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Packing list in Ho Chi Minh City

A packing checklist for Ho Chi Minh City, filtered by the season you arrive in. Ticks are saved on this device, so you can come back to it.

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Documents

Passport, with at least six months left on it
Visa or residence paperwork, printed and saved offline
Health or travel insurance documents
Certified copies of birth or marriage certificates, if family is coming
Criminal record certificate, legalised (issued within six months of the work permit application)
Degree certificate, legalised (for the work permit)
Marriage and birth certificates, legalised (if a spouse or children are coming)

Tech

An unlocked or dual-SIM phone
Power bank
Laptop and charger
Adapters for Type A and C sockets (220V)

Apps

Grab and Zalo installed

Health

Prescription medication for the first three months, with the prescription
Antihistamines and a basic first-aid kit
Vaccination record (schools ask for it, and typhoid, hepatitis A and B are commonly advised)
A pollution mask for motorbike rides

Clothing

Light layers
Breathable summer clothing
A warm coat and layers
Shoes you can walk a city in
One set of interview or office clothes
A lightweight rain poncho (the kind that fits over you and a motorbike seat)
Light, quick-drying clothes (it is hot and humid all year)
Sandals for the rainy-season floods (May to November, streets flood in the afternoon storms)

Money

A card with no foreign transaction fees
Enough local cash for the first day
Some US dollars in clean, recent notes (change easily at gold shops and banks)

Home

Your lease, flat photos and landlord contact saved offline

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