Why she was forced to leave Russia and moved to Vietnam

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So why did Rina leave Russia to start her new life in Vietnam at the age of 14? In this video I talk to Rina and Rina's struggle with identity as an overseas Vietnamese-Russian.
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0:00 Intro
1:25 Life in Russia
2:30 Moving to Vietnam
3:50 School in Vietnam
5:45 Vietnamese Identity
7:22 Making connections
10:15 Vietnamese traditions
11:48 Rock bottom
12:50 Depression
16:00 Not Viet Kieu enough
17:00 Canada
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@brokethehabit Ай бұрын

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@mosqutio88 Ай бұрын

Bro, you’re my favorite content creator based in Vietnam. I appreciate your work!

@IvanNguyen-ky6nn Ай бұрын

agreed

@gaolutsoctrang4507 Ай бұрын

Surprisingly her English is pretty good even though she was born and raised in Russia! This is totally new to me.

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

Surprise, surprise! English is a mandatory subject in schools, it’s just like any country where English is the foreign language, not everyone possesses a good command of it after studies

@daviddoan3815 21 күн бұрын

@@therinajournal the surprising thing is that she not only speaks very fluent English but also without a Russian accent 😂😂 like most Russian.

@BaileyNguyen93 2 күн бұрын

@@daviddoan3815that’s her replying to you bro. Her name is Rina.

@phanle2870 Ай бұрын

She lived in Russia but her English so good!

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

Thank you! Not many people know about it, but English is a mandatory subject since elementary school. There used to be times before I went to school where you could choose to learn English, German or French, but now most schools teach only English as a second language

@jerryle379 Ай бұрын

@@therinajournalmy time 2000s -2010s school still offer french - japanese class , I think recent they add Korean and Chinese

@KhangTran-mr3zf 29 күн бұрын

@@therinajournal the young figure skating girls from russia, none of them can speak a lick of english.

@keninchicago 16 күн бұрын

@@therinajournalbut I have met many Russians who do not speak English at all. Why did they not learn in school like you ?

@smosabi7415 Ай бұрын

Thanks for another wonderful interview. She most likely speaks three languages - impressive. Her way of thinking is truly nomadic- not just in a physical sense, but mentally as well. As an Asian minority with very few Asians around her, she spent her formative years in Russia, likely speaking perfect Russian. Despite this, her appearance never allowed her to feel entirely Russian. In Vietnam, she blends in physically until she speaks Vietnamese, which reveals her foreignness. Over time, such experiences can lead one to feel cold personally and isolated. As she said, an identity crisis....

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

Perfectly summarized, thank you!

@keninchicago 16 күн бұрын

This is a very interesting video. You and she were very natural and your vibe really let's her story flow. Thanks to you both for making this video.

@wiln6854 28 күн бұрын

her English is amazing!

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

The parasol sure hella helped with the exposure 😂😂😂 Thanks for having me!

@brokethehabit Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story I'm sure it will resonate with others on a similar path🙏🙏

@skygrey7237 Ай бұрын

If I was her, I’d move back to VN also. I’d imagine it would be hard living in Russia as an Asian.

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

That’s definitely true

@yunga39 24 күн бұрын

Half of russian are Asian

@biglance Ай бұрын

AMAZING STORY!!! Thank you for sharing your story here, very cool! peace.

@BaileyNguyen93 2 күн бұрын

I’m from Vung Tau and I had never known such school was available. Her English is too good.

@xuimod 9 күн бұрын

You're the best bro. Love your content. Keep it going 👍.

@gaolutsoctrang4507 Ай бұрын

After all, life's a choice. If the choice makes you happy, that's fine because life is short and everyone deserves to be happy. Happiness is eventually deeply personal. Every day combing my hair or brushing my teeth, I look at myself in the mirror recognizing I'm getting older but I'm still Vietnamese after years of living abroad. That's who I really am, so going back to my roots makes me happy and that counts whether people like it or not. I live my life, they live theirs.

@JamesNguyen-fe6it 29 күн бұрын

Very interesting insights.

@vinhho3202 29 күн бұрын

Looking like you find a direction you’re doing great mate. I am happy for you mate keep going bro

@jerryle379 Ай бұрын

Lot of people in comment amazing as her english , wait still yall meet 2k vietnamese kid 😅 they english are crazy good , some with brit , american , south african , aussie .

@yamuiemata Ай бұрын

She speaks so good English 😮

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@tednguyen7258 29 күн бұрын

no viet brother could stand her

@tompham637 Ай бұрын

It seemed people concerned about her English. In Vietnam they also teach English in school. With the integration to the world, a lot of Vietnamese learned English. It’s getting popular to know the language.

@congthanh1254 Ай бұрын

it may also amaze you that despite all that, a lot of big city young adults still have a very poor command of English

@tednguyen7258 29 күн бұрын

shes hooked up with a ton of usa old farts i bet

@therinajournal 29 күн бұрын

@@tednguyen7258bold assumption 🤣🤣🤣

@scogginsscoggins 16 күн бұрын

I know many Vietnamese colleagues who studied in Russian Universities and had very good experiences with the local Russians. Sad to hear that she was bullied as a child in Russia.

@VanTran-ne4yf Ай бұрын

Do you know migrant in Russia onlymake an average $400usd/month when everything in the supermarket and department store store the same price as US, Canada, Australia and Europe. A majority migrant in Russia 90% are taxi driver, Uber driver or food delivery , Bus driver Do you think you can survive $400usd/month in Canada ? That why life very difficult for Vietnamese and migrant in Russia

@adrianc9784 17 күн бұрын

surprising to hear that a very much Eurasian country was anti-asian ?! huh. Would love to have half of Rina's language and culture skills, so interesting. Glad to find your channel, hugs from Kits (changing fast). Really appreciate what your channel is about, personal journeys so many are on 💦

@MrBeretboy Ай бұрын

Interesting intellectual discussion. Your guest obviously straddled Russian and Vietnamese culture and language. I'd love to know how and where she became fluent in American English. Thank you.

@therinajournal 29 күн бұрын

It's actually a mix of several accents that I picked up throughout the years of learning English! It started with Russianized British English when I was in school, then as I attended English centers in Vietnam, I got taught by New Zealanders, Scottish and Canadians, and then just consumed lots of US-UK TV series and movies. Some foreigners can tell when my Russian accent pulls through from time to time 😂

@jerryle379 Ай бұрын

You should open a slavic restaurant

@zdaman 6 күн бұрын

she must had attended international schools in Vietnam to have that perfect English speaking

@3-dhistory495 Ай бұрын

She could learn to relax about the Russianness, you don't have to be Slavic to be Russian. There are Yakuts, Bashkir, Kazan Tatars, Altai Siberians (Asian), Kyrgyz, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Buryats, all of them in the big cities, Moscow, etc. Asian is typically 20-25% of the youth population, it's just that they are Asian n Muslim. Great interview, she's a bit neurotic, it's interesting.

@FengFox19 Ай бұрын

Well, the fact is Russia was having an identity crisis during the early 2000s may contribute to that.

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

@@FengFox19 yep, and racism was pretty heavy everywhere in the early 2000s, and the further you went from Moscow, the worse it'd get. Last time I was in Moscow in 2016, it was waaaay more friendly and tolerant compared to earlier years

@FengFox19 Ай бұрын

@@therinajournal cause you don't look white or from the west and you live in the western part of russia during those times. But hey, russia is always harsh to its children 😁

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

@@FengFox19 yep 😅

@daviddoan3815 21 күн бұрын

I wonder how big of a culture shock for those kids that were born overseas in the US, Canada, Australia etc ... when they decide to move to Vietnam to live. How strange it is to feel like foreigner in the motherland.

@brokethehabit 21 күн бұрын

Yep.

@HaiPham-yn8fm Ай бұрын

do she know no vodka in VIETNAM

@denis4072 Ай бұрын

She mention VK but she should have remember other VK migrated to other country to make a living. Now just put that perspective in the opposite direction and she should not feel any different than other VK.

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

I would've, but the majority of VK stories I hear around me are of people who were financially and career established and made a choice to come here. I didn't find anyone with a story similar to mine to relate to, even tho on paper I was definitely VK

@hf..7271 18 күн бұрын

I’ll rather live in Vietnam than in Russia .

@bunbohue369 Ай бұрын

are you sure she is from Russia? her English is too good.

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

That's what you get for learning the language since elementary school and making studies your everything for the entire childhood just to meet the parents expectations

@tednguyen7258 29 күн бұрын

shes dated old white men from usa all her life i bet...since she claims viet boys grope her....lol

@johnnywang206 26 күн бұрын

Spy

@bunbohue369 26 күн бұрын

@@johnnywang206 she definitely is a spy or espionage.

@84jordie 23 күн бұрын

She sounds exactly like a Russian who can speak very fluent English, and probably went to a private school in Russia? It's so strange but cool.

@vincentnnyc Ай бұрын

how did she learn to speak english well while raise in russia. was she in an international school in russia? and why did her parents decide to back back to vietnam? did the father fail at some business or couldn't make enough money in russia?

@congthanh1254 Ай бұрын

The reason they left is right in the first minute, dude...

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

English was mandatory in Russian schools from Year 1 of elementary school, so I learned from then, and then attended several English centers when I came back to Vietnam. Add the depression period where my escapism was consuming things everything not Russian or Vietnamese (so, books and TV series in English, talking almost exclusively in English to all my friends), and there you have a good command of it

@jesuisrobert808 Ай бұрын

At 3:57 she says she went to diplomatic school. I am not sure what her family did for work that allowed her to live in Russia. I believe Russia has schools to indoctrinate Russia propaganda.

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

@@VK-tq4il mad kudos for learning 4! I stopped at basic Korean cause I couldn't find a better use for it to further my studies aside from translator which I already got tired of

@therinajournal Ай бұрын

@@jesuisrobert808i didn’t say that. I went to very ordinary schools. My high school is located in Vung Tau city’s isolated micro village for Russian workers, but on paper when I got my high school diploma, it states a school under Embassy of Russia