Why is using plugs so difficult in Vietnam?
It requires a lot of force to plugs thing in Vietnam. All plugs I have found look like European ones with two round prongs but do they use a different standard than Europeans?
In many places there were also ones with thin vertical slots which look like North American plugs and, even then, I have had the same difficulty in all 6 hotels and 1 boat where I have tried.
Here is a typical hotel plug in Vietnam:
What it looks like to me is something designed to take European and North American plug but is it? Or is there Vietnamese-specific plugs and adapters?
None of my plugs fit easily and I cannot get the USB charger to plug in because the retractable prongs get pushed back in, so I've been plugging a laptop just o charge my phone.
Best Answer
Sockets in SE Asia are often stiff and difficult to plug into. I find it especially true of Euro type C plugs, as the contact springs can be very tight and stiff (cheap products likely the real reason). US flat blades sometimes run into issues with the wider polarity blade not fitting the same sized slots.
We just built a house in Thailand and I actually took a couple of plugs with me to the store when we sourced the electrical outlets for our electrician to make sure they plugged well.
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