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The cities
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam's biggest city and business capital: big-city energy, the widest choice of hospitals.
Sources (14)
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Other sources (14)
- 1. Da Nang Wikipedia as of 2026-10-16 (revision date of the article version we read) · checked 2026-10-27
- 2. Cost of Living in Da Nang Numbeo as of 2026-10-26 (Numbeo "Last update" date) · checked 2026-10-27
- 3. Hội An (city) Wikipedia as of 2026-09-29 (revision date of the article version we read) · checked 2026-10-27
- 4. Cost of Living in Hoi An Numbeo as of 2026-10-02 (Numbeo "Last update" date) · checked 2026-10-27
- 5. Nha Trang (city) Wikipedia as of 2026-10-04 (revision date of the article version we read) · checked 2026-10-27
- 6. Cost of Living in Nha Trang Numbeo as of 2026-10-02 (Numbeo "Last update" date) · checked 2026-10-27
- 7. Ho Chi Minh City Wikipedia as of 2026-10-14 (revision date of the article version we read) · checked 2026-10-27
- 8. Cost of Living in Ho Chi Minh City Numbeo as of 2026-10-26 (Numbeo "Last update" date) · checked 2026-10-27
- 9. Hanoi Wikipedia as of 2026-10-13 (revision date of the article version we read) · checked 2026-10-27
- 10. Cost of Living in Hanoi Numbeo as of 2026-10-26 (Numbeo "Last update" date) · checked 2026-10-27
- 11. Da Lat Wikipedia as of 2026-10-14 (revision date of the article version we read) · checked 2026-10-27
- 12. Cost of Living in Da Lat Numbeo as of 2026-10-02 (Numbeo "Last update" date) · checked 2026-10-27
- 13. Vũng Tàu (city) Wikipedia as of 2026-10-21 (revision date of the article version we read) · checked 2026-10-27
- 14. Cost of Living in Vung Tau Numbeo as of 2026-04-17 (Numbeo "Last update" date) · checked 2026-10-27
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About this guide
Tam Lieu lives in Long Beach, California, and put this guide together to research retiring in Vietnam. Facts are checked against official sources, with last-checked dates.
How we check facts: every number and rule links to its source: an official or primary source wherever one exists (government sites, the U.S. Embassy, law texts), or the company's own page for company prices, which we label as company prices. Crowd-sourced figures are labelled too. Each source shows the date we last checked it; anything we cannot confirm is cut or marked “needs source”. Found a mistake? Tell us.
Photo and video credits
- Photo: “Dragon Bridge, Da Nang, 2026 04 30 Reunification Day anniversary” by Shenzybaby, CC0, Wikimedia Commons (resized)
- Photo: “Hội An, Ancient Town, 2020-01 CN-05” by Steffen Schmitz (Carschten), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (resized)
- Photo: “Nha Trang skyline” by kenner116, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (resized)
- Photo: “Ho Chi Minh City Skyline” by Pimnl, CC0, Wikimedia Commons (resized)
- Photo: “Hoan Kiem Lake - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC03687” by Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons (resized)
- Photo: “Da Lat city” by Castelfranco, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (resized)
- Photo: “Bai Truoc Vung Tau” by NDTK08, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (resized)
- Photo: “Nha Trang Beach 10” by Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (resized and converted to WebP)