Vietnam is 32.5% cheaper than Santo Domingo.

If you lived in Vietnam instead of Santo Domingo, you would:

pay 38.7% less for restaurants

 
Santo Domingo
Vietnam
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $9.57
$563.14
$1.96
₫48,618
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.30
$429.46
$4.91
₫121,627
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.76
$44.48
$0.59
₫14,709

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pay 3.7% less for groceries

 
Santo Domingo
Vietnam
Bread
1 loaf
$2.22
$130.44
$1.11
₫27,384
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.54
$208.20
$6.92
₫171,465
Milk (1 gallon) $4.92
$289.17
$5.46
₫135,239

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pay 40.7% less for transportation

 
Santo Domingo
Vietnam
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.93
$290.06
$4.05
₫100,345
Monthly public transit pass $91.26
$5,368.19
$8.00
₫198,090
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,765.29
$1,986,229.89
$40,523.11
₫1,003,792,613

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pay 59.3% less for housing

 
Santo Domingo
Vietnam
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$50.90
$2,994.26
$10.02
₫248,138
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $918.25
$54,015.45
$364.76
₫9,035,524
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $473.61
$27,859.72
$221.46
₫5,485,710

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pay 12.8% less for childcare

 
Santo Domingo
Vietnam
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $479.10
$28,182.99
$226.70
₫5,615,666
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,969.82
$468,821.83
$10,132.35
₫250,987,191

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pay 47.2% less for entertainment and sports

 
Santo Domingo
Vietnam
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.74
$161.05
$0.94
₫23,187
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.27
$133.53
$1.86
₫46,119
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.56
$268.41
$1.29
₫31,906

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pay 25.4% less for clothing

 
Santo Domingo
Vietnam
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$61.04
$3,590.72
$33.66
₫833,840
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$45.17
$2,657.25
$29.49
₫730,508
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$118.63
$6,978.65
$90.06
₫2,230,802

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