New members of the Vietnam forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020

I am currently in HCM doing my two week quarantine. I had been teaching music in China for the last five years and I'm one of those teachers who went on vacation and couldn't get back.

Welcome back, Julien! 😎

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Hi everyone,

I have just moved to Hanoi and I am completing my quarantine at the moment.

A bit of a strange time to be moving to a new country, but I am cautiously optimistic. I am interested in getting to know people, and exchanging tips on living here. I have been in Hanoi many times on business trips but have never lived here. It's fair to say I have hundreds of mundane questions, but I won't bore you with them now.

Looking forward to meeting people and living in Vietnam.

Matt

matthanoi wrote:

Hi everyone,

I have just moved to Hanoi and I am completing my quarantine at the moment.

A bit of a strange time to be moving to a new country, but I am cautiously optimistic. I am interested in getting to know people, and exchanging tips on living here. I have been in Hanoi many times on business trips but have never lived here. It's fair to say I have hundreds of mundane questions, but I won't bore you with them now.

Looking forward to meeting people and living in Vietnam.

Matt

Welcome to The Forum.

Please take a look at some of the recent subject threads.

There are a couple of discussions about the quarantines and about re-entering Vietnam.

Your experiences would be great additions to the conversations, as there are a lot of people with questions.

Let's not discuss it in this thread because it's just for new member introductions.

Cheers!

Hi,

I'm Malaysian, currently living in Mai Lâm, Tĩnh Gia, Thanh Hoá. Working here.

Looking for connection to make relationship and change idea.

Thanks & regards,

Resdi

Hi everyone!

My name is Nyree and my husband & I recently moved to Ho Chi Minh from South Africa. I am in HR and taking up a 2 year assignment here.

If anyone is keen to meet up, I would love to connect.

Nyree8612 wrote:

Hi everyone!

My name is Nyree and my husband & I recently moved to Ho Chi Minh from South Africa. I am in HR and taking up a 2 year assignment here.

If anyone is keen to meet up, I would love to connect.

Welcome Nynee, Husband and amp!!!

Hello all,

My name is Samer. I'm from the U.S. by way of Jordan. I spent the summer of 2019 in Hanoi with my wife and son and we fell in love with Vietnam. We finally made it back (after 2-weeks in quarantine with a 3 year old.)

I'm doing some consulting for a Myanmar based project but will soon have a lot of free time to spend. I want to meet people! I enjoy football, basketball, book clubs, politics, food, cooking, music, percussions, and simply getting to know people and hearing their stories.

I really like humans.

Thank you and hope to meet you all!

I didn’t want to create a new thread for this, but is there a way to sort the posts in a thread so the newest post is at the top?

jjb7733 wrote:

I didn’t want to create a new thread for this, but is there a way to sort the posts in a thread so the newest post is at the top?

Thank you for the suggestion, which I've forwarded to admin.  Will post their answer when it's available.

jjb7733 wrote:

I didn’t want to create a new thread for this, but is there a way to sort the posts in a thread so the newest post is at the top?

Heretical thought! The sands of time flow downward. Evermore.

gobot wrote:

jjb7733 wrote:

I didn’t want to create a new thread for this, but is there a way to sort the posts in a thread so the newest post is at the top?

Heretical thought! The sands of time flow downward. Evermore.

And It probably won’t happen anyway, because then you wouldn’t have to scroll past the articles and ads at the bottom while trying to find the button that takes you to the last page of the thread 

Hi am new here. I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. I have been to Vietnam all over the country maybe 8 times over a few years. i mainly stayed in Danang.
I will retire next year 2021.I am planning to stay in Danang 2-4 months 2022 in the cold months in Canada  You know how cold Winterpeg is lol.
I was hoping on meeting some people to hook up enjoy some chats, coffee ,drinks and maybe do some activities together.

Bartam58 wrote:

You know how cold Winterpeg is lol.

My husband was born in Brandon, MB where winter was -55°.  I've heard all about it and saw plenty of photos in which their houses were completely buried under the snow.  After 43 years of such winter, in 1950, grandma packed up the whole family and moved to Laguna Beach, CA where the family still lives today.

sameraltaher wrote:

Hello all,

My name is Samer. I'm from the U.S. by way of Jordan. I spent the summer of 2019 in Hanoi with my wife and son and we fell in love with Vietnam. We finally made it back (after 2-weeks in quarantine with a 3 year old.)

I'm doing some consulting for a Myanmar based project but will soon have a lot of free time to spend. I want to meet people! I enjoy football, basketball, book clubs, politics, food, cooking, music, percussions, and simply getting to know people and hearing their stories.

I really like humans.

Thank you and hope to meet you all!

Hello and welcome.

A very nice and positive post. I hope you get some encouraging response from the Hanoi locals.

Bartam58 wrote:

Hi am new here. I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. I have been to Vietnam all over the country maybe 8 times over a few years. i mainly stayed in Danang.
I will retire next year 2021.I am planning to stay in Danang 2-4 months 2022 in the cold months in Canada  You know how cold Winterpeg is lol.
I was hoping on meeting some people to hook up enjoy some chats, coffee ,drinks and maybe do some activities together.

Welcome, and good luck with the retirement!

Hello everyone. My name is Kevin . nice to meet you all virtually. I am from Vietnam originally but now living and working in Sydney Australia. I travel frequently for work and i am always looking to network and get to know people from all over the world. I come back  to Vietnam very often for holiday and I also visit my relatives there as well. Ho Chi Minh city is my hometown and always will be even though I have been away for more than 10 years. I do speak Vietnamese Fluently and also English as well. I am looking to potentially stay in Vietnam half of the year in the near future. I am interested in Food and Wine, travel, cafe culture in Saigon, sharing cool places to check out amongst each other and also hoping to network and expand my circle of Friends in vietnam. I have professional background in hospitality, airlines, and customer service so always keen to share a glass of wine or cocktail and share some stories. Shoot me a message anytime .

Ciambella wrote:

jjb7733 wrote:

I didn’t want to create a new thread for this, but is there a way to sort the posts in a thread so the newest post is at the top?

Thank you for the suggestion, which I've forwarded to admin.  Will post their answer when it's available.

I just realized if you click on the little “New” blue rectangle, instead of clicking somewhere else on the thread title, it takes you to the last unread part of the the thread...Problem mostly solved, but the ability to sort would still be nice 😆

Hi All.
I live in Baltimore and work for a guy from Rach Gia.  He has, over the past ten years, been telling me I would LOVE living there.
I've not been to Vietnam and from the research I have done, was leaning towards the north.
Saying that though, is there a good site/forum I could get onto to look for a small cafe/bar to purchase?
In or around Roch Gia would be great.
Nothing crazy. No real timeline yet.

-Keith

keithwbentley wrote:

Hi All.
I live in Baltimore and work for a guy from Rach Gia.  He has, over the past ten years, been telling me I would LOVE living there.
I've not been to Vietnam and from the research I have done, was leaning towards the north.
Saying that though, is there a good site/forum I could get onto to look for a small cafe/bar to purchase?
In or around Roch Gia would be great.
Nothing crazy. No real timeline yet.

-Keith

Buying any business here is fraught with danger. You should come here and get a feel for the place. Not a lot of expats in that area, so not sure who your customer base will be. Contact a member called Willybaldy, he lived there for awhile.

That’s good place with beautiful sea and you can make a money as english teacher there, with income about $1000-2000 per months : ) good luck

Hi everyone and thanks a lot for the warm welcome.

I am Nobin from India and all through my life, I have been a wandering guy. People normally greet each other but my buddies, my near and dear ones, instead, enquire ," Nobin, where are you these days?" Don't blame them . I have lived in 5 different countries -- Indonesia, China, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Thailand .

South East Asia is one region which is close to my heart. I am now a Financial Advisor and an online tutor. I wish to be in Viet Nam soon and see thru my remaining working career here in this fast growing and remarkable country that is Viet Nam.

Vishakha, my wife is into teaching for over a decade and a half. She would love to teach in Viet Nam once I settle down.

I am an active netizen and believe that I can write well as my articles have featured in Indian and UAE dailies. Besides, I am an animal lover. We have Meera, our 4 legged daughter -- a rescued  brown haired lab. Yoga and voracious reading with old Hindi and English songs being played in the background, are my other passions.

Will be in touch with you all, folks, over this portal and later, in person -- fingers crossed.
CHEERS,
NOBIN

Hi,

i am Denis from Austria, i am polish and live here since couple of years.. i speak german, polish and english.. (last one not perfect )

if corona allows it, i plan moving to da nang for a while by the end of 2021, i am a self employed web developer..

hope to have a good time and maybe to find some buisness oportunities and friends

cheers

Hello!

I'm Nur, and just moved to Ho Chi Minh from Singapore yesterday and currently serving the 14 days quarantine life.

Would love to connect over coffee/food/activities once I've gained back my freedom.

Cheers!
-Nur-

nurrie wrote:

Hello!

I'm Nur, and just moved to Ho Chi Minh from Singapore yesterday and currently serving the 14 days quarantine life.

Would love to connect over coffee/food/activities once I've gained back my freedom.

Cheers!
-Nur-

I and maybe others are wondering what was the basis of your entry.  Are you some type of "expert" as defined by the government?

Great

Hi. Am pleasantly surprised to learn that you were in China. I was in Tianjin for about a year and a half. China is a remarkable country with great infra structure. And where did you live in China? I hope to be in Viet Nam soon. Fingers crossed.

NOBIN,
PUNE,INDIA.

Hi Thigv,
Yeap, that's right.

I work at a creative agency, specialising in digital project delivery (project management).
Reckon for most foreigners the key basis of entry would be 'expert in a particular field'.

Cheers,
Nur

Call me suspiicious but that sounds like a remote working job hardly requiring relocation

Hi,

I invite you to follow this topic on this new thread:
https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=916114

Thanks!