The seven categories
01
Visa & Immigration
The rules that decide whether you get into Vietnam — and whether you get to stay.
6 items · 2 do / 4 never 02Housing & Leases
Da Nang's rental market runs on informality, and the paperwork is the only thing protecting you.
5 items · 3 do / 2 never 03Transport & Driving
One motorbike, one bad decision — most serious foreigner injuries in Da Nang start here.
5 items · 2 do / 3 never 04Money, Scams & Connectivity
Cash, SIM cards and the small frauds that repeat all year round in Da Nang — currency exchange, ATM fees, deposit passports and snatch theft.
9 items · 4 do / 5 never 05Health, Medication & Insurance
What to arrange before you need it in Da Nang — evacuation cover, a named hospital, a doctor's letter — and what never to put in your body.
8 items · 5 do / 3 never 06Beach, Weather & Nature
The coast is the reason you came to Da Nang.
4 items · 2 do / 2 never 07Culture, Budget & Conduct
Cheap goodwill, and honest arithmetic.
3 items · 2 do / 1 neverThe full checklist
04 · Money, Scams & Connectivity
- Pay electricity at the official EVN tariff
- Photograph everything before money changes hands
- Withdraw at bank ATMs and decline conversion
- Buy your SIM at an official carrier counter
- Don't hand your passport over as a deposit
- Don't change money at gold shops or with individuals
- Don't move undeclared cash across the border
- Don't let cash or your phone sit on the traffic side
- Don't buy a SIM nobody registered
05 · Health, Medication & Insurance
- Insure for air ambulance and repatriation
- Identify your hospital before you need it
- Travel with a doctor's letter and legal quantities
- Vaccinate before arrival; treat bites same-day
- Treat tap water, ice and raw food as risks
- Don't go anywhere near drugs, cannabis included
- Don't vape, or bring a vape into the country
- Don't drink homemade or unsealed spirits