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Taxis from the Airport

After clearing customs and leaving Departures, you will be accosted by taxi drivers from Sasco Taxi Company. This is the "official" airport taxi service, which means, they have a monopoly on having their cars closest to passengers. Sasco is widely known to control first access to passengers and has been criticized for heavy handed and brutish techniques by the Vietnamese press and tourists. Still, there has been no action to control them despite the bad press.

I always say no, walk past the Sasco drivers and request a metered Vinataxi cab (They are the yellow ones. Clean, smokefree, generally honest). There will be a person with a walkie-talkie from Vinataxi, or another company if you wish, once you break through the SASCO wall and they will take care of you.

On taxis: Go with the Mai Linh taxis (green logo on white). Good, no-fuss service. Watch out for the rest of them -- many of the smaller cab companies rig their meters.

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