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1312j wrote:

What is registered post?

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Most (if not all) international postal services come under 'Registered post' category.

1312j wrote:

Going to have to ask a stupid question here...

What is registered post? Like DPD or UPS?

- Regular mail is you put a stamp on the letter and you send it off on its journey with a hope and a prayer.

- Registered is where you pay extra and the post office affixes a sticker that gets signed by the recipient if they receive it. That way the post office can prove to you it was delivered. It is a form of tracking and promotes accountability (theft deterrant).

- Better tracking is where at every step of the letter/package delivery, it is checked in, and you as the sender can see where it is online. I doubt that kind of tracking is available in Vietnam.

I have sent or expected to receive a handful of letters. Success rate has been about 50%, which is atrocious.
Makes you wonder what goes on in the back rooms of the post office. Makes you wonder if the carriers just take their bags home at night for "sorting".  Leads to philosophical questions, like if nobody is looking and you won't get caught, is stealing from other people ok if you just do it a little? Makes me question my western assumptions that humans worldwide share basic notions of rights of possession, and "do unto others". And does my cultural bias from thousands of years of Greek and Roman Christian-based history result in my unfair expectation of receiving mail in Vietnam.

Don't mind me. I've been watching too much Rubin Report. 

ralphnhatrang wrote:

Gobot, even my Vietnamese brother in law says, "In Vietnam there are three thieves per square metre."

And my (Vietnamese) wife tells me constantly - don’t trust anyone here!

Here’s an example of what she’s means. Christmas 2016 we invited a couple and their 12 year old daughter whom we thought we knew well, to stay over Christmas.

On Christmas Eve the husband had to leave to attend a sad occasion - sudden death in his family.

The wife and daughter stayed and apparently enjoyed  a very merry English style Christmas with us. So much so that they stayed for 5 days, eating and drinking like royalty (the daughter drank shakes, fruit juice, smoothies and non alcoholic drinks like a sludge pump).

When they eventualy left the wife left some clothes with us and said that she would return with husband and daughter very soon as they’d had a great time.

Imagine our surprise when, a few weeks later, reports from other friends came filtering back that the wife was saying that they’d  had a crap time with bad food, no wine or beer, our house was dirty and all of our furniture was second hand plastic and yadda yadda....,

The woman is a Saigon lawyer ....

So, as my wife says constantly : don’t trust anyone!

PS. The clothes that the woman left with us went in the bin after that.

Edited to add: every parcel I have sent to UK from here has either been mis-delivered or an attempt made to steal it - IN UK!

Every parcel sent to me from Denmark or UK to Vietnam has been delivered intact!

ralphnhatrang wrote:

When my wife's dear grandmother died, a large number of people came to pay their respects. One showed her respects by stealing three sets of women's clothing off the clothes line.

When we got married my wife’s uncle - very senior policeman - brought his wife with him to the reception. She stole several of million dong from the wedding donations (the red envelopes), 🙄

ralphnhatrang wrote:

Did you get the money back? Did uncle charge her? Fat chance!

In fact when challenged by the uncle his wife said words to the effect - you can shut up I know too much about your business ....

@GuestPoster0147 where can you get a post office box in Saigon?

Saigon Central Post Office.

Hello Mr. Jonez,

You have posted on a discussion that was last active in 2018 and @GuestPoster0147 is a deleted profile.

Nonetheless, thank you colinoscapee for the info.

Cheers,

Yoginee

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Hello Mr. Jonez,
You have posted on a discussion that was last active in 2018 and @GuestPoster0147 is a deleted profile.

Nonetheless, thank you colinoscapee for the info.

Cheers,

Yoginee
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It should be clear that it works just fine to post to an old thread if ones question is of a broad nature, on topic, and answerable by anyone who chooses to do so.   On the other hand, questions directed at a specific person who posted years ago are obviously problematic.  Hopefully our moderators can distinguish.

Hi everyone.

There are no letter box in front of my apartment here in Hoi An. I asked to a local and he said that, if there is a letter for me, the post office will call me on the phone to tell me to pick up the letter at the post office. So I went there to ask if my address and telephone number need to be register. The answer (but the communication was very difficult) was : no. The sender will receive a a mail number that he should transmit to you and you will know with this number when to pick your letter up. My question is : how does it work for a simple letter with stamp?

Thanks for your help

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Hi everyone.
There are no letter box in front of my apartment here in Hoi An. I asked to a local and he said that, if there is a letter for me, the post office will call me on the phone to tell me to pick up the letter at the post office. So I went there to ask if my address and telephone number need to be register. The answer (but the communication was very difficult) was : no. The sender will receive a a mail number that he should transmit to you and you will know with this number when to pick your letter up. My question is : how does it work for a simple letter with stamp?
Thanks for your help
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From my experience.........you must ensure that the sender puts your/a contact number on the envelope then you will/might get a call to say there is a letter for you & it will be delivered to your address today. If you are in a flat they will not pass the security gate, you must go to the gate & pick up the letter from the post. Sometimes if you are lucky & say not in they will leave it with the security guard but not always. At my flat we have letter boxes but the post never puts any mail in them as they cant get past security.

@Dantes Hi Welcome to the forum,

As GOB said they will call you, just make sure the sender puts your name address and phone number on the letter/package so they can call you.

If an apartment block they will wait for you to come out and get or if in a house they will wait at the gate.

Some apartment blocks have an area in the basement where vnpost/lazada/shopee sit in the shade with their bikes and sort out the post for that building (all the blocks here do it that way - others don't).

An easy way is to get it delivered to work where you have VN speakers that can help asking where the delivery drivers is etc by giving them your phone.

Saigon Central Post Office.
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No post boxes at Saigon Central. You have to walk one block to Saigon International Post Office on Hai Ba Trung.