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Hanoi man spends over a billion VND converting a car into a motorhome

04.05.2026 20:48 1 min 1 source РУС
Báo điện tử Dân Trí VIE
Hanoi man spends over a billion VND converting a car into a motorhome
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A man named Son spent over a billion VND to buy a former television van and converted it into a motorhome. He takes his wife and children on trips every weekend in this vehicle.

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Hanoi man spends over a billion VND converting a car into a motorhome

04.05.2026 Báo điện tử Dân Trí VIE Original source

VN Vietnam — fuel prices

Updated: 19.09.2026

E5 RON 92

$0.97 /l

VND25,146.89 · €0.84/l

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cheaper than 61% of countries

RON 95

$1.03 /l

VND26,808.41 · €0.90/l

26 of 167

cheaper than 85% of countries

Dầu diesel

$1.15 /l

VND29,958.12 · €1.00/l

36 of 166

cheaper than 79% of countries

Dầu diesel cao cấp

$1.22 /l

VND31,709.29 · €1.06/l

3 of 46

cheaper than 96% of countries

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