Postal Letter

Vietnamese tax rates and customs forms for postage items from US?

I want to ship a new laptop from US to Vietnam. I've been searching all over but couldn't find the rates for customs taxes. Which postal service should I use? and how long it normally take? and how much? Anyone has experience in this please help me out. Any advice is welcomed and appreciated. :)

Public Comments

1. I do not think the postal regulations will allow this item to be sent there. if you send it through UPS or FedEx it would cost a blasted fortune ... it would get there, though, provided they will allow the item to be shipped. If you send this through the post office, you might not disclose what the [ real ] item is ..... but then when the item gets over there, the postal person will charge the recipient a "tax" equal to about half of what they think you paid for the laptop ... really. I do this all the time with my in-laws over there. They get slammed $$$$ all the time at the post office, man. You can look up postal regulations on line ... you have to look around alot, but they ARE there .... but I am pretty sure electronic items like this are not allowed to be sent to Vietnam. I send electronics anyway at times (very small ones) ... but I do not disclose it ... it gets there OK ... but like I said .... they always open the box ... and they always "tax" my mother-in-law ..... I use "Global Express" through the post office. I use Fed Ex for documents only if they are critical ..... or UPS, as well ...... but that is for documents only, unless I am sending an allowable item and money is no object at the time .... UPS or FedEx takes about 72 hours to a major city .... Global Express takes about 7 to 14 days regardless of what the post office tells me here. For a laptop, I would just try to buy it there ... because remember they do not have the same electricity there that we do here ..... AND ... you really need a back-up battery supply / voltage regulator in-line between your computer and the wall outlet for the computer to be totally safe .. right? I think it would be far more safe to just make the purchase there in VN ... to be really honest. Have you ever seen what their power lines look like over there? It would blow your mind ..... looks really weird and unstable to me ..... (and it is, in truth) Another consideration is that the motherboards they use there are designed differently than the ones here ..... theirs can handle greater heat ... or so I have been told. Do you have a girlfriend there now? Just a word to the wise .... MAKE SURE you check out the family FIRST before you get serious with the girl, my friend ..... this can be tricky ... but it is possible ..... there are multitudes of really great, decent girls there ... but still ..... you gotta be careful ..... if you think you need an outside opinion ... please ask ..... and be careful. anyways .... hope this helps