Best Useful Mobile Apps You Need For a Trip to Vietnam 

Traveling to a different country can be an interesting experience yet it always comes with numerous difficulties that travelers have to handle during the journey. 

Technology has become an important part of any trip to another country. Sharing your nice photos on social media, searching places on Google Maps, finding the bus stop and bus route, booking accommodations in Vietnam and connecting internet in Vietnam by Vietnam eSIM Travel...etc.

The list below will help you with information about some useful mobile apps to prepare for your trip to Vietnam. Don’t forget to install the apps that suit your needs and get ready to explore Vietnam in your own way!

1. Google Maps

At this time, Google Maps is the top navigation app in Vietnam. You may be familiar with using Google Maps in your country so there is no need to write so much about it. On your trip to Vietnam, you should get real-time GPS navigation, traffic, and transit information, search for tourist attractions, shopping places, places to eat, drink and go, ATMs, petrol stations. Street View has been launched in many big cities. However, Google Maps is not very helpful in catching bus, train or ride-share.

2. Grab

At this time, Grab is the number 1 ride-hailing app, food delivery service and cashless payment solution. After entering the pick up location and the destination, the app shows you different choices including a car ride and a bike ride at different fixed fare so that you can choose the most suitable one. After booking, you can contact directly with your driver. The food delivery service of Grab works smoothly, you will not be hungry if you can not go out for eating. The Moca wallet may help you to make payment online. Other services such as Market, Delivery, Bills which are useful to people who live in Vietnam for long period of time.

2.1 Transportation

Bad news for you, there is no Uber in Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam. Fortunately, we have many alternatives such as Grab, Vinasun Taxi, Mai Linh Taxi, GoViet. Grab specializes in car and motorbike rides, food delivery, delivery service and many other services. GoViet specializes in motorbike ride and food delivery. Using Vinasun and Mai Linh apps, you can book reliable taxis as quickly as possible.

2.2 GrabFood

GrabFood is a food delivery service of Grab. Users can select the “Food” icon on top of the app and order food in the food stalls nearby. The speed of food delivery from GrabFood is quite impressive as it covers an extensive shipper’s network. It also offers freeship, promotions, and daily special deals in a large number of food stalls. However, the disadvantage of GrabFood is that it doesn’t provide comment sections to display customers’ feedbacks, it only shows the star rate based on the previous experience of the old customers thus it’s impossible for users to have an accurate evaluation of the restaurant. As GrabFood is integrated in Grab transportation app, users can conveniently book vehicles and order food in just one app.

3. Foody.vn

Foody app is to “search” and “review” thousands of food locations in most of the provinces and cities in Vietnam such as Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Nha Trang, etc. Foody is the top 1 food, places to eat and drinks and other places community in Vietnam. With the clear classification and a large number of reviews, photos, videos which help you easily find and consider where to enjoy. If you do not want to go to a restaurant to eat, just order the foods with the app. Foody usually offers many promotions to attract customers.

4. Bus Map

Using taxis and GrabCars every day may take a toll on your wallet, but with the Busmap.vn app

Bus Map provide all travelers needs of public transit including bus, railways, MRT, skytrain in Vietnam and Thailand. At this time, the app covers Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang City, Hanoi. The app is offline 100%. The most useful features include:

Search for detailed bus route: stations, timeline, route paths, etc.
Smart direction by bus: BusMap can provide you the best ways and detailed instructions for you to go by bus from one location to another location in the city.
Real-time bus tracking: View the real-time bus’ waiting time at each station, user can even view where the bus currently is.

5. AirBnb

AirBnb has become one of the must app on smartphones of many travelers these days. AirBnb opens a new era of easy and cheap, travel, connect tourists with locals and make your trip more interesting. This app can help you save lots of money whether you travel alone, with your family or a group of friends. With AirBnb app, a traveler can:

While we love using Airbnb’s website to search for accommodations, the app is easy to use. Find the perfect accommodations by filtering by location, price, and other needs.

You can also read reviews from other reviewers. Positive reviews on Airbnb tend to be higher than on other booking sites due to the reciprocation method. The reviewer gives feedback on the host’s accommodation and the host reciprocates with a review to the reviewer. Read the reviews with a grain of salt.

The app is helpful to talk directly with the host. The host may provide information on the Airbnb location, check-in process, and more through the app.

Airbnb recommends all guests communicate with the host within the app. Otherwise, Airbnb cannot assist if alternative accommodations or any other requests are made outside of the app’s messaging service.

You may see overlap between accommodations from Booking.com and Airbnb so you’ll need to compare pricing.

With Airbnb, you need to pay for a cleaning and service fee, which is a percentage of the room cost. If you’re a solo person, the cost of an Airbnb room may be higher versus stay at a guesthouse.

6. Vietnam eSIM For Travelers.

To easily use all of the useful apps above you need a smartphone that can connect to the internet. But you can't always use wifi. So esim is a great solution to help you keep in contact with your friends, post beautiful photos on social networks, booking accommodation, find your way...so on.

 

Luckily we offer you the following esim packages;

Vietnam eSIM	Giga 7	Giga 10	Giga 15
Data Plans	7 GB	10 GB	15 GB
Duration	8 days	16 days	30 days
Price	$ 10	$ 12	$ 15
Network carrier	Vinaphone	Vinaphone	Vinaphone
Data sharing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vietnamese phone number	Yes	Yes	Yes
When to buy	Within 30 days before departure or while in Vietnam.	Within 30 days before departure or while in Vietnam.	Within 30 days before departure or while in Vietnam.
Features	7 GB high-speed cellular data. – Vietnamese phone number to receive calls and messages. – Sharing data is available	10 GB high-speed cellular data. – Vietnamese phone number to receive calls and messages. – Sharing data is available	15 GB high-speed cellular data. – Vietnamese phone number to receive calls and messages. – Sharing data is available

 

Vietnam eSIM	Giga 10U	Giga 120	Giga 30U
Data Plans	Unlimited	120 GB	Unlimited
Duration	10 days	30 days	30 days
Price	$ 11,9	$ 19	$ 18,9
Network carrier	Wintel	Vinaphone	Vinaphone
Data sharing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vietnamese phone number	Yes	Yes	Yes
When to buy	Within 30 days before departure or while in Vietnam.	Within 30 days before departure or while in Vietnam.	Within 30 days before departure or while in Vietnam.
Features	Enjoy Unlimited mobile data connection in Vietnam. High-speed cellular data. – Vietnamese phone number to receive calls and messages. – Sharing data is available	120 GB high-speed cellular data. – FREE first 20 minutes of every call to Vinaphone number (1,500 minutes in total), FREE 50 minutes of calls to phone numbers of other mobile operators in Vietnam.	Enjoy Unlimited mobile data connection in Vietnam. High-speed cellular data. – Vietnamese phone number to receive calls and messages. – Sharing data is available

 

Link to buy esim: https://vietnamesim.vn

We hope you enjoyed reading through this list of the best travel apps to have in Vietnam.

If you’re planning to visit Vietnam in the future, please let us know. We’d love to meet you and show you around the city.