How can international travelers find an apartment or room for rent in Ho Chi Minh City?

For a short stay while looking for a longer-term home, start with Agoda, Booking, Airbnb, or Trip.com.

For listings from private landlords and the local market, check Facebook Marketplace, Nha Tot, and Batdongsan. Nha Tot is a Vietnamese classifieds platform, so Vietnamese-language searches may return more options.

After arriving, walk around the neighborhoods and look for signs: “Room for rent” or “Room” usually indicate a room vacancy, while “Phong Thue” means a room for rent in Vietnamese.

If you need an entire house, search for “Nha Thue”; “Cho Thue” is another common Vietnamese rental term. Use these phrases in online searches and when reading local signs.