Your USD goes less far in Vietnam

−1.3% less far

$2,000 now goes as far as $1,973.75 did 1 year ago.

$2,000 gets you 51,724,000 VND

That is 688,000 VND less than the same budget bought 1 year ago, worth about $26.60 today.

VND per 1 USD Then 26,206 · Today 25,862

1 year ago Today

What the difference covers in Vietnam

The same $2,000 budget, at typical local prices, compared with 1 year ago.

Stay Estimate

Mid-range hotel

770,000 VND a night

$0.39 more a night

Costs you today: $29.77
Cost you 1 year ago: $29.38

Stay Estimate

Four-star hotel

1,400,000 VND a night

$0.71 more a night

Costs you today: $54.13
Cost you 1 year ago: $53.42

Eat Big Mac price

Fast-food meal

76,000 VND a Big Mac

9 fewer Big Macs

Costs you today: $2.94
Cost you 1 year ago: $2.90

Eat Estimate

Dinner for two

460,000 VND a dinner

1 fewer dinner

Costs you today: $17.79
Cost you 1 year ago: $17.55

Do Estimate

Museum entry

180,000 VND a ticket

3 fewer tickets

Costs you today: $6.96
Cost you 1 year ago: $6.87

Do Estimate

Guided day tour

840,000 VND a tour

$0.43 more a tour

Costs you today: $32.48
Cost you 1 year ago: $32.05

Get around Estimate

Airport taxi

540,000 VND a ride

1 fewer ride

Costs you today: $20.88
Cost you 1 year ago: $20.61

Get around Estimate

Intercity bus ticket

440,000 VND a ticket

1 fewer ticket

Costs you today: $17.01
Cost you 1 year ago: $16.79

Rate history

VND per 1 USD. A rising line means your money buys more.

Rate 1 year ago

A price of	Costs you today	Cost you 1 year ago
200,000 VND	$7.73	$7.63
1,000,000 VND	$38.67	$38.16
5,000,000 VND	$193.33	$190.80
20,000,000 VND	$773.34	$763.18

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Typical travel prices are estimates from World Bank price levels (International Comparison Program 2021, brought up to 2025) and vary by city and season. Fast-food prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index. The comparison follows exchange rates only and does not include changes in local prices.

Sources: World Bank ICP (CC BY 4.0), The Economist Big Mac index, Frankfurter (central bank rates)