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24 Aug 2009
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Buying a bike in Vietnam
Hi,
I am planning a trip to Vietnam in December 2009 for a month. The idea is to buy a bike (124/250cc) in Hanoi or wherever I land, travel around for a month (maybe in Cambodia as well if possible...) and sell the bike before I fly back to UK... As simple as that! Now after a bit of research the info I get is contractitive... some say that buying a bike and travelling around vietnam is allowed to foreigners/tourists; some say that it is risky, forbidden and can easily end up with a big fine and the bike being confiscated; some others say that it is kind of forbidden but easily achieviable... all very confusing...
Any kind of info from fellow travellers would be very welcome.
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I can tell you how I did it, as I had to leave my XR250 in Cambodia on a holiday from me, while I visited Vietnam.
I headed over to HMC where I did the rounds of the expat bars / restaurants and found posters, with bikes for sale. I ended up buying a Honda SS50 (a tiny wee thing) and travelling up to the north.
Two weeks before I needed to leave Vietnam I hunted down all the expat bars / restaurants and supermarkets and posted posters of the bike up. I also found an expat web site (the new Hanoi) which is where I ended up finding my buyer.
The trick is to find out what sells where - which in Vietnam is really easy - in the south they want to buy minks which you can get in the north. In the north they want Honda ss50 which what you mainly can find in the south.
As for the police - They only stop you if your on a bigger bike and ask for a bribe. If you do something wrong they will try and book you.
Its Vietnam most people speak English and they know how to get what they want - Stick to the crazy rules and have fun!
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Good Information, thanks.
I'm looking at buying a bike in Hanoi (Minsk 125?), and riding through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos before returning to Hanoi and selling it. Jan, Feb and March of 2010. I've no idea if this is possible, or even legal, ..... but I suspect that I'm going to find out.
Any 'good tips' will be accepted in exchange for 'cold  '.
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I too am planning a trip to Vietnam in December
I already have my plane ticket into HCM on the 11th of December and out of BKK on the 20th of December. I am interested in purchasing/renting a bike, and exploring. Perhaps a meet up?
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Blue88 - You should be ok on taking the bike into Cambodia and maybe Laos, but Thailand might be a different story. They stick to the rules most of the time. But if one boarder wont let you out try another. You will find many expats in Cambodia and Laos even Thailand that probably would like a Minsk - so you may be able to make a small profit there if you didn't want to return to Vietnam.
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Thanks Maximondo ... I just figured that starting with a Vietnamese Bike would be the simplest path as entry into Vietnam with other machines seems to be almost impossible. If I need to 'Sell' and 'Buy' as I cross borders, then that's just part of the rich tapestry of travelling where you learn how to do something new every single day. Thanks for the info :-)
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