Cost of living comparison
Vientiane is 93.3% more expensive than Vietnam.
If you lived in Vientiane instead of Vietnam, you would:
pay 31.0% more for restaurants
Vietnam
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.96
₫49,745
|
$3.00
LAK64,014
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.91
₫124,446
|
$5.00
LAK106,690
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.59
₫15,050
|
$0.92
LAK19,597
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.38
₫9,742
|
$0.44
LAK9,416
|
|
pay 99.0% more for groceries
Vietnam
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.11
₫28,019
|
$1.93
LAK41,182
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.92
₫175,439
|
$5.94
LAK126,851
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.46
₫138,373
|
$10.37
LAK221,260
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.62
₫40,984
|
$2.08
LAK44,289
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.78
₫45,153
|
$2.37
LAK50,569
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.40
₫35,423
|
$2.02
LAK43,154
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.52
₫13,190
|
$0.52
LAK11,059
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.78
₫19,697
|
$1.57
LAK33,564
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.49
₫12,527
|
$2.25
LAK47,949
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.55
₫14,052
|
$1.57
LAK33,564
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.54
₫13,666
|
$1.57
LAK33,564
|
|
pay 46.1% more for transportation
Vietnam
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.05
₫102,671
|
$5.24
LAK111,846
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$8.00
₫202,681
|
$5.94
LAK126,851
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$40,523.11
₫1,027,058,167
|
$59,448.31
LAK1,268,509,472
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.93
₫150,416
|
$13.89
LAK296,378
|
|
pay 5.4 times more for housing
Vietnam
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$10.02
₫253,889
|
$168.24
LAK3,589,872
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$364.76
₫9,244,946
|
$499.61
LAK10,660,671
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$221.46
₫5,612,856
|
$274.31
LAK5,853,304
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$41.86
₫1,060,869
|
$97.98
LAK2,090,656
|
|
pay 55.7% less for childcare
Vietnam
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$226.70
₫5,745,824
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$10,132.35
₫256,804,485
|
$4,490.81
LAK95,824,909
|
|
pay 31.6% more for entertainment and sports
Vietnam
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.94
₫23,725
|
$1.13
LAK24,081
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.86
₫47,187
|
$2.10
LAK44,740
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.29
₫32,645
|
$2.04
LAK43,498
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$24.96
₫632,702
|
$34.22
LAK730,128
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.86
₫97,816
|
$5.00
LAK106,690
|
|
pay 57.2% more for clothing
Vietnam
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$33.66
₫853,166
|
$93.14
LAK1,987,328
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$29.49
₫747,439
|
$50.63
LAK1,080,346
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.06
₫2,282,507
|
$124.25
LAK2,651,183
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$106.00
₫2,686,525
|
$44.78
LAK955,609
|
|
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