I can't remember that I ever had to show the blue card in VN except of course needed it when selling them (I'm on my 3rd now, all VN-plated). Never got stopped by the police in VN. I have been using my bikes mostly in Cambodia. The trips to VN amounted to a total of 2 or 3 months. When stopped by th...

I crossed the border to VN on my VN-plated scooter several times (at Ha Tien and back at Moc Bai, Chau Doc and Ha Tien), last time in December 2019. There was never any mention of the motorbike, no problem. If there are fixers telling you otherwise, ignore them.

My Swiss online stock broker bank (Swissquote) does not accept any transfer from a cambodian bank because of the grey list. The same with Revolut and Wise. So what I have to do is transfer to my Philippines bank account and then onward to one of the above banks.