Tag: customs
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- Importing household goods to Vietnam: checklist
A practical checklist for shipping personal effects to Vietnam — customs allowances, restricted items, realistic timelines, and how the work permit or TRC affects duty exemption.
relocation · Updated 2026-06-30 - Importing a vehicle to Vietnam: cost and process
What it typically costs and involves to import a car or motorbike to Vietnam as a foreign resident, and why most expats buy locally instead.
relocation · Updated 2026-06-30 - Importing a car to Vietnam: the honest reality
Bringing a car to Vietnam is almost always more expensive than buying one locally. Here's the actual cost stack, when it's worth doing, and the diplomatic / specialist exemptions.
relocation · Updated 2026-06-30 - Sending and receiving mail in Vietnam
Vietnamese post, EMS, J&T, GHN, GHTK and the international couriers — how to actually send a parcel home, receive one from abroad, and avoid the customs traps.
practical · Updated 2026-05-21 - Importing Personal Belongings to Vietnam
Shipping a household to Vietnam — what's allowed, what's banned, customs duty thresholds, the agencies that handle the paperwork, and what's cheaper to buy locally.
living in vietnam · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese Birth Customs: Đầy Tháng, Thôi Nôi and the Zodiac Hour
A Vietnamese child's first year is marked by two formal ceremonies — đầy tháng at one lunar month and thôi nôi at the first birthday — alongside careful zodiac calculation.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese Funeral Customs: White Mourning, 49 Days and Paper Offerings
Vietnamese funerals follow a long arc — three to seven days of wake and burial, 49 days of formal mourning, and annual death anniversaries that continue indefinitely.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese Wedding Customs: Ăn Hỏi, Đám Cưới and the Betel Tradition
A Vietnamese wedding is two ceremonies — the engagement (ăn hỏi) and the wedding day (đám cưới) — bound together by red áo dài, lacquered gift boxes and trầu cau.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21