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@Missjodi I have mostly stayed between the 3 major cities. I observe spiders infrequently. I can say that there are some cobwebs in my apartment but I have not physically observed a spider in at least a month. Sounds like you might have Arachnophobia. I don't think that you will experience spiders if you are meticulous about cleaning and use insect spray intelligently.

@Missjodi I have mostly stayed between the 3 major cities. I observe spiders infrequently. I can say that there are some cobwebs in my apartment but I have not physically observed a spider in at least a month. Sounds like you might have Arachnophobia. I don't think that you will experience spiders if you are meticulous about cleaning and use insect spray intelligently. - @mitsmaak

Hi there. The member you are replying to has not logged on to the site in over 7 years.

Regarding spiders, I wish I could report the same scarcity as you.

For the benefit of members and casual readers of the forum, I'd written about spiders in a thread titled,

Zoophobic? Might want to reconsider Vietnam as your expat destination. (Link)

"Spiders. Lots of them, and not small. Some bigger than a computer mousepad. Many of these are very similar to brown recluse spiders, but a few were much, much beefier, mottled coloured, and able to jump from wall to ceiling while I pursued them. But with spiders, size isn't everything. I was bitten on the right forearm 2 years ago by a small spider (2 cm). It was essentially painless, but within 24 hours the flesh had necrotized, growing progressively worse over the next week. The wound/poison ate a hole in my forearm almost all the way to the bone. The wound was open, and had I wanted to I could have easily sunken the filter of a cigarette, and more, into the hole. I now have a permanent scar on my arm, white as the driven snow, and perfectly round."

And a nice bite to the neck.

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@Aidan in HCMC  I definitely exercise caution. Sounds like you got something similar to a brown recluse. I have heard horror stories about those types of bites. Curious what sort of treatment worked.

Definitely many here, but it only takes one…I got a nasty bite took months to heal - narrowly missed skin graft…

...Curious what sort of treatment worked. - @mitsmaak

I started with tetracycline cream, but it didn't slow the progression. On the insistence of my GF, I then used a powder she bought at the pharmacy, a medication which had been battlefield tested on open wounds/traumatic injuries suffered by the VN northern forces. It slowed the venom's progression tremendously, and eventually stopped the wound from growing larger. Also immediately stopped the wound from weeping.

The product is called .

Though I'm skeptical of my GF's traditional medicines ("eye of newt and toe of frog" sort of thing), I now swear by this powder. It's amazing stuff.

Definitely many here, but it only takes one…I got a nasty bite took months to heal - narrowly missed skin graft… - @Phap tri

They're damn monsters.