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If In cities traffic lights are common, so you're staying with Vietnamese people can approach cars directly when they are standing and leave asking them with hitchhiking where they may go. That makes it more likely to be worried about your safetytaken by (faster) cars than by trucks. It would Generally approaching them, when they are entering their cars, increases the chances immensly to be polite then to consider paying taken by a short bus ride or at least heading to car of choice. There are also toll gates on the bus station when you leave them so they are not 1A "Tram Thu Phi" (say tram too worriedphee), ideal places especially at night.
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There is no word for Hitchhiking in Vietnamese but hitchhiking in Vietnam is generally easy, especially if sticking to the AH1 (Asian Highway 1) from Hanoi to Saigon. The hitching method is to use the flat palm sign, like in China or using a sign. Using the thumb is less likely to work.
Vietnamese people will often tell you that hitchhiking is impossible, but in almost any road in the country pedestrians are offered to hop in various vehicles. Generally people are expected to pay, but the concept of a free ride is accepted if you are a strange foreigner. Inside of the cities or when in a bad spot, a universal "2km" sign works very well.
Using a sign with "Xin Xe" ("please drive me to") followed by your destination works well. Expect every bus and van to stop as well, even if you don't have your hand stretched out. Most of the time they will charge, but you may get a free ride. Ask before entering by saying "Miễn Phí?" ("free?"). The Vietnamese can be very generous. If you want to be clear you want a free ride, make a sign that says "Cho tôi đi nhờ" in the north or "Cho tôi quá giang" in the south, it means "give me a ride". Some minibuses will still stop and ask for money though.
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