American Perspective On Living in VIETNAM. GOOD & BAD. Why Should YOU live HERE?
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Make is has lived pretty much all his life in the United States Of America and he finally came to the realization that Vietnam is way more suitable for him to live in. He explains why he thinks Vietnam is such a good country to live in for people in the USA. He also talks about the downsides.
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You don't change a country you visiting/moving to. You adjust. This guy have wisdom.
True story 😊 thanks for watching
Well, go tell the muslim immigrants living in Birmingam/UK that.
BEST HE GOES HOME YOU. YANKS DÍD ENOUGH DAMAGE LAST TIME You WHERE HERE.
Dude spoke facts from beginning to end. 💯
:D Thanks for watching!
Great suggestions for Vietnam expats
:D Indeed! Haha, he was nice to have on the show. I thought he had enough input to give him the whole episode and I'm glad you enjoyed it mate. Thanks again! Stay champ 🏆
I remember the war and had I been 5-6 years older I could have been drafted. Despite this, it was a terrible gut wrenching experience for Americans and the Vietnamese.
I am glad the people are doing better there.
But most of all we can be friends now.
Chai, rare to get such a well-spoken and well-informed person to interview. It is the first time I've seen you only have one interviewee, but he was a good one to do it with. Thanks and take care.
Thanks mate. I was lucky I got in touch with him via facebook. Back in Chiang Mai already ?
Yes, been here for a few weeks and will stay into October. I wish I could put out as many videos as you do! Very happy for you to see your growing numbers. You word so hard at the YT life, you deserve it. Are you back? Or still the globetrotter?@@Chai_Travel
Aw thanks :) you make some good videos I’ve noticed. Most are very informative. I’m in Chiang Mai too but in and out. Maybe we will bump into each other one day :)
Saigon is like NY City, just with out the muggings, shootings, homeless people in the streets, and super high prices. And he was very nice about the dating scene, where in the US, the women are mostly concerned with how much money you make. I have a feeling he will stay in Vietnam soon.
Cheers mate, I think he’s planning on it. It’s said to hear all the bad news about the US :(
It really is a shame what is going on there. I do not miss home!@@Chai_Travel
@@Chai_Travel US has been garbage for the past 10 years. For those who doesn't live in the US, here are some facts:
1) high crimes, especially in large cities like Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Miami
2) depending on which cities large or small. I can speak for San Jose and San Francisco, CA. Homeless are everywhere, they setup tents along freeway and inner streets. Trash, litters, used drugs, even human shit often found in San Francisco streets
3) random shooting, hate crimes, home burglar, car jacking is frequent. Car break-in is daily.
4) If anyone consider visiting USA, especially San Francisco, you may want to consider twice or triple. San Francisco is the worst. It is a shit hole! Make sure to pack bullet proof vest.
So a Vietnamese woman doesn't consider money when dating a foreigner ?? 🤣 That's kinda, ya know, the whole thing.
Most family oriented Vietnamese women are in a way being a subordinate to their spouses. It is probably due to how they had seen the roles and responsibilities of their parents in the house. These also explain why the majority of working class Vietnamese men would give their hard earning moneys/salaries to their spouses to manage any household spendings (low wage earners tend to keep their moneys at homes). Another reasons is to prevent over spending due to most of these men would go out with friends and spend their money when becoming more generous from alcohol intoxication or don't stop gamblings. These also explain why the divorce rate is very low when these women counting the money when their spouses get paid. These also explain why these women almost never say no to intimacy, and they rarely say no even when they have a headaches. These women were told that it is their responsibilities to make sure their spouses are happy and satisfied. These also explain why single foreigners tend to agree with the roles and responsibilities except they prefer to keep money in the bank and separate if it is possible. These also explain why Vietnamese women like foreigners because they think foreigners have some money. These also explain why Vietnamese women assume foreigners visit Vietnam do have money and have money to spend. These also explain why foreigners love to spend their money in Vietnam due to generous foreign exchange currency rates. These also explain why so many foreigners come to Vietnam to spend their foreign currencies now and more than ever because good and services appear to be cheaper. These also explain how 10 of million Vietnamese are improving their lives over the last couple decades, and most of them work hard now so that their children will have a better future.
Great video and great interview, you picked a good guy to interview. I'm heading that way sometime soon, Thailand, too.
Thanks mate :) and good to hear you make it out here :) Good choice 🏆 Thanks for saying hi
Great interview. This guy is quite intelligent and he will adapt well anywhere he goes. I like his attitude. Love the fact that he loves his motherland. I have great respect for him!
this guy is the most sensical and logical person i've ever heard from
Yeah he’s good 😁
All very true this. Providing you are already financially secure that is. I've always understood that the spending power in SE Asia is 4 times the value of the home currency. That would guarantee a pretty comfortable life style away from the mother country providing you lived a sensible lifestyle which means not partying and boozing it up every night of the week, just occasional and ensuring you have a decent partner that can also live frugally ie. is not of the opinion that farang money grows on trees. If not then wise to send her packing. Excellent video Chai. 🤩
Some got into bar girls trap and lost life savings.
Haha well said Steven 😁 things are slowly changing though as the bigger cities are getting more expensive but still pretty much in all SEA your dollar will last a lot longer :) always a pleasure Steven and you know it 🤩
A good perspective from your interviewee 👍 life pressures & trying to get ahead is extremely difficult in our western worlds - Nice work Champ 👌👋👍🙏
Cheers mate :)
Yes indeed and hopefully people stay strong in somewhat uncertain times wherever they are 💪 You as well! Keep going strong champ 🏆
Thanks for watching again
This interviewee talks a lot of sense, he's worked a lot of it out in a short time
I think so too :D
the interviewee is on point and I'm looking to do the same. Been back to Vietnam quite a few times and each time I go back I always find it enjoyable, especially with the value of dollar goes a long way. I find everything to be dirt cheap compared to living in one of the highest cost city in America. Though I can speak Vietnamese somewhat, not the best, but conversational enough to get by. Only differ is I'm married so I need to be creative in finding ways for the wife to bless me with living in Vietnam for a few months as trial.
Ow wow, I really hope you're able to work it out with your wife :D Speaking a bit of Vietnamese will definitely help to have a more enjoyable time too. Stay in touch 🏆
When you are young you should travel around the world but once you are retired Vietnam would be a place where you could maximise your dollars. HCM or Hà Nội are expensive to live but the rest would be reasonable in comparison to USA AUSTRALIA or EUROPE
"Geo arbitrage!" Love it! Unique and true. Our money goes farther in Vietnam and SE Asia! 🎉🥳🥰
That’s it mate ;)
Living in Saigon- biggest stress factor here is NOISE. People will honk from 5AM in front of house without any respect towards people who are sleeping.
Yes, but all you have to do is pay your way out of that. Instead of paying $325 for rent, pay a very affordable $500 for a luxury 2 bed/2 bath high-rise.
@@fs5775 2bed for $500? Show me a link
But it ruins street life, for some of us, along with air pollution.
great interview. nice guy. a lot of important informations.
Thanks! I'm glad you find it so :)
I like how smart he is and the knowledge he has. Of what he need on the daily basis and how he need to operate. Knowing how to exchange money and save money on exchange fees is important everywhere you go
Finally, there an American letting American knows that Saigon is like New York city. Where there's are a lot peoples, traffic, vehicles, noise and air pollution. But Saigon city have petty theft but not life threatening. While in America. There violence theft with a lethal weapon, sexual assault, and everything cost more. Saigon is a business city and it's not meant really a tourist city.
i think the pollution is pretty much a deal breaker in saigon, and i love it there, lived there for 2 years. But the pollution will shave years off your lifespan
I can imagine why it’s a dealbreaker
Very intersting interview and points mentioned. I'm in a similar situation, beeing in Vietnam for the first time and planing to live here for longer. My wife and I do get our salary in Euro and are in a much better financial situation therefore. Plus, have at least a second business.
Perfect! I hope you’ll be able to find a way to stay longer 😁 thanks for watching and saying hi 👋
The interview is on point 👏Thanks for shining light on different perspectives about Vietnam
Aw thanks. I’m glad you think so 😊
Love the video
Thanks mate :) I’m glad you do so 🏆
I don’t understand the traffic there. The sign is universally says do not enter. Yet, you see motorbikes going into the opposite direction. And there are cars that enter into the opposite direction and had to turn back. Maybe there should be arrows drawn onto the road to show one way traffic?
Haha maybe 😂
Excellent points raised. Thanks for the content.
Thanks mate :)
This dude is solid as fuck
Haha, he is indeed
you buy cause later you can double that money
Yea but you will not see an ROI until years down the line. Most people do not have the luxury to ( have their money tied up and) wait 5-10 years until profits actualize.
Bro I was ready for 10 more min of his insight. Maybe 20
Haha okay;) well I’ve made a few more videos in Vietnam 😉 here’s the playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLf5thCQYoyX8yv0x1kwlzD63jx3lrkAA_&si=8QveZRoBwhXt-F35
Will Gringo pricing happen there too?
Sometimes ;)
After this interview, I'll stay in the US. Not interested in living in Vietnam at all. Maybe a visit, two weeks top, thats it.
Fair enough mate :) I hope you’ll be able to visit soon though 😃 I’m sure you’ll love it
Don t marry! Have a good doploma,buy your own house,take a dog!
Haha or a cat! 🤪
Chai, what do you think of the pollution comparing Vietnam to Thailand? I have been to Bkk a few times and was pleasantly surprised when I visited Chiang Mai and the cleanliness of the city vs Bkk. But then of course there is burning season in CM. Just wondering about what you've noticed. And maybe you're also used to seeing the trash in Bkk that you don't notice it so much in Vietnamese cities? Not sure. Trash and air quality. Oh, and I'm sure the motorbikes are largely the reason for the air pollution. But was it Da Nang where I saw a video of how the taxis and scooters were electric, thereby reducing the pollution? By the way, I am not faulting any cities in SE Asia. There ar so many American cities (I'm an American) that have trash and pollution issues too. I'm thinking ultimately of retiring to CM. Thanks!
Not so much trash anymore inside of the cities in the big cities I reckon. Air pollution is sometimes very bad in any city in SEA I’m afraid. The dry season is the worst, it’s also the factories, farming(burning or crops), which are making it even worse. I’d avoid the dry season in Chiang Mai, though it’s my favorite city in Thailand.
Why Vietnam you ask these guys. Obviously for the young ladies
Not only for the young ladies it seems :)
He said you single guys know how it is with American dating. Yes we do lol I didn't even think about Vietnam until my cousin told me he was thinking about moving there. Im thinking that might be my new home.
Haha good on you mate 🤭😉
excellent interview!
Thanks!
Chai, even in het NL. Voor mij een nietszeggend interview, alleen gepraat over z,n huur enz… Geen info over Visum, Inkomen enz.. hoe je daar kunt verblijven. Luchtkwaliteit en al het andere kan men men zelf wel bedenken, maar niet echt nuttige info ! Mijn mening, daarom even in het NL. Opbouwend bedoeld hoor! 🙏
Ey Gert :) bedankt voor je feedback :) ik zal volgende keer aan een paar punten denken. Ik moet zeggen dat ik het zelf wel een erg fijn gesprek vond. Haha maar erg bedankt! Geniet van de familie in Nederland 🧀
Same here, I'm Vietnamese and I work remotely for foreign companies, earn Dollar and spent it in VN.
I work around 3-4 hours per day and spend rest of the day just chilling or play with my kids.
Good on you :D I'm happy for you 😃
Hey there! What is it you do for work? I'm considering leaving the US, but I'm a tradesman (machinist) and work with my hands, so I can't do that digitally.
Excelente entrevista. Excelente vídeo. Muchas gracias. Saludos
I’m glad you enjoyed it! ☺️ happy days
Very informative! Thank you!
Thanks :) thanks for watching
7:20 Stephen Curry is in HCMC !
Who works 10 hours a day in the US?
I think he meant ... starting from the time you wake up and getting dress to driving to the place of work, parking your car, walking to the office/facility and doing the same things in reverse when going home it can take about 11 to 12 hours for an 8-hour-especially when you have to commute in a highly congested traffic highway. On average, it takes me about 9.30 hours per day for an 8-hour shift even though I don't have to commute from a long distance.
Also, patrol, dispatcher, and construction, and professional work more than 10-hour shift. Depending on how it was arranged, any total hour more than 40-hour per week is considered over-time.
Lawyers/Doctors/Accountants/Engineers/etc work 60 hours week or more. Yes "Woke" group thinks that rich people are rich because they took advantage of poor single mothers and orphans but in reality they work their asses off since high school to get there.
I feel like most salaried people easily work 10hrs a day. I’m hourly with my full time job and I work from 9-6, and I also have a full time job 15hrs a week. When I worked in staffing, we regularly scheduled workers for 4 day 10 hour shifts. Gig workers like Uber and Lyft often have to work atleast 10hrs a day if that’s their main source of income. Also people who own restaurants usually have to start prepping early before they open, and then stay and clean/shut down once they close.
Alot people working 10 hrs a day in usa..me too
Only thing stopping me from living in another country is that I’ll miss my family idk how he does it if he has family in the US
Fair enough :) some people are less close to family than others. I love my family and I only see them once a year.
Also what's app, Skype, zoom, Facebook messenger, they are all as close as you want by a click of a button! 🎉❤
@@cbr929rrridingfree9 yeah but a hug goes along way when it comes to family
Saigon is little USA ..
I hope not
Did you find your laptop?
Thanks for asking :) I have not and I almost gave up. I did replace it already with a second hand one 😅 it had to be done to keep on editing
@@Chai_Travel yes. It is your work.
👍💛
👋 cheers :)
My plan is to retire in Monaco. retiring in a poor country, just the thought of it, scares me to work harder. 😂
Stop boasting, we all know that you are poor😂
Traitor 😂
Hmmm I think he’s more a trader
You sounded like the Chinese Communists !! 😂😂😂 everything is traitor !!
Are you good ?
Grass is always greener...
Do you know why your dad left Vietnam dude? I can guarantee you he left VN because of communist VN.
Okay
Our whole family left Vietnam because my dad would have been executed or locked up in a re-education camp. Ironically, he told me to learn Vietnamese more after I had graduated college. I asked him curiously why? He said, son, one day you might find yourself working in Vietnam. That was back in 1994. In 2012, I found myself living in Vietnam. Still here after 11.5 yrs.
Biden just come to Vietnam for signed contract co-operation with Communi and Vietnam upgrade for Usa.
Where is 3/// VNCH? It is destroy and disappear 48 years ago.
Sounds like u live in a bubble..
@@MADDENCN i guess you are blind not seeing what happened in Vietnam or just plain ignorant.