Originally Posted by
Luffy_london
Sgn airport is a disaster, more than an hour for immigration lines
It can be quite hectic at times. Though I don't think I have ever spent an hour. What time of day did you arrive?
Originally Posted by
ChocolateFactory
A friend who lives there told me the trick is to have 200k in local currency (alternatively, 10 USD) to get your personal fast track. When he told me that, I had almost cleared immigration, so there wasn’t much point. But when I left the country, I showed a $10 bill to an immigration officer who then directed me to the diplomat lane, which was empty. Once I was there, I felt silly with my bribe, so I ended up not even paying anything.
I would avoid doing that. The Vietnamese government has been cracking down on corruption a lot recently.