I think Vietnam falls short in some areas. One that cant be changed is the beach holidays. Whilst there are some great beach resorts like Benidorm in Europe. Danang etc. The islands just dont compete with Thailands. I dont really mean Phuket, Samui.Tao, Phi phi, or even koh Chang, but ones where you can get away from the crowd relax on some of the best beaches in the world. Mountains etc and other inland places etc it more than holds its own. Both countries are quite stretched out and infrastructure needs improving. Thailands bus system is much better although niether are particulary safe. I did enjoy the fact that the north was quite cool when we were there. Never that cool in Thailand. Some will disagree and its horses for courses. Vietnam as far as im aware does not have a retirement visa extention either which is quite important.
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