Vietnam
VietnamGetting around
The traffic looks impossible until you learn the one rule it runs on.
How do you get a taxi?
By brand, not by chance: the tourism board names the reputable metered firms — Mai Linh in green, Vinasun in white, Taxi Group in Hanoi — and the apps work if you have a local SIM.
How do I cross the street through all those motorbikes?
The tourism board's own words: confidence and clear body language. Move steadily and visibly, and the traffic shapes itself around you.
How do I get from one city to the next?
Three ways, and one piece of geography behind all of them. The country is a single 2,600 km track averaging 40 km/h, so the train from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City takes 36 hours. Sleeper buses cover the same ground overnight; a flight does it in one to two. Choose per leg, not once for the trip.