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@Lennerd
American expat in Vietnam
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About me
American
Lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Speaks I can speak a bit of Hindi, Gujarati, Spanish, and French. And even less of Mandarin. Still less even of Vietnamese, but want to work on that.
Registration: 15 August 2015
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Traffic law question by It2VN
I am referring to pedestrian crossings (as they are called in the UK); the white stripes across the street or road where pedestrians should be able to have priority over vehicles for safe crossing to the other side, the vehicles giving way or ...
It's really making a fuss over nothing. It's very easy to adapt to Vietnamese drivingAll you need to do is not be entrenched in a Western perspective, be flexible and tolerant. The Vietnamese are in their own country and do as they please; it's up ... Read More
Moving to Vung Tau by Matthew Oliver mccormick
Looking to move to Vung Tau area from Canada, what鈥檚 the options for work as an expat? I鈥檓 currently a manager at a commercial exterior construction company, I specialize in building envelope.
Looking to move to Vung Tau area from Canada, what鈥檚 the options for work as an expat? I鈥檓 currently a manager at a commercial exterior construction company, I specialize in building envelope. - @Matthew Oliver mccormickHey Matthew, As ... Read More
Am I really a bad teacher? Or is something up? by Noelwastaken
Hi everyone, I'm back with more questions about living and working here as an expat.I just got a message from my new boss, telling me I have to observe one of my coworker's classes tonight after I'm done teaching, because one of the schools were not ...
Nowhere in this thread is the issue of pronunciation competency addressed. - @OceanBeach92107 The spoken word. Vocab is number one. The more words a student knows, the better they can communicate with an interlocutor. Grammar comes third, but ... Read More
Am I really a bad teacher? Or is something up? by Noelwastaken
Hi everyone, I'm back with more questions about living and working here as an expat.I just got a message from my new boss, telling me I have to observe one of my coworker's classes tonight after I'm done teaching, because one of the schools were not ...
" . . . mathematical statistics. . . ."Are there any non-mathematical statistics? Asking for a friend. Read More
Wise Validation by mitsmaak
Hi, Anyone had to deal with Wise's Address verification.I don't have any of the documents that they requested. Was wandering if anyone had heard of a workaround or method that is different than the standard options?
@Lennerd Wow, that is a lot of stress reading that..lol聽 I need to ask my bank if I can use my sisters address since she will be signing an affidavit or equivalent to having access to my account in case of fraud or needing a new card, etc. So ... Read More
Wise Validation by mitsmaak
Hi, Anyone had to deal with Wise's Address verification.I don't have any of the documents that they requested. Was wandering if anyone had heard of a workaround or method that is different than the standard options?
@jrharvey I get money out of my WISE account at ATMs in TP HCM pretty much every week. - @Lennerd There were glitches at first: it鈥檚 a savings account . . . I had to select that as that is not the default on the ATM screen. Read More
Wise Validation by mitsmaak
Hi, Anyone had to deal with Wise's Address verification.I don't have any of the documents that they requested. Was wandering if anyone had heard of a workaround or method that is different than the standard options?
@jrharvey I get money out of my WISE account at ATMs in TP HCM pretty much every week. Read More
Wise Validation by mitsmaak
Hi, Anyone had to deal with Wise's Address verification.I don't have any of the documents that they requested. Was wandering if anyone had heard of a workaround or method that is different than the standard options?
@callaway4000 I don鈥檛 know what the limits of inactivity are because I transfer funds at least once a month! Read More
Wise Validation by mitsmaak
Hi, Anyone had to deal with Wise's Address verification.I don't have any of the documents that they requested. Was wandering if anyone had heard of a workaround or method that is different than the standard options?
@callaway4000, I don't KNOW the ins and outs of every banking situation.I was told that if I get a WISE account in Vietnam I wouldn't get an ATM card with the account. Thus, I was advised to get a WISE account in the USA, which I did. Conveniently, ... Read More
Moving next Spring to Vietnam by callaway4000
Hi, I am the new kid on the block here. I am a Canadian and I have been to Thailand twice each for a 3 week vacation. Moving to Vietnam or East Asia in General is new. Never been to Vietnam yet. My questions are the situation with my banking. I'm ...
@callaway4000, I can't tell you what the best thing to do is; I can only tell you what I do and that it's working for me.I have all my income direct-deposited into a Schwab account in the USA. I transfer money as I need it to a WISE account for ... Read More
What is the best place to live for expats? by Donald Sawatzki
Hello thinking about moving to Vietnam. What is the best place to live for expats? I make $4000 a month. I鈥檓 retired disabled veteran.
@Mac68 There are multiple stories on VN Express about terrifying flooding, storm related. 脥t is widely acknowledged that the typhoons that rake Philippines often go on to hit the mainland of Central and Northern Vietnam and Southern China ... Read More
What is the best place to live for expats? by Donald Sawatzki
Hello thinking about moving to Vietnam. What is the best place to live for expats? I make $4000 a month. I鈥檓 retired disabled veteran.
Hi @Donald Sawatzki, I am living in Ho Chi Minh City.You don't say what the level of disability you're living with, so like Aidan in HCMC I can't give you maybe the exact piece of information you're looking for.I am in my third year of living in Ho ... Read More
Off Topic Posts - Whats on your mind? by SimCityAT
This thread is for everything Off-topic..........https://www.askideas.com/media/13/Burning-Whats-Up-Gif-Picture.gif
This article says similar has been seen in Vietnam, including in the South. Yikes.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/world/asia/laos-wasp-attack-father-son.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zE8.qR2K.TyZP4qlccVLU&smid=url-share Read More
What to do in Moc Bai, Cambodia while waiting 4 hours for evisa? by dlewis516
...any good restaurants, sites, markets, up-scale hotels, etc.?
@dlewis516I have done that visa run to that location twice now. The first time I waited ~3 hours. The second time I waited 2 hours and 20 minutes and paying close attention, too.Between drinking coffee, chatting with fellow travelers, and reading my ... Read More
LETS HAVE A LAUGH BUT NO FILTH by goodolboy
windscreen wipers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=020InK5E99A
A priest, a politician, and an engineer are condemned to death and are queued up by the guillotine.The priest is slated to go first and the exchange goes like this:Executioner [to priest]: Would you like to go face down or face up?Priest: I want to ... Read More