Monthly Motorbike Rental in Ho Chi Minh City for Expats

One rate, however long you stay

There is no monthly discount here — the rate is the same at any length, so a Honda Vision 110 at 400,000 ₫/day (≈ $16) is 12,000,000 ₫ (≈ $462) for thirty days, a Honda Lead 125 the same, and a Honda Air Blade 125 13,500,000 ₫ (≈ $520). All-in, delivered, two helmets and 24/7 support included. Stay longer and the extra days are quoted at the same rate. Kai quotes the exact figure for your dates before you commit.

Worked examples for the popular automatics, all-in over thirty days: Honda Vision 110 12,000,000 ₫ (≈ $462), Honda Lead 125 12,000,000 ₫ (≈ $462), Honda Air Blade 125 13,500,000 ₫ (≈ $520). Each figure already includes delivery, two premium helmets and 24/7 support, with no fee waiting at the end.

Confirm the exact bike and the exact monthly figure with Kai before you pay anything. The deposit is a refundable cash deposit on handover — we never hold your passport for the length of your stay.

Which automatic suits a month in Saigon

For daily Ho Chi Minh City life a small, agile automatic is the right call — the dense District 1 grid and Thao Dien commute reward something light and easy to park. The Honda Vision 110 is the default; the Lead 125 adds storage, the Air Blade 125 adds a little more power for the occasional longer ride.

Honda Vision 110: the lightest and most economical, and the one most expats settle on for the daily Saigon commute and errands. Nimble in traffic, easy to park, cheap to run.

Honda Lead 125: the same easy automatic with much bigger under-seat storage — popular if you carry a laptop bag, groceries or a helmet for a passenger.

Honda Air Blade 125: a touch more power and presence, a good all-rounder if your month includes the odd longer ride. For a Cu Chi Tunnels day trip, a Mekong Delta weekend down to My Tho or Ben Tre, or the coastal run to Vung Tau, tell Kai and we can arrange something more comfortable for the open road for those days.

The licence rule for a monthly automatic

Every automatic we quote here is a petrol bike over 50cc, so Vietnamese law requires a motorbike licence plus a valid 1968 Vienna Convention IDP (or, for a few countries, a licence agreement with Vietnam) — category A1 for the 110-125cc scooters here. A car-only IDP does not count, and a 1949 Geneva permit is not valid for a petrol bike. A longer rental does not change this.

Vietnam recognises the 1968 Vienna Convention IDP. If your home country issues one — the UK, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Thailand, the Philippines and others — bring your home motorbike licence and that IDP and you can ride the matching category for the whole month.

If your country issues only a 1949 Geneva permit — the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Spain, Ireland — that permit is not valid here for a petrol bike over 50cc, however long you are staying. The length of the rental does not create eligibility that the law does not grant. Vietnam joined a 1985 ASEAN agreement recognising members' home licences for temporary stays. We have not confirmed how police apply it, so for now we offer a licence-free electric to riders relying on it.

Some long-stay expats hold a Vietnamese motorbike licence, which also satisfies the requirement. Whatever your situation, Kai checks it before you commit to a month, so you are not paying for a bike you cannot legally ride.

If your licence isn't recognised: the licence-free electric path

If your licence is not recognised here, we will not put you on a petrol automatic for a month — that would be illegal, and handing it over is itself fined. Instead we route you to a licence-free electric scooter rated 4 kW or under and with a top speed of 50 km/h or under, which needs no licence and no IDP and is legal for every nationality, ideal for daily District 1 riding.

A licence-free electric is the fully legal way to ride a month in Saigon without a Vietnam-recognised licence. It covers the same daily commute, errands and District 1 grid that a petrol automatic would, and you charge it overnight from an ordinary wall socket at your apartment.

Riding a petrol bike without a recognised licence is a real risk over a long stay, not a technicality. Under Decree 168/2024 the fine is VND 2-4 million up to 125cc, plus a 7-working-day impound, and the person who hands the bike over faces a separate fine - VND 8-10 million for a private owner, VND 28-30 million for a household rental business and VND 56-60 million for a rental company (Decree 336/2025) — so we legally cannot do it either. It can also void your travel-medical insurance.

One honest note on cover, because expats ask: we never say "fully insured". A damage waiver is a contractual cap on what you would owe for damage, not insurance. Most travel-medical policies can be voided if you ride without a recognised licence, and a licence-free electric needs none, so that cover stays intact.