations)
- Big bottle of water: from 15,000 VND
Vietnamdrive hopes the information will help you to have an overview of how much money to carry to travel to Vietnam during your holidays.
Please do not hesitate to ask us about anything related to tourism in Vietnam!
Enjoy your time!
