That's awesome to hear!

I'm going but I don't know whether to visit in a group tour or on my own? Which place has nightlife but also stuff to do during the day?

@@douglas3286 i would say on your own is better because it is more freedom to visit places than going on a tour. City centres have nightlife, for example I live Ho Chi Minh city. Hanoi, Haiphong, Nha Trang, Da Nang or just any of big cities. During day time, you can walk around the streets and try foods or something. Hope this helps you.

I'm thinking of moving to Vietnam from the UK.

@@ninja.teacher It's not "Awesome".. Its Splendid !

Also Koreans look down on foreigners.

@@matrices3987 exactly

Are you a really Korean??

Yeah 💗💗💗

@@sejeongyang3778 korea bad

Its not too late to go. Its a great country to be in

That’s exciting!

VN doesn't require tips unless you're in the bar, doing beauties or police bribes, charity is not necessarily, most charity are greeds organizations.. never know which one are good..

They're a socialist country which completely goes against the idea of charities and tips since a collectivised nation with workplace democracy should also be paying their workers more than enough to live. Whilst charities go against the idea of equality in communism, indicating there's an oppressed group (homeless, sweatshop workers, starving people etc) that you'd be donating to for assumed humanitarian aid. Aiding Vietnam for a developed future? That's what taxes are for lol

@@Nga-1984 I have been to Vietnam twice in the last year - mainly HCMC - and I tipped everywhere, even some of my Grab and Gojek drivers and tips were graciously accepted

Please do not bring your western values to spoil a good country with a horrible concept like tipping in Vietnam. It won’t be so cheap in the future

Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment!

Yes If you can deal with VC policy then you are ok.

@@royt3462 They are creating jobs and development, people enjoy all the services. Why deal with them? Communism is good, the important thing is that it is applied to which country and who implements it.

@@intelligence1300 how about Vietnam's human rights?

@@royt3462 In Vietnam, there are enough human rights. More than 100 million people are living and working here happily. Also there are a lot of foreigners there

I appreciate you recognizing that. :)

Thanks!

I visited vietnam at 2020 an unexpected time happened. Taxis extremely expensive and some of restaurants eat dogs?! 🙂 yes, people are kind, but most of them are not. I discovered that Vietnamese people hate Thai people even though i love Vietnamese people because I have my friends there. I was not impressed at crossing the street “dangerous” they honked the car horn at me :( and the motorcycle rode on the pavement 🥲

I want to live in Vietnam but lowkey scared of China being right next door

Since American, I feel like if one day if China invades Vietnam, they will for sure capture me since I’m American

Is doesn't matter hahaa@@skorpion1474

The 3 month visa are not coming because a lot of people from India, Africa and Muslims are coming in mass to work illegally. Maybe only for us citizens.during COVID they showed they are doing well without tourism. Also people from Europe with and north America with tattoo, disgusting piercing, LGTB, fat feministas with ridiculous hair style are not well seen.

You're welcome! I think you'll enjoy it as a change from Korea.

@@ninja.teacher yes, I am currently on 38 teaching hours a week at the moment. The money is great but I think it’s time to try somewhere new before Seoul burns me out. I have visited Vietnam three times before but you no thoughts to stay, your videos are really helping me think about the move!

Haha I am the same as you. Spent 2 months there in the last year, 1 month in December and 1 month in July and now I'm obsessed with going back to live there for a few years. I work in IT so intend to get a remote job and live & work from HCMC

Make sure nobody's profiteering from your free lessons (like some "agent" or something).

Could I connect you on your Facebook, really hope can to enhance my english level, Thank you alot

welcome!

Be very careful with the teaching jobs you take here.

@@coleford6197 why please?

No news about longer visas yet.

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good luck to you

Money talks in very country and culture

That a really Good idea

Just need some Advertising on Facebook, insta, and tiktok will be perfect. Now young vietnamese join in tiktok a lot

@@peggypearl7993 and older people like me .. I love Tiktok 😂 watching, not making 😁

Many international schools in Vietnam need music teachers.

Vietnam love you too

There are so many! Depends what you’re looking for.

@Hùng Online VTB Thanks so much for this and I can’t wait to see Vietnam. :)

i've seen this complaint many times regarding 1 month visa, but i was in VN 2 months ago and they allowed me to stay for 6 months (my vacation only lasted 3 weeks though). i have US passport, but im not sure if thats because i was born and raised in VN

@@christheconqueor hmmm that explains

I don't think Vietnam currently offers a longer term visa specifically for retirees but if you're a US citizen, you can get 1-year multiple entry visa (I think it's only for US citizens, as reciprocity for 1-year US visa for Vietnam citizens). I can't post a link here but you can google 1-year Vietnam visa for US passport holders.

@@mryantong nếu bạn chứng minh được bạn là người việt nam ( cha mẹ là người việt ) bạn sẽ có visa 5 năm

As far as I know, that situation is only temporary (because the corona virus is still not fully controlled). Let's wait until the end of 2023. Of course, in the meantime, hopefully you'll prepare other backup plans. Vietnam is very friendly, the standard of living is cheap, hope you won't miss it.

You can go to Viet Tien shop.

Hi :) I’d love to help you with your question The central of Vietnam faces a huge problem of Annual floods. Idk why that’s the case, something with the geographic of course. I think I should learn more about the underlying cause later. The North and the South almost never face this challenge. Whenever there’s flood in the centre, there will be long days of rain in the other 2 parts. At least that’s my experience living in the South. However, we have the ‘metaphorical’ flood in the South 😅 to explain, the water drainage system isn’t advanced, plus people throw out trash on the streets, so there’s usually water all over the city and thus, traffic problems. Just note that it’s not like that every day and it depends on the roads and the area in which you live. District 2 of Ho chi minh city is a popular area for expats but it’s also notorious for the flood 😂

@@thuylinhnguyenly4945 Haha good old Thao Dhien the white man's part of town. They went and built an entire expat district with shiny malls and beautiful 5 star apartment blocks on a swamp!

I personally prefer living in the South.

Thank you!

Sai Gon is very amazing

Russian and Chinese

Correct!

E-visas are the only option other than working, marriage, family or investment visas. You can exit and re-enter immediately though.

Yeah I did 3 E-visas within a few months, and I heard of other people doing them back to back to back consecutively, just going into Cambodia and coming back into VN on the same day or next day.

@@ninja.teacher thank you very much for answering, it is much appreciated!! :D

@@Paul-yk7ds it sounds like a good plan for me as well, then! Thank you! Have a beautiful day! :)

South Vietnam was created by North Vietnamese and now they still lead and manage the South so well ❤️🇻🇳

Made me miss Haiphong city and Haiphong cuisine, best cuisine of Vietnam. Have a great time 🌸❤️

It’s really not

Not much is improving here. Moved here 7years ago and it's basically the same with a couple of extra skyscrapers here and there.

@@nr655321 most of vietnam development is happening in rural area rather than city

Partly true. You must know that English centers in Vietnam are like business. They use white teachers as a marketing tool: charging higher fees, we're serious that we have only native English speakers. If you speak English without an accent you still have chance to get a job as English teacher in Vietnam. You have to make video presentation or to come to face to face appointment to prove your unaccented pronunciation. I know a Filipino professor teaching Economics at a most privileged university in Hanoi. And another Filipino English teacher in Vietnam she makes $23 dollars per hour. She has video in KZfaq.

Just basic level of Vietnamese as I've focused a lot on building up Ninja Teacher and haven't put as much time into learning as I would have liked to. I plan to put more time into studying though.

Vietnamese is EXTREMELY difficult to pronounce ,,, I speak a few hundred words only ,, Thai language is much easier . A massive challenge but can be done. The pronunciation is extremely difficult if you come from an English speaking background

Ukraina war doesn't affect Phở, bún chả, bánh mì, beer and other food prices in Vietnam.

@@vantrinhnguyen987 That's true. I didn't mean the food specifically but rather cost of living in general, especially housing prices.

You can find all the details on our site: ninjateacher.com

I can't speak for the NinjaTeacher class, but I can speak for the majority of Vietnamese that we really welcome foreigners here. It's as if the wars never happened (except against China, lol)

Thật đáng tiếc vì điều này, và chúng tôi đang cố khắc phục để tốt lên và được sự yêu mến của các bạn.

just go to the supermarket, it's even better

@@FoodgeekVietnamese yeah will dfntly do so next time. 🙏

Goverment is thinking and having plan about that. I wish this thing happend soon

Yes you can. That law for a degree in the same field was revoked and the experience isn’t required for teaching ESL.

If you are from the US then you can go to any Vietnamese travel agent to buy the airline ticket and they will get a visa for you without paying any cost except for the visa fee. It will take about a week or two to get a visa when you pick up your ticket 😂

There currently aren't any longer options other than through employment, investment or marriage.

That depends on your circumstances. If you are just a couple and bringing in two ESL teacher incomes then you can live really well. If you have a child or children and want to send them to international schools, they are insanely expensively. I don't think it's realistic then unless you become a licensed teacher and work at international schools yourself (which usually lowers your children's fees significantly).

impossible without that document.

A degree is requirement to get a work permit and work legally in Vietnam.

You might get Tesol to teach English and the schools will recommend you what you should get easily as long as you are English native speakers. I’m a Vietnamese living in the US ☺️

It’s unclear if or when they will.

Why do you even think they will come? The kind of Foreigners who were coming wasn't a benefit for Vietnam. A lot of tourist working illegally

There is one South Africans couple aslo teach English n do yubuter in Sai Gon. You search and see

@@ngoclanphuquoc1978 Thanks 🙏

Starting salaries in South Korea have been the same for the last 10 years with living costs having increased dramatically. You usually get free housing though so that helps. Still, if you’re in a big city the saving potential is not nearly as good as it used to be. Plus with the work culture you usually have 30+ teaching hours a week there.

South Korea has a higher cost of living. You might not end up doing a lot of saving if SK is your choice.

What Alex said about Korea is true about salaries in Japan as well but the cost of living in Tokyo is going down There are many foreigners making 4000 to 6000 here and living on 1000 to 2000 Can save 2000 to 3000 here as easily as Japan or Korea and real estate is a better long term opportunity in Vietnam than Korea Japan Thailand or Malaysia I have bought two places in Tokyo and soon will have two in Hanoi then look to buy in Danang. Can make money from stocks or commodities from anywhere in the world. Taxes are much lower here than in Japan.

@@mrbbkk Thank you! You made some great points.

U should check the taxes between the 2 countries too. VN is high though! 😅