HCM City, the southern metropolis, took the 9th position when Hanoi secured the 7th spot, as shown in the Cost of Living Index 2018 conducted by Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. Valenzuela in the Philippines is the city with lowest cost of living in the region. Aside from the two Vietnamese cities, the rest in the top ten are in the Philippines (PHL) and Indonesia (IDN). Numbeo measures the cost of restaurants, house renting, groceries and the purchasing power to come up with the average index for the cost of living in each country. The top five most expensive cities in Southeast Asia are Singapore, Bangkok of Thailand, Makati of the Philippines, Phuket of Thailand and Johor Bahru of Malaysia. In February last year, Vietnam was ranked as one of the cheapest destinations by Forbes after the magazine interviewed 14 travel experts who made it their business to keep track of the best bargains around the world to make a list of the most affordable destinations to visit in 2017. The country stood out as a low-cost travel destination in South Asia for affordable luxury resorts, healthy food at cheap prices and beautiful sights. In May 2017, HCM City was named one of the most affordable cities for a couple’s night out by Expatistan.com, a database that compiles the global cost of living. For a night out with a potential life-long love in HCMC, love birds have to shell out around US$35, while… [Read full story]
Hanoi ranked the second cheapest city for travel, right after Bulgaria's Sofia, while Norway's Oslo is the most expensive city in the world, according to a survey recently released by travel website TripAdvisor.com. The survey was conducted on 49 cities from 49 countries with the largest number of foreign tourists according to statistics by the UN's World Tourism Organization. The website compared costs in these cites for an average overnight stay in a four-star hotel for two people, cocktails, dinner and wine and a taxi ride, and found that Hanoi was the second cheapest, with average cost for two tourists…... [read more]
The Hanoitimes - TripAdvisor, the largest travel website with more than 50 million viewers per month, has announced the travel costs of cities all over the world. Hanoi which is the capital city of Vietnam ranks the first in the list of cheap travel cities. Indonesia's Jakarta and Egypt's Sharm Sheikhet follows Hanoi. This is not the first time Hanoi city has been listed as the world's cheapest travel. In 2012, Hanoi ranks first in the list of cheap travel city and the second 2013 following Sofia, Bulgaria. This year, London has risen to become the most expensive city in…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - Ten female painters from Hanoi and Saigon will introduce their latest 100 paintings at the "Colors of Hanoi-Saigon" exhibition in HCM City. These are their last artworks featuring various topics: still-life, landscape and feelings about the people and the lands where painters visited. These works also vary in materials, with oil, lacquer, ceramic, etc painting. This is an annual event for female artists from Hanoi and HCM City, alternatively hosted by the group of Hanoian and Saigonee artists. This time, there are six artists from Hanoi (Bui Mai Hien, Le Thu, Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Phan Thi…... [read more]
The index was compiled with data from research firm TNS as it checks the cost of a three-night visit in a city, including for accommodation at a four-star hotel, a visit to three attractions, lunch, dinner and taxi transport.Such a holiday for two in Hanoi is estimated to cost only US$494, which is nearly four times less than in New York, the most expensive travel destination according to the report.Hanoi is affordable thanks to cheap hotels and transport, although meals can cost more than those in Mumbai and Cape Town.Southeast Asian destinations Bali, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur are also among…... [read more]
A new survey by German moving service company Movinga lists Hanoi among the lowest cost cities to start a new life in.Expenses for the first month in Hanoi, including renting a one-bedroom apartment, a mobile phone and data plan, food, drink and transport, are estimated at $700.36, the 12th cheapest among the 75 cities surveyed.Transportation services in Hanoi cost only $8.65 a month, which is only more than Cairo’s ($6.50).For the overall first-month cost, Tunis in Tunisia is the cheapest at less than $400, while Luanda in Angola tops the list at $3,260.“With a greater understanding of the costs associated…... [read more]
