{"id":734,"date":"2023-07-23T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/?p=734"},"modified":"2024-10-18T15:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T15:25:07","slug":"best-place-to-change-money-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/best-place-to-change-money-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Best place to change money in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first thing you’ll discover when changing money in Vietnam is that you’ll almost certainly become an instant millionaire!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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For example, changing $50<\/a>* will give you an instant 1,162,000 VND! And changing up \u00a350<\/a>* will, of course, make you even richer – expect to bank almost 1,500,000 VND!
* Click on the links to get instant currency rates based on today’s rates!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But where can I change my money – and get the best rates?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When you want to change some money in Vietnam, you’re basically looking at three main options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Local Banks:<\/strong> Banks in the major cities and towns like Hanoi<\/a> and Ho Chi Minh City<\/a> will usually have no problems with changing you up some currency. From my experience, bring your passport with you. The rates are decent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your accommodation: <\/strong>Most hotels and guest houses will be more than happy to change you up some Dong, and many will have reasonable rates. The smaller, homier places will likely charge you a little extra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jewelry and Gold shops:<\/strong> In my experience, these are your best bet for changing money in Vietnam<\/strong>. Be aware that when you change at a jewelry\/gold store, the larger notes will get you a slightly better rate. The difference is minimal, but if you have larger notes you will <\/em>get more Dong for your buck. You can find them everywhere: in Saigon<\/a><\/strong>, try the shops across the road from the main entrance to Ben Thanh market<\/strong> in District 1 (it will be very <\/em>busy), while in Hanoi try the ever-popular Hang Bo and Ha Trung streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can I use ATMs to withdraw Vietnamese currency?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Yes, of course. ATMs are almost everywhere nowadays, even in the smaller towns. However, if you’re heading to somewhere a little more remote, such as the Ha Giang Loop<\/a>, take some money with you rather than relying on the hunt for an ATM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be aware that when withdrawing (it seems to be that many ATMs limit withdrawals to two million VND), you will be taking a wad of cash out of that machine – just watch your back when you leave the ATM.<\/p>\n\n\nCheck out our Travel Tips<\/strong> section for more essential tips!<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n

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The first thing you’ll discover when changing money in Vietnam is that you’ll almost certainly become an instant millionaire! For example, changing $50* will give you an instant 1,162,000 VND! And changing up \u00a350* will, of course, make you even richer – expect to bank almost 1,500,000 VND!* Click on the links to get instant currency rates based on today’s rates! But where can I change my money – and get the best rates? When you want to change some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[19,70],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-tips","tag-dong","tag-money"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1684,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions\/1684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}