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Re: Vietnam coverage
drnewcomb2 Sep 8, 2017 3:06 AM (in response to madbrain76)- Member Since: Mar 9, 2014
You're talking about the data? Voice and texts work. Right?
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Re: Vietnam coverage
madbrain76 Sep 8, 2017 4:20 AM (in response to drnewcomb2)- Member Since: Sep 7, 2017
I don't know if voice "works", but at $5.99 / minute roaming rate, I could not afford to find out.
Texts are $0.50 each.
Data indeed does not work at all in Vietnam with a T-Mobile SIM.
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Re: Vietnam coverage
drnewcomb2 Sep 8, 2017 6:55 AM (in response to madbrain76)- Member Since: Mar 9, 2014
1 of 1 people found this helpfulThat rate seems out of line. Piranha Mobile charges 52¢ for outgoing and 38¢ for incoming calls and outgoing texts. Data is $1.91/MB which is pretty high. Not the cheapest country but not $5.99/min either.
In Vietnam, Vodafone UK charges £2.00/min for outgoing and £1.30/min for incoming calls. 50p for texts and £1.50/MB for data. So, it's not a cheap roaming country for UK roamers either.
My suggestion is to just take two phones, one with your T-Mobile SIM and the other with a local prepaid. Forward all your T-Mobile calls to voicemail leaving a message asking callers to send you a text or call you on the Vietnamese number.
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Re: Vietnam coverage
madbrain76 Sep 8, 2017 3:56 PM (in response to drnewcomb2)- Member Since: Sep 7, 2017
I wouldn't need 2 phones to setup forwarding, just do it once and switch the SIM.
We have to keep buying new VN SIMs each time we travel there, since the old ones expire, and we get a new number each time.
The cost of the VN SIMs is not high, it is the inconvenience factor that is high, given that VN is our #1 travel destination.
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Re: Vietnam coverage
drnewcomb2 Sep 8, 2017 4:09 PM (in response to madbrain76)- Member Since: Mar 9, 2014
1 of 1 people found this helpfulThe advantage of two phones is that you can receive your texts for free and use WiFi Calling when you have WiFi access.
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Re: Vietnam coverage
tmo_marissa Sep 12, 2017 4:37 PM (in response to madbrain76)- Member Since: Sep 7, 2016
Hi there, madbrain76! While we don't have any insight into the roaming agreements in Vietnam or know of any upcoming changes, we can absolutely appreciate that if it's a frequent destination for your family, having it included as a Simple Global country would be ideal. We appreciate the feedback and will pass it on!
- Marissa
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Re: Vietnam coverage
tplife Dec 29, 2017 7:25 AM (in response to madbrain76)- Member Since: Dec 28, 2017
A MobiPhone GSM sim card in Vietnam is about $4 for two months: "The card is sold naked, no instructions, the web site has more info and there is a number 9393 for English help. Pressing the sequence *101# the phone will receive info on credit and expiration date. International calls to USA and Europe are cheap, around 4.000 VND per minute, direct dial.".