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Will no-one post/courier the supplies to Vietnam? That would surely be cheaper than a flight.

If I'm looking at the right advice [1], insulin is £1.50-£3 ($2-4) in the UK, so that may be one possible source.

(The UK suppliers I found don't have information on overseas delivery on their sites; it's probably worth a phone call.)

[1] http://www.diabetes.co.uk/insulin-pumps/buying-an-insulin-pu...

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Note that insulin is pretty temperature sensitive, and needs specialist shipping so that it doesn't end up boiling on a tarmac somewhere. That said, we found pump-compatible insulin on Phi-Phi Island in Thailand, so I expect insulin is possibly not the core issue.

The other things (like infusion sets) should be easy to ship. The UK suppliers generally won't sell them unless you have a UK pump and an account with them, though. It could probably be worked around though, using some sort of international forwarding arrangement.

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