Info on Construction Mgmt Industry for English Speakers

You should look into what certification that is required to gain this type of job. The VN government loves university degrees to take many of these jobs.

"The VN government loves university degrees to take many of these jobs."

..but the back door may be better...   

Great. I'll look into it. I'm from Canada and actually hold a finance degree from a university and constitution engineering technologist degree from a provincial community college.

Will take a look. Thanks a lot for suggestion

matti_ih wrote:

....constitution engineering technologist degree from a provincial community college.

Does this degree enable you to engineer constitutions?    Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Better watch your auto-speller. 

Hahah. Damn iPhone !! **construction 😂

matti_ih wrote:

Great. I'll look into it. I'm from Canada and actually hold a finance degree from a university and constitution engineering technologist degree from a provincial community college.

Will take a look. Thanks a lot for suggestion

I owned and operated a small construction company for 14 years. The employers here wouldnt employ me due to a lack of a degree related to construction.

Just to answer your question with regards to project management jobs in Vietnam I have been looking myself now for sometime I live in Vancouver British Columbia I have sent out numerous resumes to large construction companies all over the country and the problem is is they all want you to have bachelor's degrees and then if you do have a bachelor's degrees the maximum they will pay is 1500 us to 2,000 us per month the cost of living is cheap in Vietnam but that money that they offer is not very much and believe me I have tried for the last year so good luck if you find anything that will pay you any more than that it'll be one of a kind job I've even tried International companies working in Vietnam but because of the wage scale

Heyyyy !!

I am also a Canadian civil engineer and have been trying to find a job as project manager in VN but no luck.. not calls back, nothing..

Any luck guys?

@Vietnam traveller, did you get any offers ? if so, how and where

Thanks so much,
Thien

I have had some replies but like I said the most anyone will pay is 2000 us per month and English teacher can make 2500 with no credentials  just a 4 week course in Vietnam
Personally I'd love to go over and teach English  in an air conditioned class room lol

I think the three of you have an over inflated idea of your worth as civil engineers in the Vietnam labor market.  This goes back to 2012, six years ago, but I had a neighbor who was an electrical engineer with a major high rise developer.  Based on his age he probably had from 5-10 years of experience.  He told me that his salary was 17 million.  I would guess he is not over 30 million to this day.

Check this publication:  https://anhtuanle234.files.wordpress.co … e-2017.pdf   In particular check pages beginning at 50.  A project Engineer with a degree and 7-10 years experience is listed at 34-40 million VND or $1500-1750.   Although Thien may have a degree (and may speak Vietnamese) neither of you should really expect more. 

Although English teachers may make more, very few of them are making $2400/month.  At the common salary of $20/hour, that would be 30 hours a week, which is actually a fairly steep schedule as ESL salaries are for "face time" only.  There is no pay for off periods or even the ten minutes between classes.  A more reasonable estimate would be about $1600/month.  Also although the degree requirement may be rather non-specific, one is required to be a legal employee, not just a TEFL course.  Most important, the ESL native speaker has a skill that local Vietnamese do not have.  There are plenty of Vietnamese engineers but very few fluent English speakers.  The law of supply and demand certainly applies in most labor markets.

Thank à for thé quick reply and good luck in your research. I’m not looking much for money but more of an experience in my field and in VN

Any recommended website ?

Do you have Facebook or LinkedIn ?

thiensan31 wrote:

Thank à for thé quick reply and good luck in your research. I’m not looking much for money but more of an experience in my field and in VN

Any recommended website ?

Do you have Facebook or LinkedIn ?

I wouldn't have a clue as to where to apply as I am not an engineer but a retired agriculturalist.  My hunch is that applying for such jobs is like ESL in that you need to be in town and put some shoe leather into it.  Also note that Vietnamese business ethics do not seem to require negative replies.  No answer means "No."  If you have even basic command of Tiếng Việt, you should be even more hireable.   Having a US or Canadian educated engineer on staff could be seen as adding to the prestige of a firm.  However, I think you may need to be in the country to have your applications taken seriously.  If you feel secure in your ability to find a new job, or your old job back on return, why not go to Vietnam with a few months living expenses and look around?   Some of the firms that did not reply may be positive if you are in the country.

I think THIGV has some very good advice. I am not in the same line of work myself but my experience here in VN tells me that your chances of finding employment will be greatly improved when your physical body walks through the door. It might also help if you have a Vietnamese friend or two who can help you make some connections. Here in VN who you know seems to have a lot of pull.