Monthly Cost of Living in Saigon-Vietnam, Bangkok- Thailand and
Beijing-China  For those who are planning on living in foreign
countries such as Saigon, Bangkok or Beijing, the cost of living
is surprisingly inexpensive to most people as compared to higher
cost of living places such as North America and Europe. The key
to living in these areas is to know the exchange rate for
currency and what the prices are of housing, food and
transportation.   The currency that is present in Saigon,
Vietnam are called dongsor VND. To every one US dollar there
are 17,500 dongs. There are currently notes available for dongs
in the amount of 100,000, 50,000, 20,000, and 10,000 and so on.
Coins are also readily available and often used to purchase
smaller items like food or drinks.  To give an idea of the cost
of a can of soda found in any typical market in Saigon, the cost
is around 6,000 dong.  In Vietnam, food grows in a large
quantity, so much so that they have to export food to
neighboring countries. For that reason, fo