GuestPoster73009
German expat in Vietnam
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About me
German
Lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh
Speaks german & english. minor danish
Registration: 16 July 2019
Health declaration form on entry to Vietnam by drybones
I intend to come to Ho Chi Minh city from the UK in May of this year and need to complete a health declaration form prior to entry. It appears that I have to register a VN sim in order to verify the health declaration form. How can I get a VN sim ...
Just filled my entry declaration for Friday. Heads up for anyone struggling: you need to disable your ad blocker. Otherwise you'll be unable to select any provinces/wards or to upload your vaccine and test files. Absolutely stunning how ... Read More
Engaged To Be Married In Vietnam by OceanBeach92107
Finally! Anybody else?
Congratulations! Still engaged. My extension was denied the day we wanted to apply for the certificate back in February. I'll return to HCM this Friday and our lawyer arranged everything for a speedy process. For the official ceremony with ... Read More
Baby clothes?
The thread was created almost 9 years ago. I cannot see any lack of baby markets when driving through the city or visiting the big malls these days. Also: My children always look stylish...Anyone really pays any attention to how a toddler is ... Read More
Some Visa Extensions Discontinued by OceanBeach92107
Don't trust ME on this. Contact your own visa agent to discover IF: ...you are in Vietnam from ANY country--on a category DN business visa--and you don't have a legitimate employer with a work permit--you will not be able to do any more ...
Yet another great system put in place by VN immigration. It seems those overstay fines are their primary goal.Mercedes dealership will kick off the new year with good sales I guess. Read More
Some Visa Extensions Discontinued by OceanBeach92107
Don't trust ME on this. Contact your own visa agent to discover IF: ...you are in Vietnam from ANY country--on a category DN business visa--and you don't have a legitimate employer with a work permit--you will not be able to do any more ...
Quick update from my side. As of a few hours ago, my agency (Jane SNVI) no longer accepts passports for extending tourist visas manually. There seems to me some meeting on the 15th of January that might (re)-open other visas / new entries. As for ... Read More
Sudden action from Ministry of Education by Swee Loke
Why are many so called 'Universities' which have been giving out Certificates of English Language like candy, abruptly being told by the Ministry of Education to completely "stop issuing any more Certificates!". Here, it seems ...
Not related to english teaching but rather to VN education system. The following happened last night: Me an my fianc茅 were watching Blood Diamond on Netflix. 1) Is Africa a nice country? 2) Where is Africa? 3) How can the white guy be born in ... Read More
Some Visa Extensions Discontinued by OceanBeach92107
Don't trust ME on this. Contact your own visa agent to discover IF: ...you are in Vietnam from ANY country--on a category DN business visa--and you don't have a legitimate employer with a work permit--you will not be able to do any more ...
Quick update: Visa (3 month DL, originally issued on 18.01.2020 and extended ever since) got extended until 10.12.2021. Seems like immigration changed their mind again. Agency rumors say immigration doesn't plan changes on the extension policy ... Read More
Some Visa Extensions Discontinued by OceanBeach92107
Don't trust ME on this. Contact your own visa agent to discover IF: ...you are in Vietnam from ANY country--on a category DN business visa--and you don't have a legitimate employer with a work permit--you will not be able to do any more ...
If you are forced to leave because of your visa situation the solution may be to return to Texas and have your fianc茅e go to you there and marry. Or you could apply for a fianc茅e visa if she cannot get a tourist visa.I've never set ... Read More
Some Visa Extensions Discontinued by OceanBeach92107
Don't trust ME on this. Contact your own visa agent to discover IF: ...you are in Vietnam from ANY country--on a category DN business visa--and you don't have a legitimate employer with a work permit--you will not be able to do any more ...
My current visa expires on the 4th of November. Quoting Jane Snvi: we just got the update that the immigration may stop extending tourist visa from tomorrow, there's no official updates yet so I'm not sure how it works and what are the ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
Officially on DHLs list of items they don't carry.. bank and credit cards is one of the items.They're not mentioned on the list of prohibited goods for DHL Express Germany. The closest one would be Cash (legal tender - bank notes, currency ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
Received two new credit cards this week issued by my German bank. Since these cards require a pin verified payment within Germany in order to activate contactless payment, I had them mailed to my mother so she could make payments. She then shipped ... Read More
Moving from BKK to HCMC by BlueBeast
Hi I'm planning to move from BKK to HCMC in the coming months. Been living my expat life in Thailand for the past 20 years, originally I come from Helsinki Finland. Every now and then I go back to Helsinki, but life abroad is still what appeals ...
City Garden in Binh Thanh also has a great pool within a nice, green outdoor area. Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
How is Amex acceptance in VN? It鈥檚 TERRIBLE in Germany, so I never bothered getting one even though they have amazing benefits when spending proper amounts. Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
Not familiar with credit cards issued from US banks, how much control do you have over your cards? I have three cards, two from German banks and one from a Swiss bank. All three come with apps that allow me to activate/deactivate the card, setting ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
I wasn't clear here. My company developed an exchange gateway for interchanging shipment data between DHL and Aramex for a huge NGO operation. Though highly unlikely to ever be be shipped with this service level, credit cards would have been ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
Yes and no. In practice you'll not have any problems shipping credit cards with any courier service. I didn't keep the receipt so, not exactly sure if they applied any value to my card. However cards still don't count as documents even ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
Credit cards do not fall into the Documents category. Neither for shipping nor for customs purposes. I recently had a credit card shipped to Saigon via DHL Express International from Berlin together with two pairs of sneakers (~80 EUR per pair). ... Read More
"Plate Snatching" in Restaurants by jayrozzetti23
When I first arrived in Viet Nam in 2004, one of the first things I noticed was the tendency of servers in restaurants to grab your plate immediately after putting the last bit of food in your mouth before you could even finish chewing or even when ...
I wonder who go to sit comfortably in the front. First come first serve? Elderly, pregnant women, disabled people? Or was it a matter of money? Read More
"Plate Snatching" in Restaurants by jayrozzetti23
When I first arrived in Viet Nam in 2004, one of the first things I noticed was the tendency of servers in restaurants to grab your plate immediately after putting the last bit of food in your mouth before you could even finish chewing or even when ...
While technically correct and I don't doubt your experiences, as an arrogant German with business in Switzerland and almost 30% of our clients being located in northern Italy I wouldn't exactly call Italy a first world country ... Read More
"Plate Snatching" in Restaurants by jayrozzetti23
When I first arrived in Viet Nam in 2004, one of the first things I noticed was the tendency of servers in restaurants to grab your plate immediately after putting the last bit of food in your mouth before you could even finish chewing or even when ...
Not exactly a travel forum, right? I have to agree with Colin. It sucks. It sucks especially when you're asking them nicely to do to it correctly (no matter the language, my GF is VN) and they keep giving you the shit show. Definitely a ... Read More
"Plate Snatching" in Restaurants by jayrozzetti23
When I first arrived in Viet Nam in 2004, one of the first things I noticed was the tendency of servers in restaurants to grab your plate immediately after putting the last bit of food in your mouth before you could even finish chewing or even when ...
Even more frustrating than not being given a knife at all for me is being given a blunt knife. Hey thanks for this piece of metal trash with cutting performance of a toothbrush. It will certainly help me. Read More
"Plate Snatching" in Restaurants by jayrozzetti23
When I first arrived in Viet Nam in 2004, one of the first things I noticed was the tendency of servers in restaurants to grab your plate immediately after putting the last bit of food in your mouth before you could even finish chewing or even when ...
Best place for service is a small fish restaurant on the broken pier in R岷h H脿m on the east coast of Phu Quoc, only accessible by wading through the mudflat for 10 minutes. Young boy, maybe 8-10 years old and dirt poor but speaking ... Read More
"Plate Snatching" in Restaurants by jayrozzetti23
When I first arrived in Viet Nam in 2004, one of the first things I noticed was the tendency of servers in restaurants to grab your plate immediately after putting the last bit of food in your mouth before you could even finish chewing or even when ...
This drives me crazy. I like to enjoy my food WITH my gf not after or before her. It has become the single most deciding factor when thinking about revisiting a restaurant for date night. There's a Bagel place where we regularly have breakfast ... Read More
Salary expectation for an Expat Product Manager by SKK001
I am being considered for a Product Manager position in a leading financial corp. What would be a good compensation range. I am married with 2 kindergarten going kids. Thanks, S
City Garden in B矛nh Th岷h in case you were wondering. Read More
Salary expectation for an Expat Product Manager by SKK001
I am being considered for a Product Manager position in a leading financial corp. What would be a good compensation range. I am married with 2 kindergarten going kids. Thanks, S
Neither I would say. 60 million doesn't get you a nice penthouse in this city. At least I wasn't offered any that were somewhat close to where I wanted to live. 140m虏 according to the floor plan. But that includes balconies and ... Read More
Salary expectation for an Expat Product Manager by SKK001
I am being considered for a Product Manager position in a leading financial corp. What would be a good compensation range. I am married with 2 kindergarten going kids. Thanks, S
I have to agree with Stein here. The sole reason of working should not be to just "get by". I know that this is harsh reality for the majority of people but definitely doesn't apply to people that can choose to live and work in another ... Read More
Best modern apartment buildings close to D1 in Saigon? by Ballweg82
Hey community, I am doing some research on the best modern apartment buildings to stay in Saigon with the following criteria: - Top notch in building gym - Close to D1 - Good grocery shopping in walking distance - Furnished apartments ...
You can just create a new facebook account, join one of the many housing groups, make a post what you're looking for and enjoy the endless and mostly completely unrelated spam from the agents. I got lucky and found a superb agent, he went above ... Read More
Best modern apartment buildings close to D1 in Saigon? by Ballweg82
Hey community, I am doing some research on the best modern apartment buildings to stay in Saigon with the following criteria: - Top notch in building gym - Close to D1 - Good grocery shopping in walking distance - Furnished apartments ...
Avoid Vinhomes at all costs... I just moved out of Vinhomes Golden River after 4 months due to the horrible management and happily took the loss of 3600$ deposit just to get out of there. My experiences with Vinhomes Central Park are also rather ... Read More
A waste of expertise ? by GuestPoster288
I appreciate that some members on here consider that anyone over 50 should be embalmed, tied to a stake and burned or buried at sea but it occurs to me that also within the group of ex-pats there is a wealth of experience and expertise that far ...
I feel you. I never saw myself as a real car guy as I was mostly buying mine as assets and for occasional cross country road trips in Germany but the longer I'm here the more realise how much I miss just entering a car and driving around to ... Read More
withdraw funds from ATM by lord enki
I have lived in Ha Noi going on 4 years now. spent 3 years in Tay Ho. Near my building there was an ATM that I used that allowed me to withdraw the maximum cash of 3 million dong, 3 times. This ATM was maintained by ACB bank. Had no problem with ...
I'll cross post an answer I made earlier this month. It's actually a VPBank ATM tho. /forum/viewtopic.php?id=808563#4786158 Read More
Needed to make a large cash withdrawal: VIETCOM BANK to the rescue by KruChris
The teller at my bank couldn't get his machine to work. So he took me down high street and asked half a dozen other banks. Only Vietcom Bank was able to handle the transaction. They charged [b]3.2%[/b] and it was done in minutes. Hope this will ...
I don't know how much money you needed but for the folks in Saigon I found the perfect ATM by accident in the Vinhomes Central complex. Between Park 7 and Park 6 there is a VietiBank ATM that lets me withdraw up to 20 million VND per ... Read More
Expat project manager salary? by Mathiasbaka
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me clarify how much I can ask for as desired salary at a project manager? I just graduated but got 8 months experience in a similar company and I also got a diploma in project management? Looking forward ...
Absolutely fine. As I said earlier in this thread I don't wan't to dictate anyone how to run their business. As long as employees don't starve, aren't homeless and can send their children to school, I'd argue an employer did ... Read More
Expat project manager salary? by Mathiasbaka
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me clarify how much I can ask for as desired salary at a project manager? I just graduated but got 8 months experience in a similar company and I also got a diploma in project management? Looking forward ...
What do you pay your cleaner? Genuinely interested. 3 million VND are exactly one additional monthly salary. I'm not sure if people generally pay a bonus to their house staff but If they do, one salary would be the standard right? Read More
Expat project manager salary? by Mathiasbaka
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me clarify how much I can ask for as desired salary at a project manager? I just graduated but got 8 months experience in a similar company and I also got a diploma in project management? Looking forward ...
I'm not giving money away. I'm paying people based on the value they provide. Our Swiss developers get 15.000CHF/month. Way above average. No one here would complain that I destroy Swiss rates or shower Swiss developers with money "just ... Read More
Expat project manager salary? by Mathiasbaka
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me clarify how much I can ask for as desired salary at a project manager? I just graduated but got 8 months experience in a similar company and I also got a diploma in project management? Looking forward ...
We have some controlling mechanisms. After discussion with the devs subtasks are given a maximum amount of hours required that can be adjusted in case of unforeseen difficulties. Performance bonuses are calculated based on how many tasks have been ... Read More
Expat project manager salary? by Mathiasbaka
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me clarify how much I can ask for as desired salary at a project manager? I just graduated but got 8 months experience in a similar company and I also got a diploma in project management? Looking forward ...
I pay my cleaning lady 100.000VND/hour. Her Tet bonus was 3.000.000VND. No clue if that is too much but honestly I couldn't care less. She's always on time, speaks english very well, works incredibly fast and thorough. For me she's ... Read More
Expat project manager salary? by Mathiasbaka
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me clarify how much I can ask for as desired salary at a project manager? I just graduated but got 8 months experience in a similar company and I also got a diploma in project management? Looking forward ...
Absolutely not! It's not my intention to dictate anyone how to run their business. I was just curious as your numbers drastically differ from what I pay. But of course this is subject to industry, experience, workload and various other factors. Read More
Expat project manager salary? by Mathiasbaka
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me clarify how much I can ask for as desired salary at a project manager? I just graduated but got 8 months experience in a similar company and I also got a diploma in project management? Looking forward ...
You are choosing to overpay based on the market value. That is your prerogative.Everyone's happy then. Overpaying is deeply ingrained in our company's culture and as we're based in Switzerland with products that scale incredibly well ... Read More
Expat project manager salary? by Mathiasbaka
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me clarify how much I can ask for as desired salary at a project manager? I just graduated but got 8 months experience in a similar company and I also got a diploma in project management? Looking forward ...
I guess the Vietnamese freelance developers I just hired must be pretty happy. 15$ - 18$ per hour with no restriction to the amount they work. Plus another 4-5 monthly salaries by our bonus system over the course of a year. May I ask if you're ... Read More
Turning normal apartment into serviced apartment? by GuestPoster73009
Hello, I'll be moving from Berlin to HMC at the end of October and plan to stay for approximately 2-3 years, depending on how my customer's business in SEA evolves. I'm kind of in a hurry to find a long term renting as there is still ...
Thanks for the additional answers. I went with Honeycomb real estate agency and just moved into a nice 3BR apartment at Golden River. Probably overpriced but I just fell in love with the panorama bedroom and honestly don't care too much about ... Read More
Turning normal apartment into serviced apartment? by GuestPoster73009
Hello, I'll be moving from Berlin to HMC at the end of October and plan to stay for approximately 2-3 years, depending on how my customer's business in SEA evolves. I'm kind of in a hurry to find a long term renting as there is still ...
Thanks Stein, those links are really helpful. Haven't had too much luck finding non English pages myself yet. Though it looks like both of them could use some re branding to finally arrive in the 21st century. Another question: How firm are ... Read More
Turning normal apartment into serviced apartment?
Hello, I'll be moving from Berlin to HMC at the end of October and plan to stay for approximately 2-3 years, depending on how my customer's business in SEA evolves. I'm kind of in a hurry to find a long term renting as there is still ... Read More