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Originally Posted by Hurricane88
There is no foreigner tax in Vietnam....is just the vendor/seller trying to sell you higher price... 
Willing buyer or seller...if you knew the price...just move on and asked around and even learned the prices before settling down to buy from one stall...
Speak tieng viet is important in Vietnam...even you are foreigner but they knew you speak tieng viet will dare not sell you high...becos you can listen and understand how much they sell to locals...and can question them why sell to you higher... |
Not entirely true, especially in the touristy areas. I bought fruit from street seller. Completely different price and I told them. I even said I go to next seller and they said ok, go. Next seller wouldn't sell at local pricing either. Also, Ben Thanh market even fleeces their own people. Girl from Hanoi said same shit is different price at Dong Khoi. Anyway, it wasn't expensive and I didn't really care, but I was glad they did it to their own people at lesser markup. I got a girl from HCM to buy my fruit for me... it was sliced, peeled and fed to me at 1/10 of the price I was quoted. I'm sure she kept the change.