Can you withdraw cash or pay with a foreign (e.g. Russian) bank card in Nha Trang, Vietnam?

From messages by 2 participants in 2 sources · Last activity: 15 days ago

TL;DR

Russian-issued bank cards (including Rosselkhozbank) generally don't work in Nha Trang — payment attempts don't even reach the bank, and there's no confirmed reliable way to withdraw or spend a USD balance from such a card locally.

What the community said

A Rosselkhozbank UnionPay card worked for chip-and-PIN payments in roughly 90% of cases at terminals displaying the UnionPay logo in Nha Trang. Contactless payments with it were unsuccessful almost everywhere.

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Foreign cards can be used for payments at merchants in Nha Trang, but a cash withdrawal attempt with a Bakai Bank Visa card was unsuccessful.

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Travelers asked whether a USD balance on a Russian card can be withdrawn from ATMs in Nha Trang — no one in the chat confirmed a working method.

Same query covered paying directly with the USD balance via POS terminals — again no confirmed answer, so it shouldn't be relied on.

One traveler tested a Rosselkhozbank card: in Russia the transaction at least registered in the system (without actually charging), but in Vietnam the payment attempt doesn't reach the bank at all — the card simply doesn't work here.

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