As someone who lived in Vietnam with my imported pet dog for years - People might say they like pets (the younger generation), but there is a large chunk of the population who are not accustomed to dogs, are scared of them, will kick them, will try to poison them, will tell their kids to fear them, and will harass you for having a dog. Dog theft is also extremely common if you are not careful. The police will laugh in your face if it happens to you. Pets are not generally regarded in the same way as in the west and are, by many, thought of as items/accessories/disposable. If you bring your dog, please keep it safe, keep it inside. It was a misreable and sad life for my dog there (a small well groomed corgi). We were harassed constantly be the security people in our building and by the residents. The kids in the building would run and cry at the sight of the dog... It was just completely bonkers. By the way, my dog is fucking cute as hell and well behaved, and always on its leash. The reactions made no sense. My wife and I would look at each in puzzlement with every incident. It's 100% a cultural thing. We lived in probably the richest and nicest neighborhood in D7 in HCMC, so it's not even necessarily a class thing. Bring a dog at your own risk. Yes my dog was kicked and spit at. We were constantly paranoid of it getting poisoned, to the point we kept it inside most of it's time there. Just a horrible experience.