Cost of Living inDa Nang, Vietnam
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Vietnam: $14,415/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 74% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
Happiness
6.0 / 10
#53 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
Public-school quality + expat access, alongside international and private school cost — the two paths a relocating family weighs.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for Vietnam; Da Nang-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Limited public-school fit
Expat access
Possible, rarely the expat path
hardInstruction
Vietnamese
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
Qualitative only
Using curated quality notes for now.
Why this quality rating
Vietnam's public system is built for local families and is not the route most expat households choose when they have other options.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Resident access can exist, but Vietnamese-medium instruction and a strongly local school culture make the public route a hard fit for most foreign families.
❓ Homeschooling
Not explicitly addressedVietnamese law requires school attendance for citizens, but there is no explicit prohibition or framework for homeschooling. Expat families often homeschool without interference. Vietnamese citizens face more scrutiny. No legal framework exists.
Homeschool legality in Vietnam — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
International & private schools
Childcare & Domestic Help
Current nanny and household-help pricing snapshot for Da Nang, Vietnam.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$340-$510
monthly · confidence 0.65
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$590-$860
monthly · confidence 0.65
Source: curated family relocation research
Getting Around
The concrete mobility picture for Da Nang: airport access, urban transit, and rideshare practicality.
Airport
International airport
Da Nang International gives the city strong domestic coverage plus practical regional international service for central Vietnam.
Urban transit
Bus-first urban mobility
Da Nang remains mostly a road-based city for family daily life, with buses available but far less central than in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.
Rideshare
Grab available
Grab is a practical fallback in Da Nang for airport runs, beach corridors, and everyday trips beyond the limited bus network.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Vietnam.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedThis is a broad country-level read based on coverage, staffing, beds, and spending.
Public care
LimitedPublic funding looks lighter and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
71/100
2023
Physicians
1.11/1k
2021
Hospital beds
2.52/1k
2017
Out of pocket
39%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
74.7 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
48/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
8.8/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Vietnam yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
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| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Da Nang, Vietnam · Source: GSO (region-adjusted)
Price Comparison vs. US
Visa Information (US passport)
Short-stay entry
US passport holders need advance travel authorization or a visa before entry.
Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Da Nang compared with the US?
Your money goes about 5.0x further in Da Nang than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Da Nang cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Da Nang is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 74% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Da Nang.
How does rent in Da Nang compare with New York City?
Rent in Da Nang is about 90% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Da Nang?
Groceries in Da Nang are about 68% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 84% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Da Nang
Da Nang sits midway along Vietnam's central coast, a city of about 1.28 million that serves as the country's third-largest urban economy after Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Its deep-water port, international airport, and the Hai Van Pass tunnel make it the logistics hinge between the two halves of the country. The climate is tropical monsoon with a wet season from September through December that brings genuine typhoon risk. For relocators it has become Vietnam's clearest digital-nomad alternative to Saigon: beaches inside city limits, a growing coworking scene, lower rents than HCMC, and visa pathways that are more workable than the old 30-day cycles.
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