thanhlongdo
Canadian expat in Vietnam
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Registration: 13 May 2020
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Law enforcement and illegal migrants by Jlgarbutt
So today find out today that VN authority have caught 9,000 illegal Chinese migrants, 8,200 so far have been reported. The rest remain in quarantine. Dodgy operators ship them across the border, and even dodgier person in HCM has a large villa ...
Worst aspect of this is that it undermines all the effort of controlling the borders to prevent COVID spread. The societal and economic impact of this sort of activity is enormous. Read More
stopped mail delivery
I live in d. 7 in Saigon and for many years had no issues receiving the occasional card or letter mailed to me from outside Vietnam. Beginning maybe a year ago, not sure exactly when, I no longer receive mail. I know this because I've been told ... Read More
Term Deposits by DaveTonetti
What are people's opinions in regard to term deposits these days?
3 things to consider other than the fact that 6% > 2%, etc : 1) losses due to currency conversion into vnd and back to your home currency 2) losses due to vnd decreasing in value in your home currency during the term and 3) issues with getting ... Read More
Extend your visa now or Cry later by Johnny Le Manh Hung
---------------------------------------------------- From the 18th of May, Immigration announced some new policies on visa automatic extended until June 30th, for those who enter Vietnam after March 1st, 2020 under tourist visa, Visa waiver, ...
In Saigon at least, the price has dropped to half of that due to market forces. Read More