Gambling my way through Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam's Lottery) 🇻🇳

Notable moments

1. 00:23 Buying lottery tickets at shop

   The host visits a local lottery ticket shop in Ho Chi Minh City to purchase his first batch of tickets and learn about the prize structure. The vendor explains that a single ticket costs 10,000 VND, with a grand prize of 2 billion VND.

2. 03:12 Riding a local river ferry

   The host drives his motorcycle onto a small local ferry crossing the river to reach another district in Ho Chi Minh City. He pays 5,000 VND for the short river transit along with other local commuters on motorbikes.

3. 05:40 Drinking fresh sugarcane juice

   The host stops at a roadside drink stall to order a cup of fresh sugarcane juice (nước mía) and a bottle of water. He rests on a small plastic stool along the sidewalk while watching traffic pass under an overpass.

4. 07:08 Drinking iced black coffee

   The host sits down at an outdoor street café and orders an iced black coffee without milk or sugar (cà phê đen đá). He pays 17,000 VND for the coffee while resting from riding his motorcycle around town.

5. 12:20 Eating broken rice with fried eggs

   The host stops at Cơm Tấm Ba Đạt in Thảo Điền to order a plate of traditional Vietnamese broken rice (cơm tấm) topped with five fried eggs and grilled pork. He pours fish sauce over the runny yolks before eating and paying 75,000 VND for the meal.

   Cơm Tấm Ba Đạt, Ho Chi Minh City
6. 17:07 Checking Vietnamese lottery results online

   At home, the host and his wife sort all 100 lottery tickets by province and check the winning numbers on a Vietnamese lottery website using a laptop. They systematically compare the last two digits of each ticket against official daily draw results.