Diving or a Diving Career in Vietnam? Let’s set the scene!
Vietnam is a relatively new-world dive destination when compared to the big names like The Red Sea, The Great Barrier Reef, Bali & Thailand. This is however one of the attractions for tourists & divers; it’s not yet over-commercialised with hundreds of divecentres everywhere you look. For example, the busiest place in Vietnam for diving is Nha Trang, where there are currently just 12 divecentres, compared to the 120 or so in Phuket, Bali or Cairns. Around 1 million Western tourists come to Vietnam each year and over 250,000 of them visit Nha Trang. Close to 20% of these dive, learn to dive or stay on to become Divemasters & Instructors! So why consider diving or dive training in Vietnam? What’s it like? Vietnam does not boast regular 40m viz or diving with Whales, Sharks or Mantas. In fact it’s rare to see any of the big stuff and viz [...]
