Vietnam Adventures Vietnam Travel Guide - Travel Tips Vietnam is not the safest place in the world to travel. With a few precautions, the casual traveler will encounter few if any problems. For a thorough summary of potential bugs, suggested innoculations and other precautions, visit the Centers For Disease Control's Web site. Funny how some things never change. So while you're getting poked and jabbed and popping those Lariam tablets, read on.
Surface transportation is downright dangerous in Vietnam.
Whether you are an operator or a passenger, the risks are great. Fortunately there are some ways to minimize those risks. First, choose your transportation carefully. By far the safest means of transport is private car. They are usually well-maintained, late model Japanes cars, like Toyota Corollas, and you have the added advantage of having some degree of control over how your driver operates the vehicle.