press rank #174 · ~$750/mo

Can you live unwatched in Vietnam?

Cheap and pleasant, one-party state with data localisation laws.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance1/5
Facial recognition2/5
No national ID1/5
Data-protection law1/5
Encryption2/5
VPN freedom3/5
Democracy1/5
Free expression1/5
Cash still works5/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom2/5
Easy to stay3/5
Off-grid living4/5
10 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #174 ~$750/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law

The Law on Prevention of Infectious Diseases makes the expanded programme compulsory for children under five.

If you skip them: Nothing in practice: the law names no penalty for a parent.

Exemptions: The law names none.

Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Does not report your account balances abroad

No extradition treaty with the US

5 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

28 real places in Vietnam

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Ho Chi Minh City

~$900/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Hanoi

~$850/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Can Tho

~$900/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Da Nang

~$1,000/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Vinh

~$700/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Hue

~$900/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Vung Tau

~$950/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Da Lat

~$950/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Buon Ma Thuot

~$800/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Nha Trang

~$1,000/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Quy Nhon

~$950/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Pleiku

~$700/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.