Cost of Living in Ho Chi Minh City

This page summarises typical cost of living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, expressed in VND. A single person can expect to budget around 15,800,000 VND per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 80/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale Ho Chi Minh City is relatively affordable relative to other cities in the dataset. These are deterministic planning estimates derived from a country cost baseline adjusted for the city's affordability and size — they are not live market prices, not a ranking, and should be verified against current local sources before relocation or travel decisions.

Currency: VND. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16.

Ho Chi Minh City has an affordability score of 80/100, which places it in the relatively affordable range relative to other indexed cities. Because every city profile uses the same scale, this score is the most reliable cross-city comparison — local-currency totals above are not directly comparable between countries.

In Ho Chi Minh City a single-person monthly budget is around 15,800,000 VND and a one-bedroom rent around 8,390,000 VND. Use the affordability score (80/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.

• Cost of living in Hanoi — affordability 82/100
• Cost of living in Bangkok — affordability 78/100
• Cost of living in Manila — affordability 78/100