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Thien Hau Temple
Country: Vietnam

Postage in Vietnam is fairly inexpensive and reliable. There are tens of companies servicing postal service within Vietnam and between Vietnam and other countries such as VNPT, EMS, Saigon Post, DHL, FedEx...to name a few.

As Vietnam is a member of the World Trade Organization and Vietnam's international trade is growing, it's expected that there are more and more postal companies expanding their network to Vietnam.

1/ Post Office Opening Hours

The government-run post office system is available in all residential areas in Vietnam. The open time is 07:30 - 08:00 A.M and the close time is 17:00 in rural areas and 21:00 in cities.

2/ Postcards and stamps

Post cards and stamps are available at all post offices and most souvenir shops in cities. All postal stamps have glue. Normally stamps and postal service are available right at the souvenir shops and at some hotels. If the traveller wants to send post cards abroad, then it's recommended to send them from cities rather than from far-flung mountainous regions.

3/ Posting Items

When posting a parcel, the sender must leave it open for inspection. All incoming parcels are expected to be opened for inspection. The sender or receiver may have to pay export/import tariffs for outgoing/incoming parcels depending on the items sent/received.

There are tens of shipping companies in Vietnam servicing worldwide. Normally for fragile items, the shipping companies take the responsibility to buy insurance to cover possible incidents. Still this should be written in the agreements between the cargo owner and the shipper/or shop owner (if the item bought from a shop).

4/ Telephone

Telephone service in Vietnam for both domestic and international is very good and reasonably priced. International direct dialing (IDD) is available from any location in the country. There are also different networks for internet phone which require dialing certain codes when calling and which make the cost much cheaper. Calls made after 21:00 hours and before 05:00 hours have discounted rates. Making phone calls from hotels are likely much more expensive than from a public phone booth or post office.

5/ Fax

Fax service is available at most hotels and post offices.

6/ Mobile Phones

Mobile phones are very advanced and developed with GSM or CDMA technology. GSM network seems to be more popular at the time of writing. GSM phone signals are available almost all areas of Vietnam including many far-flung mountainous regions.

GSM phones are for sales everywhere with very inexpensive prices. Once having a GSM mobile phone with a local SIM card or with a SIM card from your home country of which roaming service is registered, you can make phone calls from your phone without any difficulty. The GSM network in Vietnam supports signal range of 850-900 MHz.

For the traveller equipped with a mobile phone from a country in Asia, South Pacific Region and Europe, then having a Vietnam SIM card or having registered the roaming service with your phone company is all you need to do to make/ or receive phone calls on your phone. People from the USA may need to acquire a signal-converter to make your GSM phone usable in Vietnam as your GSM mobile phone from the US supports only 1900 MHz.

When acquiring a SIM card, be sure you know which company you are buying the SIM card from. Some companies offer very good rates, but acquiring phone cards to put money into your phone account requires great efforts as the sales network is limited, or simply the signals are not widely available. So it's recommended you check with the vendors, your local friends or tour guides for more information.

At the time of writing, if you have a SIM card with the beginning numbers like 090, 091, 092, 094, 098, then you are more able to buy cards for putting money into your phone account in most cities and towns. As more and more companies providing mobile phone service in Vietnam with better and better quality and rates, it's recommended you check with the local when arriving.

7/ Making Phone Calls

Domestic local calls (within province/city), just dial the phone number. Example: 1234567

Domestic calls (inter-provincial/city), dial: 0 and area code and phone number (for example: 0 243 1234567 with the area code of 243 )

International calls from Vietnam, dial: 00 and country code and area code and phone number (for example:call from Vietnam to Thailand: 00 66 78 000000), alternatively you can replace 00 by one plus sign ‘+’: +66 78 000000;

International calls to Vietnam, dial: "+" (84) (area code) (phone number) (for example, call Paradissa from the USA: +84 83 9279204 ) (note: The plus sign "+" indicates international calls, if you make phone calls from a mobile phone, then using the plus sign "+", if calling from a fixed phone, then replace the plus sign "+" with your country international dialing code, this can vary from country to country such as 00, 001...depending on each country).

8/ Vietnam Area Codes

The area codes in Vietnam are changed from time to time and it is hard for even local people to remember. It is better you search on the internet when in need.

At the time of writing the area codes are as follows:

No.    Province/City    Dialing code    Postal Code
1    An Giang    296    880000
2    Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu    254    790000
3    Bạc Liêu    291    260000
4    Bắc Cạn    209    960000
5    Bắc Giang    209    220000
6    Bắc Ninh    222    790000
7    Bến Tre    275    930000
8    Bình Dương    274    590000
9    Bình Định    256    820000
10    Bình Phước    271    830000
11    Bình Thuận    252    800000
12    Cà Mau    290    970000
13    Cao Bằng    206    270000
14    Cần Thơ    292    900000
15    Đà Nẵng    236    550000
16    Điện Biên    215    380000
17    Đắk Lắk    262    630000
18    Đắk Nông    261    640000
19    Đồng Nai    251    810000
20    Đồng Tháp    277    870000
21    Gia Lai    269    600000
22    Hà Giang    219    310000
23    Hà Nam    226    400000
24    Hà Nội    24    100000
25    Hà Tĩnh    239    580000
26    Hải Dương    220    170000
27    Hải Phòng    225    180000
28    Hậu Giang    293    910000
29    Hòa Bình    218    350000
30    Hồ Chí Minh    28    700000
31    Hưng Yên    221    160000
32    Khánh Hòa    258    650000
33    Kiên Giang    297    920000
34    Kon Tum    260    580000
35    Lai Châu    213    390000
36    Lạng Sơn    205    240000
37    Lào Cai    214    330000
38    Lâm Đồng    263    670000
39    Long An    272    850000
40    Nam Định    228    420000
41    Nghệ An    238    460000 – 470000
42    Ninh Bình    229    430000
43    Ninh Thuận    259    660000
44    Phú Thọ    210    290000
45    Phú Yên    257    620000
46    Quảng Bình    232    510000
47    Quảng Nam    235    560000
48    Quảng Ngãi    255    570000
49    Quảng Ninh    203    200000
50    Quảng Trị    233    520000
51    Sóc Trăng    299    950000
52    Sơn La    212    360000
53    Tây Ninh    276    840000
54    Thái Bình    227    410000
55    Thái Nguyên    208    250000
56    Thanh Hóa    237    440000 – 450000
57    Thừa Thiên Huế    234    530000
58    Tiền Giang    273    860000
59    Trà Vinh    294    940000
60    Tuyên Quang    207    300000
61    Vĩnh Long    270    889000
62    Vĩnh Phúc    211    280000
63    Yên Bái    216    320000

9/ Internet

Internet in Vietnam is very easy to access. With more and more ISPs, better and better internet traffic and service quality are expected. Some ISPs are testing their 5g infrastructure. Local people can watch online films, play online video games... from their laptop computer or hand phone.

There are still internet cafes, or cyber centers in big cities such as Ha Noi, Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An, Sai Gon...But they are not as ubiquitous as they were once as most people have their computers or hand phone with internet access.

All hotels offer high-speed internet, wired or wireless. If you have a laptop computer or smart phone, then you can surf the web from your own room or hotel. Normally the hotels don't charge their staying guests for using the internet from their laptop computer or hand phone, but it's reported that some luxury hotels charge a hefty sum for this.

Alternatively there are several cafes with free WIFI Internet in most cities in Vietnam.

Another option is that you purchase a SIM card with 4g service, then you have internet access anywhere in the Vietnam. Top-up cards for you to charge your SIM card account are for sales almost everywhere in the country.

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