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What are transportation options and challenges in Ho Chi Minh City?

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Are there taxis in Ho Chi Minh City? What about scooters? What are the public transportation options? Here's what 12 local experts had to say about transportation methods in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Ho Chi Minh City or previously known as Saigon is swarming with motorbikes and pop-up sidewalk coffee shops and eateries. The majority of the population does not speak English and the few who do cannot carry a long conversation, just the basics.

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Our Ho Chi Minh city is one of the most dynamic and creative cities in the Mekong Delta region. The climate is friendly with two distinct rainy and sunny seasons. Motorbikes and cars are mainly used for transportation. You should extremely try to experience your life while meeting people here.

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Ho Chi Minh City is a very busy city with a lot of motorbikes. If someone moves to this city they should be careful when crossing the road as there appear to be no traffic rules. Riding a motorbike is a lot of fun and much easier to get around, but you have to be very careful.

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Ho Chi Minh city has a very wide variety of food, especially street food, just like any other Asian country. In Vietnam, you have every kind of food you want in walking distance. In early mornings, the senior citizens read the newspaper together, young friend groups have a cup of Vietnamese coffee right off the sidewalk, and bowls of phở are served right off a boiling pot of soup.

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Ho Chi Minh City is a bustling, sprawling city of 10 million people. The main form of transportation is via motorbike and there are very few places for walking. It is a very noisy city as well and the culture will test a foreigner who is unfamiliar with it. However, most people are very friendly and it is not hard to meet people. It is a great city if you keep an open mind about it.

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Ho Chi Minh city is undeniably the most dynamic economic developed city in Vietnam with the population of more than 13 million. Although the city, which was built 100 years ago by the French for not so many population, was currently too overpopulated, more and more people in the countryside provinces from all around Vietnam to come to look for jobs, opportunities to invest, and start a company. Whoever considering about moving to Ho Chi Minh city should look for an apartment not very far from work because of the very heavy traffic in the city, especially in the rush hours and the special events of the city.

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A person who is thinking about relocating to Ho Chi Minh City should know how loud it is as a living environment. Traffic in Vietnam’s most densely populated city is heavy throughout the entire day. Most drivers, whether they are in trucks, cars or motorcycles, beep their horns frequently. This produces a great deal of noise that is difficult to escape and means quiet neighbourhoods are very hard to come by.

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The city suffers from heavy pollution with a crowded population. This may caused a newcomer to be very surprised and not very happy while waiting for traffic, as traffic lights can last for over two minutes and there are people who like to honk white waiting.

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Ho Chi Minh City has low cost of living. They have affordable house rent and cheap food. Transportation fee is also cheap. People are friendly and English-speaking Vietnamese are mostly in the foreigner-packed areas. There are also a lot of tourist attractions within the city such as the museums, Cathedral, and souvenir shops and most importantly their healthy food selection.

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Many visitors would not dare to cross the street for the first time visiting because of the chaos and craziness of the traffic. Overloaded vehicles on the road happen every day, and motorcycles are the primary transportation throughout the country. Unlike the North of Vietnam, HCMC only has two seasons. Whether it’s sunny or rainy, people will experience extremely hot and oppressive weather for 365 days. Many first-time travelers may find it confusing to wander around the city without a map or plan. HCMC is full of endless mystery alleyways behind or between the local streets.

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The air quality in HCMC is not so good. You probably cannot see the blue sky above for it is always covered by a cloud of smoke. Secondly, traffic jam is a common practice in megacities in general, especially during rush hour. Above all, foreigners might be taken advantage of. Given that expatriates do not really know the real price of the products, they might be charged higher than their real values.

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Ho Chi Minh City is a sprawling metropolis of around 10 million people in the south of Vietnam. It has two seasons (i.e., wet and dry) and while the wet season is more humid, both seasons are quite hot. Traffic here is very heavy and the main form of transportation is by motorbike. Anyone planning to live here should learn to drive a motorbike and be prepared for heavy city traffic.

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