Philippines, Thailand or Vietnam

Depends what you want in life, if you want love and happiness, find the women you love and who loves you and live with her any where in the world, UK, Philippines, Thailand or Vietnam.   It is all based on finding the women you love and who loves you.

If you just want happiness, then stay single and either travel for holiday's to a destination or move to a country and rent long term some place, get to know the country before making any commitments to property, or a car, etc.

If this article is accurate, it looks as though Thailand is closed to tourist until possibly next year.

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/thai … l-2021-tat

I have lived in both Thailand and the Philippines.  If you are looking for a possible wife, I would definitely go with the Philippines. I'm sure that there are many happily married people in both countries.
Thailand:
You have the language barrier.  Even with someone who speaks English it is not usually very good.  Many Thai woman don't really care about western men one way or the other.  It is very common to have to pay a large amount of money to the girl's family if you get married  And possibly even a gold baht payment to the girl each year.   Not all but many.  On the plus side, there is fairly easy marriage and divorce. If you are younger like under 40, it is possible to find young single girls but they do tend to be shy.  There, are of course, the profession girls who have the usual lies.
Philippines:
There are many looking to get married to a westerner.  The PI is probably the least xenonphobic country if Asia.  It is, in most cases, a plus to be of mixed  race.  Make sure that you pin down any money they expect you to contribute to the family.  DO NOT get married in the PI, no divorce allowed.  Most speak at least good English.  They will have nearly the same stories as in Thailand as far as where they come from and why they don't have a husband even though they have several children.
The ladies in both country are similar in appearance with maybe a slight tilt toward Thailand.
Vietnam:
They do have some beautiful woman but they are not as accessible as Thailand or the Philippines.  There is a huge difference between the "old" and the "new" Vietnamese people.  The new people know very little and care very little about the war.  The old are very hard line in their opinions about the war. There is also a difference between the Northern and Southern people with the Southerners being more friendly.
I would not move to any of them unless I had spent at least a month in each one.
Others will have different opinions.

Many thank's to you all for the useful information. I do appreciate that borders maybe closed at the moment but just wanted general advice. I am torn between the 3. I see beter opportunities in Vietnam and Thailand if I could learn some of the language but kind of love the laid back way in the Philippines.

However apart from the beautiful beaches and waterfalls, nature in the Philippines i see no draw to any city. I see nothing Attractive in Manila or Cagayan De Oro or Cebu, although I will admit the vibes I got when I visited Davao were positive and I felt good there. Even so from what I have seen give me Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi any day to Manila.

The point is I guess, I am not sure i would feel safe and comfortable in CDO and the ideal solution would be to move to Vietnam or Thailand with my Philippine girlfriend and our child and her 2 boys but getting her to leave her family behind would be impossible.

LOL ... You won't get Classroom work in the Phil as an English Teacher .. It is possible to get On-line English teaching .. It's also possible to get a good connection when there "is" a good connection. The problem with teaching English on-line are .. the chickens ,the dogs and next door's videoke machine

Yeh thank you for that, I was planning on teaching in Vietnam or Thailand and not the Philippines if one of those is my choice.

what about Cambodia. Forget Thailand.

Never though of Cambodia ad never will

Any particular reason?

Vietnam has lots of single moms (divorced/widowed) looking for foreign men.

Thailand seems to be on the verge of  major political instability again.

The 2019 Expat Explorer Survey by HSBC showed the Philippines moving up to 24th place from 28th in 2018.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sunsta … le/1813474

No, not really any reason for not considering Cambodia except that I do have some contacts in the other three countries and Cambodia just seems harder to get to from England

I have been living in the Philippines for 5 years now and do not like any of it's cities. They are all about the same. We love Hanoi and Đa Ląt, as well as Bangkok. Viet Nam immigration rules change often and were supposed to become much tougher July 1, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put a hold on most immigration.