Crime, Cheat, Riff Off Fraud possible for travelling in Vietnam
18/07/2018 | 11:13
Nowaday, Vietnam becomes one of the safest places to travel, there is almost no dangerous crime like terrorism, fire army, but like every country with high population and crowded cities, there are possibility of scams and petty crime. read carefully this advice can help you have a beautiful holiday in Vietnam.
As saying ‘’the whole world is a country’’ traveling to Vietnam faces risks of theft, rip-off, snatching, etc. for tourists.
• Pickpocket in Vietnamese Móc túi, pickpocket in English, this type of theft is frequent in the big city of the world with the same techniques. The pickpocket attracts tourists' attention with the questions, the strange movements, the noise, etc. then with their hands they steal wallets, cellphone, etc. this type of theft is also organized in a group of more than one person.
• In Hanoi, rarely frequent at some crowded place like the Sword Lake, the puppet theater, the old quarter, the temple of literature and the Quan Thanh temple. Pickpockets are not found at the Ho Chi Minh museum, but who knows someday.
• Snatch, CÆ°á»›p giáºt in Vietnamese and snatching in English,
• This type of theft has happened less in Vietnam because it is punished more severely by the government. However, in cities as big as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, it could happen somewhere and some ways. So when you are taking walks not carrying so many valuable things and not walking near the street course where possible passes a moped motorbike. There are more possibilities, however not very frequent to tourists, in Ho Chi Minh that Hanoi. It is very rare, almost never in Sapa, Hue, Hoi an, Da nang and other cities.
• fraud, cheating
• There are always cases called cheating, cheating, in tourist cities like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh
• For example: rip-off on prices, this type is widespread in crowded cities, it is important that we have a knowledge of price range.
• Money-worthy fraud: in Vietnam there are many types of money-card with lots of zeros and similar colors like 20,000 VND (worth almost 1 USD) and 500 000 VND (worth US $ 25). Cheaters can take advantage to exchange these cards. This type of fraud takes place in Ho Chi Minh, and Hanoi for illegal taxis, street vendors, stalls, etc.
However, all world is country. Important that traveler has some attention and knows how to reason the numbers. Nobody can intend to cheat.
Like the lesson of the buddha
^ ignorance is the source of all despair and suffering ^
Speaking of these types of risks it is difficult to describe how dangerous the country is. From the statistics, Vietnam is one of the safest countries in the world.
