How to ride safely in Vietnamese traffic 

good information/content the only thing I would add is TIP #1: Ride grab bikes for a week to get familiar with the traffic patterns and obstacles. Use the Grab bike rides as a training tool.

Wow this was so great & comprehensive. Hats off to the lady who made the video. There's a definite way to handle traffic in Vietnam on a motor bike. Looks interesting!

That's possibly the best and simplest explanation I've seen. I love that you started with an explanation that the biggest vehicle has the most right of way. This video should be a must watch for all first time riders in any asian country. It would save lives 😊

Thanks very much Sam! Your extremely well edited video has given me confidence to venture out on a bike and bicycle! Much appreciated!

An excellent video. It would be good to mention also that many riders in Vietnam (cars and motorbikes) seem clearly oblivious to most other moving traffic. Now I see that texting has been added to an activity that is done when driving a motorbike in Vietnam (as well as in Thailand) . I have driven there on three different visits (DaNang area) and am constantly amused with the driving experience. So far no incident and once one understands the elements mentioned in this video, one is much better off. I have found that my defensive driving skills are taken to another level and this is helpful driving a MC anywhere.

Good video! 👍

Interesting infos about something that kind of situation.

Tipp 25 is not a 2 lane road. It's one way traffic all the time. I lived on Bui Huu Nghia street (seen in the very last snippet), and the short stretch of road next to Cho Ba Chieu is one way traffic while the rest of the road is allowed for both ways. I hated people driving against traffic right there as it always always always clogged up my commute so much and I was always cheering for the cops pulling out offenders like Sam in this example :P

One of the most stunning road behaviours here is cutting into the oncoming traffic's lane before corners you can't actually look around. Leading you to innocently turn right on your own lane, just to have an almost fatal frontal collision with someone lazily cutting your own lane instead of staying in their own. Also beautiful: lorries and cars overtaking other cars or lorries on the opposite lane before a bend / a hill, when they can't even see if there's another vehicle coming. The only reason they avoid major accidents is that chances are smaller here that the oncoming vehicle is a big car, whereas a motorbike will find some space (hopefully) to squeeze tightly to the edge of the road of its own f**king lane. LOL A classic: people shooting out of tiny alleyways into larger streets without honking, just faith in God. People doing u-turns unannounced from within flowing traffic. Etc et al. The joys of true freestyle!

THE BEST WAY to see if a vehicle, in the opposite direction to you, is TURNING - LOOK AT THE FRONT WHEELS.

Organised kaos is the best way to describe it

Any tips for turning left, if my destination is located on the left side of a 2-way road with no dividing barriers?

BEst tips ever!

In vietnam larger vehicles have right of way

You forgot to mention the people that drive on the wrong side of the road and the people that do it at peak hour on major roads (like tan son street when it gets to quang trung)..

I was riding in phu Quoc. Stresses me out in HCM so I just don’t ride.

ALWAYS LONG YHESE INSTANT KNOW NOTHINGS. I have driven/rode cars, motorcycles & by cycles. I have been in one accident in 32 years in VN - when a car hit me when l was crossing on a pedestrian crossing. My secret? Exploit the VNese love of paintwork. They hate scratches. So my two wheel vehicles have stainless steel with small flags on them - stops any car. I also have bright red truck lights on my 4-wheel & motorcycles. VERY effective.

This is exactly like indian traffic

Vietnamese traffic is the dream of a bulldozer driver

It looks hairy. Even worse than Thailand. 1990 [Nick J]

If this nasty traffic isn't bad enough, add horrendous pollution levels. Good luck for your next lung scan!