by black69wolf69 » Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:28 pm
Viet licence I have - but whether you have one or not is usually of no interest to Vietnamese customs. On two occasions when I have dealt with Viet customs they were indifferent to my possessing a Vietnamese licence. In fact, they didn't like seeing a foreigner driving. I drove up to the Moc Bai customs house next to the Cambodian border town of Bavet recently, driving my friend's Vietnamese car. The border guard not only didn't allow me to drive a further 50m up to outbound immigration to unload my belongings, but told my friend to drive! He was angry that I was driving and so just for those 20m my friend had to switch places with me and park on the opposite side of the road. Once I got my gear, the border guard shooed my friend away. Why such an aggressive response? We asked for permission and were given such a harsh response, seems very unreasonable.
I hear it's quite straightforward to bring a Cambodian car into Vietnam, but perhaps only for driving near the border. I also suspect that the Viet border guards don't like seeing foreigners (non-Cambodians) driving Cambo vehicles into their country, even though there is no law that bans it. On a previous occasion driving a Lao car into Vietnam, I again got the run around and my Vietnamese friend was put on the paperwork. Vietnamese police no problems though, just customs.
Viet licence I have - but whether you have one or not is usually of no interest to Vietnamese customs. On two occasions when I have dealt with Viet customs they were indifferent to my possessing a Vietnamese licence. In fact, they didn't like seeing a foreigner driving. I drove up to the Moc Bai customs house next to the Cambodian border town of Bavet recently, driving my friend's Vietnamese car. The border guard not only didn't allow me to drive a further 50m up to outbound immigration to unload my belongings, but told my friend to drive! He was angry that I was driving and so just for those 20m my friend had to switch places with me and park on the opposite side of the road. Once I got my gear, the border guard shooed my friend away. Why such an aggressive response? We asked for permission and were given such a harsh response, seems very unreasonable.
I hear it's quite straightforward to bring a Cambodian car into Vietnam, but perhaps only for driving near the border. I also suspect that the Viet border guards don't like seeing foreigners (non-Cambodians) driving Cambo vehicles into their country, even though there is no law that bans it. On a previous occasion driving a Lao car into Vietnam, I again got the run around and my Vietnamese friend was put on the paperwork. Vietnamese police no problems though, just customs.