🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Which one, honestly
United Arab Emirates leads on getting around. Vietnam leads on nature, value for money and food.
A normal day costs about $175 in United Arab Emirates and $70 in Vietnam.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsMar, Apr, Oct, Nov
- $175A normal day$70
- 7h to DubaiNonstop from London12h to Hanoi
- GoodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Not the drawNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is long
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidThe north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoons
Pick by what you want
🇦🇪 Choose United Arab Emirates if
you want guaranteed winter sun, very short flights from Europe and Asia, and a city that works like clockwork.
🇻🇳 Choose Vietnam if
you want the best street food in Asia on the smallest budget, and you do not mind a long thin country that takes time to cross.
Full United Arab Emirates guide →Full Vietnam guide →
And what the world thinks
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates leads by 3 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.