Danang Homii
There are six practical ways to find a long-term rental in Da Nang: Facebook groups, Vietnamese property portals, English-language listing sites, a local agent, walking the neighbourhood you like, and a short stay first while you look. Most people combine two of them, a group or a portal to learn the prices and an agent or an owner's phone number to see the place. Below is what each one is good for and where it goes wrong. The figures are our own: we read the main listing sites and chats every day for our work.
The short comparison
| Where | Language | What you get | What to watch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook groups | English, Vietnamese | the widest choice, fast replies from agents and owners | the same flat from several agents, old posts, deposits asked before a viewing |
| Vietnamese portals | Vietnamese | the local market and its prices | no English, contact by phone or Zalo, repeated listings |
| English listing sites | English | search with filters and photos | whether the flat is still free and who is behind the listing |
| A local agent | yours | a shortlist, viewings, the lease | who pays the commission and who signs the lease |
| Walking the area | none needed | small buildings that are not online | time, and a translator on your phone |
| A short stay first | English | a base while you view homes in person | the monthly price is higher |
Facebook groups
This is where most foreigners start. The largest group for foreigners in the city had about 95,000 members in September 2026, and the largest rental group about 91,000. You post what you need (budget, dates, bedrooms, area) and agents answer in the comments and in private messages, or you search the posts yourself.
Pros
- The widest choice in English, from studios to villas.
- You see what is on offer and at what price within a day.
Cons
- One apartment is posted by several agents, sometimes at different prices.
- Posts stay up after the flat is taken, and photos get reused.
- Anyone can reply, so check who you are talking to before any money moves.
Vietnamese property portals
Prices here are the ones owners and local agents quote to Vietnamese tenants. In our own monthly sample of asking rents, 821 prices over the last two collections, a quarter came from thuecanho123.com, 13% from homedy.com and 10% from batdongsan.com.vn; guland.vn, nhatot.com, muaban.net and alonhadat.com.vn each add a few percent. Listings are in Vietnamese, with the rent in million dong a month ("triệu/tháng"), and a browser translator is enough to read them.
Pros
- The broadest coverage of buildings, including older and cheaper ones.
- A quick way to check whether a price you were quoted is reasonable.
Cons
- No English; contact is by phone or Zalo.
- The same apartment appears several times, which is why we count prices per page and not per flat.
- Not every owner lets to foreigners or registers their stay.
What these listings add up to, building by building, is in our table of apartment rent prices in Da Nang.
English-language listing sites
Sites such as FazWaz and DotProperty list Da Nang rentals in English with filters by bedrooms and area. They are good for a first look at what exists. Before you plan around a listing, ask two things: is the apartment still available, and who is answering, the owner or an agent.
A local agent
An agent sends a shortlist, shows the homes, talks to the owner and prepares the lease. Owners in Da Nang usually give an apartment to several agents at once, so the same flat reaches you from different people. How the fee works is in our guide on who pays the agent's commission.
We are one of these services. Danang Homii lists 35 apartments from $654 a month and 8 homes (villas and houses), each with its price and the date of the last check, and our agent in Da Nang runs the viewings and the lease. We work with furnished homes on leases from three months in newer buildings. The cheapest segment and nightly stays are not ours. The catalogue is on the long-term apartments page.
Walking the area
Some small buildings in the beach neighbourhoods hang a "Cho thuê" (for rent) sign with a phone number on the gate, and not all of them are listed online. If you already know which streets you like, an afternoon on foot adds places you have not seen on any site. You will need a translator app for the call. Which neighbourhood to walk is in our guide to the best areas to live.
A short stay first
A week or two in a hotel or a serviced apartment gives you time to see homes in person before you sign for a year. A serviced apartment suits a stay of a month or two: cleaning, utilities and internet are in the price and you can leave at short notice, so the monthly price is higher. If you would rather have the lease ready when you land, see renting before you arrive.
If you read Russian
There is a seventh channel. We follow about 70 Russian-language Telegram chats about Da Nang and Vietnam; the largest have 40,000 to 50,000 members. In the 30 days to 4 October 2026 we counted 61 public requests for long-term housing in them.
Five rules for every channel
- See the apartment in person, or on a live video call, before you pay anything.
- Pay nothing before the lease: no "bookings" and no "viewing fees".
- Pay only whoever is named in the lease, by transfer with a payment reference or in cash against a receipt.
- Ask for the owner's title document (sổ hồng), or a power of attorney if a representative is letting. The name must match the name in the lease.
- Check that the owner registers your temporary residence with the police.
What to hold at each step is on our documents and safety page, and the whole process from request to keys is in how to rent.
