Well I was in Vietnam last year, 2 banks did not charge, yes some others charge around $1-$2. Problem is cards don't always work, some are blocked, seems 2 of my card are. I've had problems in Laos and Thailand with cards not working. Also your bank may also add fees, my main bank charges about 4.5% with max charge of £4.50 so add that onto local fees its quite expensive. I can get $s cash for about 1% less than spot rate.
Think Thailand is now 180-200 baht.
Was in Vietnam Jan/Feb 2015 - the ATM fees of the several Vietnamese banks I used were FAR more than $1-2...as I said, their fees were very comparable to Myanmar ATMs.
Never had a problem with Thai ATMs....their fees used to be 150 baht, but are now 180 baht.
Well I was in Vietnam in April 2015 and never paid any ATM fees. Most Thai banks charge 200 baht. If you want to keep giving your money to banks that's upto you.
Yes, Thai fees now 200baht. And we can withdraw 25000 easily but we're static and here for an extended period.
so maybe you were lucky to use ATM from one of the few banks that don't have (higher) fees....
Yes I was lucky I did some research, there were at least 3 banks that did not have fees. Quite a few had 20,000 fee.
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