...Hopefully returning to Vietnam this year subject to borders being open. Have been living in Hoi An for some years and looking at relocating to Quy Nhon and seeking approx rental costs long term. Looking at a small furnished apartment and or room with cooking facilities. Thoughts please...
My first thought is that it will be helpful for you to include all pertinent information together in your inquiry, Ian
For instance, in this post in another thread you say that your budget is 鈧30,000,000 VN膼.
It will also be helpful--especially since you've lived in Vietnam previously--to either say how much of your budget you are willing to spend on lodging and utilities OR more completely describe the features and location you desire.
I would personally describe in detail what I want but hold back my max budget for housing and let other people mention a price first; it's a better negotiating position.
As many expats have mentioned before, the minute you say "I'm willing to pay 鈧6 million VN膼" then that's the price you'll be offered.
You also posted this and this
Having lived in VN for a while I am not at all interested in living in an expat area, I used to be a Chef so need somewhere that has reasonable cooking facilities etc, whilst I like to eat out a bit local food is more my thing and dont really crave western style food.
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Hi Colin
Thanks for your info. Wow 15 mill per month thats excellent. I have been living in Hoi An for about 4 years and had to return to Australia briefly, now I am stuck here and cannot return due to Covid.
My plan is to head to QN when borders are open.
Out of interest if you and your wife are living on 15 mill may I ask how much of that is rent ? Some brief research suggests that rents could be around 7-8 per month, would you agree ?
Note that Colin doesn't live in Qui Nh啤n.
He's telling you how much it costs for him to live in Vu虄ng Ta虁u.
H么蹋i An has greatly inflated prices for expats BUT it also has much greater availability of housing and services for expats.
It's going to be much cheaper to live in Qui Nh啤n, EXCEPT the rental market is not geared toward foreigners.
Qui Nh啤n is primarily a Vietnamese resort city, so general prices are geared toward Vietnamese visitors.
Near the beach, you can get b谩nh m峄 for 鈧10,000 VN膼.
Prices at the wet markets are the lowest I've encountered in comparison to 膼a虁 N膬虄ng, H么蹋i An, Nha Trang, and Vu虄ng Ta虁u.
You can get a 1 hour VIP suite massage (private sauna & whirlpool bath included) at the M瓢峄漬g Thanh Hotel for 鈧200,000 VN膼, though I highly recommend 90 minutes for 鈧300,000.
But when you attempt to find housing, you'll find that there aren't a lot of landlords looking to rent to you, and the ones who are have inflated prices for foreigners.
While landlords in other cities are desperate for tenants, you don't see that so much in Qui Nh啤n, because the rental market was never geared toward foreigners.
However, if it's not important for you to live near the beach or the city center or have a place with a view, AND if you have a Vietnamese person to assist you, you can certainly find a room with an induction plate and a small refrigerator for upwards of 2.5 to 4 million VN膼.
You are doing what a lot of people do when they post on here and that's failing to give us any specifics and just talking in vague generalities.
So I'm going to guess that once you get more specific with us you're probably looking at finding a place between 5 and 6 million, depending upon how much you want to spend and how nice you want it to be and how long a lease you are willing to sign and how much deposit you are willing to put down.
Also, we only have a few people from that area who monitor this forum very frequently (are you there, Mark???)
You will get a much more engaged conversation in one of the two Facebook groups for "Quy Nh啤n expats" or "expats in Quy Nh啤n".
FYI, both spellings are acceptable.
I use "Qui Nh啤n" because that's what many government sources and Vietnam Airlines uses:

I and a number of other expats who live or have lived in Qui Nh啤n highly recommend the services of a local woman who will go and help negotiate things for you, without actually being an agent, So you only pay her for hourly help.
Ask about that in one of the FB groups and someone will certainly recommend her, although she doesn't do long distance consultations in advance.
You hire her once you actually arrive in town.
Good luck!