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Is that moneychanger more competitive than Ha Tam or the Exim bank inside Benh thanh market?

Sunbearmint said:
Raffles place rates are pretty competitive - last 30 days average is about 16900 VND: 1 SGD.
If you really need to change in HCM, you can change at Thu Doi Ngoai Te-Ban, 135 Dong Khoi St D1. It's an authorized money changer that has competitive rates.

I suggest taking a Grab, they may have promotions and you can redeem your reward points in Vietnam. For SIM, if you go regularly, you can buy top-up cards instead - 30K VND can last for about 4 days or more.
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Even if it's enlarged for tourists, you still need to crawl in the tunnel.

There's original sized tunnel entrance for you to step in to have a feel how small it was

Also how they live in tunnels，what food they ate, various boogie traps etc

IMO, Really amazing experience not to be missed

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Is the Chu Chi tunnel that is open to the tourists NOT the real one? So no point of visiting it?
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matrix05 said:
For Vetnam, better to join tour (in Sin) or (local tour in Vn) or can DIY?
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If is hcmc ... normally would book from sinh cafe ...
prices quite competitive ...
half day tour cucu tunnel is about 90k vnd
one day mekong delta (2hours bus one way) , including 1 lunch meal
bring u go bee farm, coconut sweet making, etc ...
one person about 180 or 200k vnd ...
 
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For jetstar special frenzy, it is usually one-way. If i wan get return, i need book 2x 1way trips separately from sg to viet and viet to sg?
 
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shadow84 said:
Any recommendations for such tour agencies?
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i did 2 day tours,

:: halong bay - classy travel (30% deposit required; bigger and more professional setup)

:: trang an / mua cave - madame linh (no deposit required; smaller setup but friendly and sincere service)

both are based in hanoi though. i think classy has hcm tours too, not sure about madame linh. otherwise for hcm, you can search tripadvisor.
 
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shadow84 said:
For jetstar special frenzy, it is usually one-way. If i wan get return, i need book 2x 1way trips separately from sg to viet and viet to sg?
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jetstar $0 fare only happens once each year ...
Their promo usually is 4 times ...

Normally you need to book return trip , 2 ways, departing from Singapore ...
 
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Will Hanoi be difficult to navigate for someone who hasn't been to Vietnam before?

Gotten a chance to go over for a 6 months intership attachment.

Have posted in the Hanoi thread but hope to get advices from experts here too! :o
 
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