FYI bloggers,
I have been robbed in Pham Ngu Lao. Not to critical but the guy opened a zipper on my rucksack when i was walking in the morning to a restaurant.Very fast and smart. He only took fluids for e-smoker which I can buy here in Vungtau new, so no big deal, but, as I was having breakfast with my daugther and here friend, a friend from Vungtau passed by and he told me, a Aussie friend of his was robbed the day before. Wearing a short with outside pockets, survival type of shorts, the robber used a knive to cut of the pocket in a fraction of a second. Money gone and the pick-pocket guy gone. So he is active in and around the small Hems, Pham Ngu Lao. Don't try to stop a guy with a knive, as it may well end up in your arm or so. But a warning upfront is always welcom.
Cheers. Ron