# drama

A newly furnished 2BR corner apartment in central Thao Dien with river views at 25,000,000 VND/month. The key risk: a strict 3-month deposit that amplifies move-out dispute exposure.

Two Reddit reports point at the same fault line in Vietnam’s expat-facing services: information asymmetry. One is a broad thread about rental bait-and-switch patterns, the other is a specific allegation of a car rental company keeping a USD cash deposit despite contract terms.

A focused breakdown of five recurring expat housing failure modes: deposit grabs, mover extortion, surprise amenity fees, off-platform cash pivots, and unstoppable karaoke noise.