Are there cockroaches in Ho Chi Minh City apartments and how to deal with them?

Even brand-new service apartments (just built, first tenants) aren't roach-free: after two months only one small roach appeared, along with a gecko and a large spider — some bugs are unavoidable in Southeast Asia.

Key tip: keep windows closed and avoid apartments in poor condition — this reduces the risk of roaches and other pests common throughout Southeast Asia (even in Singapore), though you can't fully avoid them.

Even on the 39th floor of Grand Park residences, small cockroaches have been spotted. The smaller species are easy to exterminate, so there's no need to panic.

The key solution is to seal all gaps and cracks in the apartment and use an insecticide containing deltamethrin. This works on any floor.

Choose an apartment as far as possible from the building's trash room — that's where cockroaches concentrate most. Residents who lived in three different units in the same complex had no cockroach issues at all.

Even ground-floor apartments can be cockroach-free: seal all gaps, hang mosquito screens, and do regular pest treatments. It's all manageable.

If previous tenants were messy — eating in bed, not cleaning — there can be a heavy infestation. Even severe cases can be fully eliminated within about 2 weeks of consistent treatment.