Local movers in Ho Chi Minh City, and across Vietnam
In a chung cu the move is agreed with the management office before it is agreed with you: a permit, a service lift, hours you do not choose. Asia Relocation Vietnam handles that, then moves the household.
Two things decide a domestic move in Vietnam, and neither is furniture. The first is the building: a chung cu grants a move-out or move-in permit, expects at least 48 hours' notice, restricts the lift to certain hours and insists on the service lift — the passenger lift is forbidden for furniture and can be fined.
The second is the street. Whether a truck can stand outside, for how long, at which hour, and how far the crew must carry sets the size of the team and the length of the day more reliably than the room count. Both are answered before we quote, which is why the survey happens at your door.
Asia Relocation Vietnam runs these with the same crews that pack shipments leaving the country, one structure rather than a chain of subcontractors. The standard does not drop because the destination is a district away.
What we carry, and what sits outside the job
What is excluded matters as much as what is included, so it is written down here rather than discovered on the day.
Carried by the service
- A technical survey on site: the rooms, the lift, the lane outside, the loading window, and the volume in cubic metres.
- The building paperwork — notice to the management office, the move permit, and the service-lift slot at both ends.
- Protection that follows the journey: a district away, several days down the country, or a boat.
- Dismantling and reassembly, which here is a requirement rather than an extra: most furniture came in through the lift door in pieces.
- Unloading, placement and the clear-up, because a landing full of cartons is a complaint to the management office.
All of it is itemised, with the limits stated.
A different service
- Going out of Vietnam. The moment a border is involved the file changes shape entirely: moving abroad from Vietnam.
- The car or the motorbike. Two wheels or four, a vehicle travels on its own plan: vehicle transport.
- Animals. A removals truck is no place for them: pet relocation.
- A workplace move. Desks, servers and a weekend switch-over have their own scope — ask your coordinator about moving an office.
- Cover, and the weeks in between. Moving insurance is quoted on its own, and storage in Vietnam takes the load while a lease is sorted out.
They can be planned together with the move. Tell us in the inquiry.
Five ways a household moves inside Vietnam
Every one of these is decided by something outside the flat: a permit, a lane, a boat.
Apartment in a chung cu
The commonest expatriate move here, and the building runs it: a permit, notice to the management office, a service lift for set hours. Two towers means two sets of rules and two windows, neither negotiable.
House or villa in a lane
No lift and no permit, but often no truck access either. Where a lane will not take a vehicle, the load is shuttled to a larger one at the end of it — planned and priced, not discovered.
Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi
The length of the country by road, and still a domestic move. Everything is boxed and corner-protected rather than blanket-wrapped, the load is sealed, and the coordinator tracks it.
Out to Phu Quoc or Con Dao
Combined road and sea transport, sailings and weather setting the date. Packing goes up a level: an island route has more handling points between the addresses than any mainland one.
A partial move
An assignment that starts before the family arrives, or a flat being emptied in two stages. Charged on what actually leaves, not on a truck size.
What happens between the survey and the handover
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The survey, in front of your door
Volume inside, access outside. That pair sets the crew and the vehicle, and it is why a phone quote is a guess.
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The building office, before the date
Notice, the move permit, the service-lift slot and the permitted hours, at both addresses. It is usually the management office, not our schedule, that decides which day is possible.
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Dismantling and packing
Wardrobes and bed frames come apart, everything is labelled by destination room, and the packing level follows the distance rather than a standard price list.
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The run
Our own crew and vehicle, loaded to be unloaded in the right order. On a long leg down the country or a crossing to an island, the load stays sealed and tracked.
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Reassembly, and the debris
Furniture rebuilt and placed where you want it, lift doors and floors protected, cartons and wrapping removed the same day rather than stacked on the landing.
Four expatriate moves, and what makes each one hard
Changing tower in the same district
A move of two kilometres and two management offices. Permits, lift windows and forbidden passenger lifts on both sides, in one day, is the whole difficulty.
Assignees moved to another city
Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, or out to Da Nang, because the office or the plant is there. A company file, days of road, a family functional on Monday.
Households leaving the city for the coast
Remote workers and long-stay residents heading for a coastal town or an island. Usually the largest domestic volume we handle, and the one where the sailing decides the calendar.
Families between two leases
An assignment extended or cut short at short notice, which here is ordinary. The load moves once, waits in our warehouse, and lands when the new keys exist.
Two big cities, a long road, and two islands
Crews in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang, deliveries to the provinces around them, and crossings to Phu Quoc and Con Dao.
Most domestic moves start in Ho Chi Minh City, because most expatriate leases do. The routes that repeat are crosstown between districts, the long haul north to Hanoi, the coastal run through Da Nang, and the industrial provinces.
Asia Relocation Vietnam having its own crews at both ends matters more here than the distance. A team that knows which management office grants a permit in a day, and which takes a week, is the difference between unloading on your date and whenever the building allows.
Questions the building usually raises first
What does the building management need before we can move?
Is Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi still a local move?
Why does the survey spend so long on the street?
Can you move us out to Phu Quoc or Con Dao?
Do you dismantle and reassemble furniture?
How much notice do you need for a move?
What will you not carry?
How is a domestic move priced?
When the move stops being domestic
You are leaving Vietnam
A border means a customs file, an export inventory and a sailing. A different plan from the first day.
Moving abroad from Vietnam →The whole moving service
Seven services in Vietnam, and which of them your move actually needs.
Moving services in Vietnam →Send us the address, and the name of your building
We survey on site, deal with both management offices, and come back with a written scope: crew, vehicle, packing level, and the day the building will actually allow.
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