The short answer
You hold a Rogers plan and a flight to Vietnam, and the choice is whether to buy the Rogers Asia Travel Pass or a travel eSIM first. I read the Rogers Asia pass prices on 10 November 2026 and set them against the travel eSIMs I priced on 10 November 2026 and against Ringo Light. For two weeks or a month I would buy Ringo Light and keep my own SIM in for calls and texts. For three days I would buy Airalo.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $42.99, nothing renews. The Rogers Asia pass for the same days is C$70 and C$90, and Airalo asks $48 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
The Asia Travel Pass puts your own Rogers plan to work in Vietnam, so nothing needs installing and a phone with no eSIM slot works. It is the cheapest pass Rogers sells for Vietnam, and Ringo Light still undercuts it at two weeks and a month.
Unlimited for 3 days at $11.50 on its Xin Chao plan against C$30 on Rogers, and buckets from $4 for 1 GB.
10 GB for 30 days at $13 on VNPT with 5G. Ubigi sells no unlimited plan for Vietnam.
Prices read on 10 November 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Rogers, European Central Bank on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
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The prices, charted
US dollars, 10 November 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Nomad sells 10 days at $33; Ubigi sells no unlimited.
The 30-day unlimited plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Nomad and Ubigi sell no 30-day unlimited.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
Side by side
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- 7 days $8.99
- 2 weeks $22.99
- 30 days $42.99
- 90 days $97.99
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What to see in Vietnam, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most trips from Canada include, from Hanoi in the north to the Mekong Delta in the south. Whichever plan you pick, the tip under each one is where your phone matters.
Roam with Rogers, or buy an eSIM
Vietnam is on the Rogers Asia Travel Pass list. I read the prices on 10 November 2026 on the Rogers roaming page with the Asia filter selected: C$30 for 3 days, C$55 for 7, C$70 for 14 and C$90 for 30. At the ECB reference rate of 10 November 2026, C$1 = $0.707, so the passes are about $21, about $39, about $50 and about $64. The International Travel Pass also covers Vietnam, along with Europe and Oceania, but it is dearer at C$45, C$75, C$100 and C$120, and International Daily is C$18 a day, about $13. A pass day runs from 12 a.m. Eastern time on the activation date to 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on the last day. Vietnam is eleven or twelve hours ahead of Eastern time, so I would set the start date with that in mind.
Ringo Light is one payment per trip, with three trips for Vietnam: $8.99 for 7 days, $22.99 for 2 weeks and $42.99 for 30 days, all unlimited data at full speed. Two weeks from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City is $22.99 against about $50 on Rogers, and a month in Da Nang is $42.99 against about $64. Ringo Light has no 3-day plan.
Among the travel eSIMs, Ringo Light is also the cheapest unlimited for a week, two weeks and a month. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days, Saily $48.99 and Holafly $51.50, and for a month $69, $71.99 and $76.50. Rogers at about $50 for two weeks sits between Saily and Holafly, and at about $64 for a month it is under every rival's unlimited month, though only Ringo Light at $42.99 is clearly cheaper. For 3 days I would not buy Ringo Light: Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $11.50 and Holafly $11.90, both under the Rogers 3-day pass at about $21. For a week, Ringo Light is $8.99, Airalo $27 and Saily $26.99, all under the Rogers 7-day pass at about $39.
What Rogers wins is real. Your Canadian number keeps ringing, calls and texts use the talk and text in your own plan, nothing needs installing, a phone with no eSIM slot works, and the charge lands on a bill you already pay. Rogers says the pass has no separate usage bucket and uses the data in your plan, so a small plan is a small amount of data in Hanoi. The pages I read do not state a speed cap, a hotspot rule or whether prepaid plans qualify, and the FAQ says to check your service agreement.
Networks in Vietnam, and what changes for a visitor from Canada
Airalo, Holafly and Ubigi ride VNPT, also called Vinaphone, and Nomad lists Vietnamobile, MobiFone and Vinaphone. Saily does not name its network and Ringo Light uses a local partner network. Viettel, the largest network, is not named by any brand I priced. For Hanoi, Hoi An, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City I would not choose on network, and for Ha Long Bay and the Ninh Binh lanes I would save offline maps.
Rogers does not say on the pages I read which Vietnamese network its pass uses, so I cannot tell you how its coverage compares. I would ask Rogers if I planned to leave the main tourist routes.
The travel eSIMs here are data only, with no Vietnamese number. Grab runs on data, and calls go over apps such as WhatsApp or FaceTime, while your Rogers number stays on your own SIM.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $13 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, on VNPT with 5G. Its 20 GB is a monthly plan that renews.
- Nomad, $17 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $25, and 50 GB for $39 if you work online all month.
- Saily, $17.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $28.99.
- Airalo, $18 for 10 GB. Its Xin Chao plan rides VNPT, with 20 GB at $29.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $22.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $42.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Ubigi at $13 is the better buy. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is Ringo's own data eSIM, and I write for Ringo, so weigh that. It is sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Vietnam it sells three trips, 7 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $42.99, all unlimited data at full speed. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds, installs in one scan with a QR code, and needs no app.
It is data only: no number, no calls, no texts. It sits next to your own SIM, so your Canadian number stays on the Rogers SIM in the phone for calls and texts. I would pay once, before the flight, and switch the eSIM on for data when I land.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $11.50, against C$30 (about $21) on the Rogers Asia pass. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $22.99, against C$70 (about $50) on Rogers.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $42.99, against C$90 (about $64) on Rogers. Nomad 50 GB at $39 if you know you will use a lot.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $13.
Keep your own SIM in beside the eSIM. Rogers carries calls and texts on your number and the travel eSIMs do not; the full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Rogers, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Vietnam on 10 November 2026, all on the same day, in US dollars. Each rival's price comes from its own website where it showed dollars, otherwise from an esimdb.com listing, and every source and its date is listed below. Ringo Light's prices come from the catalogue our checkout charges.
We compare the trips people actually book: a week, two weeks and a month of unlimited data, and a 10 GB bucket. We read each brand's fair use and speed rules and quote them as the brands state them. We did not run speed tests, so this page makes no speed claims for any brand.
Ringo Light is our own product. We put it in the table on the same terms as everyone else, and where a rival is the better buy the page says so.
Left out: Bell and Telus. I did not read their own roaming pages for Vietnam on the day, so they stay out rather than being guessed. This page prices Rogers only. Left out: Rogers daily roaming. Rogers' International Daily is C$18 a day, about $13, and I compare the Asia pass, which is cheaper from the second day.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/vietnam-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, read 10 November 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/vietnam/airalo, listing dated 8 November 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-vietnam/, price table on the site, read 10 November 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-vietnam/, prices in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/vietnam-esim, prices in dollars on the site, read 10 November 2026
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/vietnam/, own page mixes dollars and euros on 10 November 2026, so figures are from esimdb.com/vietnam/ubigi, listing dated 4 November 2026
- Rogers: www.rogers.com/mobility/roaming, Travel Pass prices on rogers.com/mobility/roaming with the Asia filter selected, C$30, C$55, C$70 and C$90 for 3, 7, 14 and 30 days, the International pass at C$45, C$75, C$100 and C$120 and International Daily at C$18 a day, and the pass FAQ at rogers.com/mobility/roaming/faqs-about-travel-pass placing Vietnam on the Asia Travel Pass list, the day running from 12 a.m. ET on the activation date to 11:59 p.m. ET on the last day, and the line that passes have no separate usage bucket, read 10 November 2026
- European Central Bank: www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml, euro reference rates of 10 November 2026, the latest published that day, used for the dollar figures (C$1 = $0.707)
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 10 November 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
