🇰🇭 Cambodia or 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Which one, honestly
Vietnam leads on food, nature and the sea.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $70.
Side by side
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsMar, Apr, Oct, Nov
- $70A normal day$70
- 2h 35m to Siem ReapNonstop from Singapore3h 15m to Hanoi
- GoodBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Tuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between citiesGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is long
- March to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morningWhen to avoidThe north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoons
Pick by what you want
🇰🇭 Choose Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
🇻🇳 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 Cambodia guide →Full Vietnam guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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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.