New members of the Vietnam forum, introduce yourselves here - 2021

I am Nurse in Ghana and want to know if there is any job vacancy for foreign Nurses in Vietnam.

thompsonsmex wrote:

I am Nurse in Ghana and want to know if there is any job vacancy for foreign Nurses in Vietnam.

No.

spoink47 wrote:

Hi everyone!

I'm Spoink
planning to visit Vietnam later this year. Hope to stay for 3-4 months

I'm a writer

How are you "planning" when no one knows when the international borders of Việt Nam will be open again for you to "visit"?

spoink47 wrote:

Hi everyone!

I'm Spoink
planning to visit Vietnam later this year. Hope to stay for 3-4 months

I'm a writer

Not going to happen.. no tourist visa, business visa or work sponsor..
It's nice to dream but covid stops everything

Hi

Hello everyone, this is Ninh, I am in Ha Noi, My jobs is relating quality

Nice to connect with you,

NT

Gregory C.F. Dolezal wrote:

Xin Chao Y'all

Now, that's culture blending right at the get go! 

Are they opening up yet?

TheDucati wrote:

Are they opening up yet?

No

Hi all,

I'm from Hanoi, Vietnam.
I hope Vietnam will overcome the covid-19 soon so that you guys can come to visit us.

If you need any information about our culture or anything, pls ask me. I'm willing to help you guys.

1984in2021 wrote:

Gravel or cyclo-cross is best. Best taking one that don't mind scratching. Put it under the bus and head out for some trips, really doesn't cost much. City riding can be a hassle but most bigger roads like vo van kiet in saigon have moped/cycle lanes

Got a feeling you posted on the wrong thread.

colinoscapee wrote:

1984in2021 wrote:

Gravel or cyclo-cross is best. Best taking one that don't mind scratching. Put it under the bus and head out for some trips, really doesn't cost much. City riding can be a hassle but most bigger roads like vo van kiet in saigon have moped/cycle lanes

Got a feeling you posted on the wrong thread.

I think it's a reply to this post:

expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=916114#5027563

Lambybutler wrote:

Hi everyone,
I have just secured a job with the OneMount group and I will be arriving (from Sydney) into Hanoi to live in 2 months time (April 2021)

Still sorting out accommodation and I'm wanting information on where I can ride a bike (30-100 km) and what is the best bike to bring over? (Road / Gravel / MTB).
Any cycling enthusiatsic who can point me in the right direction?

Also, is there anything which is really difficult to get in Hanoi which I should be packing and shipping over?

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

I think it's a reply to this post:

What, no sermon about using the quote function?  The reality is that the quote function is not always needed but it sure was in this case.   

THIGV wrote:

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

I think it's a reply to this post:

What, no sermon about using the quote function?  The reality is that the quote function is not always needed but it sure was in this case.   

No sermons for old friends 

Besides, we know from experience he will give us plenty of other opportunities to argue with him.

After all, we are the Big Brother he has encoded in his username.

Or at least, I am...

Am Bethel Appah, (f) 44-years of age. An teacher with 9 years of working experience in a government senior secondary school. I Am married with 2kids, 8 and 12 years old girls.

Hello I'm Rebecca.  I'm a Viet Kieu, currently in California.   My wife and I just had our first baby during the pandemic of 2020 in the USA. 

When the pandemic settles down in Vietnam,  my parents have said that they are moving back to their homeland of Rach Gia Vietnam.   (They are currently building real estate by downtown Rach Gia)   

I'm trying to plan ahead by choosing a good early learning school for my daughter there, cause she will be visiting my parents, (her grandparents) during the summer months.  She is:

1 year olds
Attending a Waldorf school (green school)

I know Rach Gia is very small community; but can anyone recommend any type of Montessori/Waldorf type programs there?  Or close by even.

Welcome to the group. Sounds like you guys have a great plan.
As for information about the Rach Gia community ... try some additional research on Google Maps, email some civic groups, churches, Temples, look for Facebook people or groups. I'm sure there are more resources.
I'd bet your parents still have contacts in Rach Gia.
Enjoy your new adventure.

August 1 Big Lockdown. No swimming last two weeks! Tourist visa month by month goes up every month may not get renewed,agent says!  I am an inventor with Australian distributors ideal to manufacture here but find their business culture difficult. Needs a Gung Ho young team. See Rotosign on youtube.  It has a big US market. Need to be big before seeing them.  I have an engineer in Hai Phong I spent months with interested in running mass production.

How long can Americans stay in Vietnam?  Is there a limit?

VSG Solution JSC wrote:

How long can Americans stay in Vietnam?  Is there a limit?

Are you American?

VSG Solution JSC wrote:

How long can Americans stay in Vietnam?  Is there a limit?

colinoscapee wrote:

Are you American?

The profile of this poster says he's a Nigerian living in Nigeria, but the handle VSG Solution JSC is the initials of Viet Soft Group, Joint Stock Company whose Vietnamese owner/member *may* be one person with many different names. 

The "offices" and contact addresses of said person are in several different cities in both US and Vietnam. 

His "businesses" are not specific to one or two fields, but all over the map and appear all over social media. 

All of his business profiles are written in broken English, full of misspellings and very bad grammar, inferior to my beginner ESL students. 

Read his other post Tattoo and guess where he actually lives.

I'm smelling either a troll or a scammer.

Ciambella wrote:

VSG Solution JSC wrote:

How long can Americans stay in Vietnam?  Is there a limit?

colinoscapee wrote:

Are you American?

The profile of this poster says he's a Nigerian living in Nigeria, but the handle VSG Solution JSC is the initials of Viet Soft Group, Joint Stock Company whose Vietnamese owner/member *may* be one person with many different names. 

The "offices" and contact addresses of said person are in several different cities in both US and Vietnam. 

His "businesses" are not specific to one or two fields, but all over the map and appear all over social media. 

All of his business profiles are written in broken English, full of misspellings and very bad grammar, inferior to my beginner ESL students. 

Read his other post Tattoo and guess where he actually lives.

I'm smelling either a troll or a scammer.

That's why I asked.

Hi there!
I'm Steph from France. Recently arrived in Hanoi.  I'm going to work here for 3 years and would love to hear about your experiences here  :-)
Hope everybody is doing well.

Hey everyone ,
I'm Shanna  , I am from Guyana and I'm patiently waiting for Vietnam to Reopen so I can travel there , Hoping to live in Hanoi permanently .

Hi,  It's hard to live there due to the pandemic these days even for a resident, do you still stay in Cantho now?

Yes, Ninh Kieu

THAITUNG111 wrote:

Hi,  It's hard to live there due to the pandemic these days even for a resident, do you still stay in Cantho now?

sorry. this somewhat dysfunctional system needs you to use the 'quote' option to reply to a particular post/response, ie. the 'Reply' option is not actually a 'reply' at all, just a new post. personally, i frequently forget that..

long story short, therefore no-one can tell who/what your post was in response to.

fred2796 wrote:

THAITUNG111 wrote:

Hi,  It's hard to live there due to the pandemic these days even for a resident, do you still stay in Cantho now?

sorry. this somewhat dysfunctional system needs you to use the 'quote' option to reply to a particular post/response, ie. the 'Reply' option is not actually a 'reply' at all, just a new post. personally, i frequently forget that..
long story short, therefore no-one can tell who/what your post was in response to.

this really needs a separate topic, but ...
i realised last night that i didn't explain fully.

this site does NOT do/have threaded discussions/posts (and some people here do not even seem to understand what that is).
this has several dysfunctional inefficient wasteful knock-on effects.
1. 'Reply' is in fact just a general Post (although you could use @name, but it still wouldn't identify the specific Post and would be positioned at the end, not with relevant Post.)
2. so you have to use 'Quote' which, sure, is a Quote, but ...
3. it means the whole 'quoted' Post, and all the embedded previous Quotes (replies) are INCLUDED in that, which means we are forever repeatedly duplicating previous content unnecessarily every time we want to reply to a Post or Quote (reply), and the 'greyed out' Quote text is difficult to read.
4. and your Quote (reply) is STILL just stuck on the END of the discussion, NOT positioned with and under the Post you are trying to reply to/comment on, so again making it somewhat difficult to follow the 'thread' (pun intended).

if this site ever had a proper (normal) threaded Forum discussion board, BOTH of these inefficient, wasteful, un-user friendly issues would simply vanish, and everything would much more simple and MUCH more easy to follow the various discussions/comment: what we get instead is quite aggressive comments from the site, and others who pander to them, and who choose not to understand the issue (with the above details, that should now be difficult).

fred2796 wrote:

fred2796 wrote:

THAITUNG111 wrote:

Hi,  It's hard to live there due to the pandemic these days even for a resident, do you still stay in Cantho now?

sorry. this somewhat dysfunctional system needs you to use the 'quote' option to reply to a particular post/response, ie. the 'Reply' option is not actually a 'reply' at all, just a new post. personally, i frequently forget that..
long story short, therefore no-one can tell who/what your post was in response to.

this really needs a separate topic, but ...
i realised last night that i didn't explain fully.

this site does NOT do/have threaded discussions/posts (and some people here do not even seem to understand what that is).
this has several dysfunctional inefficient wasteful knock-on effects.
1. 'Reply' is in fact just a general Post (although you could use @name, but it still wouldn't identify the specific Post and would be positioned at the end, not with relevant Post.)
2. so you have to use 'Quote' which, sure, is a Quote, but ...
3. it means the whole 'quoted' Post, and all the embedded previous Quotes (replies) are INCLUDED in that, which means we are forever repeatedly duplicating previous content unnecessarily every time we want to reply to a Post or Quote (reply), and the 'greyed out' Quote text is difficult to read.
4. and your Quote (reply) is STILL just stuck on the END of the discussion, NOT positioned with and under the Post you are trying to reply to/comment on, so again making it somewhat difficult to follow the 'thread' (pun intended).

if this site ever had a proper (normal) threaded Forum discussion board, BOTH of these inefficient, wasteful, un-user friendly issues would simply vanish, and everything would much more simple and MUCH more easy to follow the various discussions/comment: what we get instead is quite aggressive comments from the site, and others who pander to them, and who choose not to understand the issue (with the above details, that should now be difficult).

Thanks for that riveting post,Sanooku. You really try hard with all these new usernames.

[duplicate]

fred2796 wrote:

this really needs a separate topic,

No, it doesn't.  You spend more time trying to correct what you deem to be wrong with this site than trying to find a different site to hang out. 

fred2796 wrote:

this site does NOT do/have threaded discussions/posts (and some people here do not even seem to understand what that is).

That's OK. We ignorant people have been functioning very well in our lives, some of us even prosper in it, without understanding what is "threaded discussion" and what is not.

fred2796 wrote:

3. . so you have to use 'Quote' which, sure, is a Quote, but ...

4. it means the whole 'quoted' Post, and all the embedded previous Quotes (replies) are INCLUDED in that, which means we are forever repeatedly duplicating previous content unnecessarily every time we want to reply to a Post or Quote (reply).

Incorrect. See all the Quotes in this reply.  Does any of them have all the embedded Quotes before and aside from yours?

fred2796 wrote:

if this site ever had a proper (normal) threaded Forum discussion board, BOTH of these inefficient, wasteful, un-user friendly issues would simply vanish, and everything would much more simple and MUCH more easy to follow the various discussions/comment:

Thank you for the moral lesson.  I feel much more enlightened now.  I may ask Julien to pay me for the years I've been spending in such "inefficient, wasteful, un-user friendly" site keeping a mostly harmonious environment so the often-banned posters can return over and over again to bug the Hades out of everyone.

fred2796 wrote:

what we get instead is quite aggressive comments from the site

You reap what you sow.  Most members do not received any "aggressive comments from the site." 

BTW, to follow your hair splitting example, how does a site give you aggressive comments?  A site is not a living creature with a voice, is it?

fred2796 wrote:

and others who pander to them, and who choose not to understand the issue (with the above details, that should now be difficult).

The people who "pander" to this site are the ones who find it useful and who don't have any problem "with the above details".  They stay because they like it enough to make it a small component of their daily lives.  And when they leave the site, it's because they don't need it anymore.  No harm, no foul.

Unlike you who can't keep away in spite of the many negative things you whine about it and the many times you're banned from it.

Life can be simple and pleasant, and this site has been and still is a good source of information for many, many expats.  Why can't you see the good aspects in life and of this site instead of bringing forth the mundanely bad ones, Sanooku?

fred2796 wrote:

fred2796 wrote:

THAITUNG111 wrote:

Hi,  It's hard to live there due to the pandemic these days even for a resident, do you still stay in Cantho now?

sorry. this somewhat dysfunctional system needs you to use the 'quote' option to reply to a particular post/response, ie. the 'Reply' option is not actually a 'reply' at all, just a new post. personally, i frequently forget that..
long story short, therefore no-one can tell who/what your post was in response to.

this really needs a separate topic, but ...
i realised last night that i didn't explain fully.

this site does NOT do/have threaded discussions/posts (and some people here do not even seem to understand what that is).
this has several dysfunctional inefficient wasteful knock-on effects.
1. 'Reply' is in fact just a general Post (although you could use @name, but it still wouldn't identify the specific Post and would be positioned at the end, not with relevant Post.)
2. so you have to use 'Quote' which, sure, is a Quote, but ...
3. it means the whole 'quoted' Post, and all the embedded previous Quotes (replies) are INCLUDED in that, which means we are forever repeatedly duplicating previous content unnecessarily every time we want to reply to a Post or Quote (reply), and the 'greyed out' Quote text is difficult to read.
4. and your Quote (reply) is STILL just stuck on the END of the discussion, NOT positioned with and under the Post you are trying to reply to/comment on, so again making it somewhat difficult to follow the 'thread' (pun intended).

if this site ever had a proper (normal) threaded Forum discussion board, BOTH of these inefficient, wasteful, un-user friendly issues would simply vanish, and everything would much more simple and MUCH more easy to follow the various discussions/comment: what we get instead is quite aggressive comments from the site, and others who pander to them, and who choose not to understand the issue (with the above details, that should now be difficult).

Thanks for your correction
I know how to use the quote option now

THAITUNG111 wrote:

Thanks for your correction
I know how to use the quote option now

When you click on "Quote", all the previous posts which the other poster (to whom you reply) will show up. As they're irrelevant to your comment, you can delete them and keep only the very last one. 

See how I quoted your post but only your 2 sentences are shown?  That's because I deleted the quotes from everyone else which you inadvertently included in your reply.

Hi everyone,
My name is Jean Philippe and I am from France (Basque country). I will arrive in HCMC (when possible) to work there.
Take care and Stay safe.
Kind regards,
Jean Philippe

jeanphilippe64 wrote:

Hi everyone,
My name is Jean Philippe and I am from France (Basque country). I will arrive in HCMC (when possible) to work there.
Take care and Stay safe.
Kind regards,
Jean Philippe

Welcome and hope you can get to HCMC soon. Did you get vacinated for COVID-19? The pandemic is  spreading in HCMC at the moment and I still couldn't see its end.
Regards,
Tung

I'm new here in the Vietnam forum and hoping to learn more about the places to visit to make a feel of the country or locality that may be of interest. I have a few short years becore retirement and I am now making plans. I've never been to Vietnam. At this time, my plan is to winter outside the US. I like the beach and secondly the mountains. From Y0U#tube, Nha Trang seems appealing. Any thoughts, hints, suggestions or tips?

Jackson4 wrote:

I'm new here in the Vietnam forum and hoping to learn more about the places to visit to make a feel of the country or locality that may be of interest. I have a few short years becore retirement and I am now making plans. I've never been to Vietnam. At this time, my plan is to winter outside the US. I like the beach and secondly the mountains. From Y0U#tube, Nha Trang seems appealing. Any thoughts, hints, suggestions or tips?

Nha Trang, Da Nang popular, heaps of vids on them, maybe a while place opens up again no one knows.

Jackson4 wrote:

I'm new here in the Vietnam forum and hoping to learn more about the places to visit to make a feel of the country or locality that may be of interest. I have a few short years becore retirement and I am now making plans. I've never been to Vietnam. At this time, my plan is to winter outside the US. I like the beach and secondly the mountains. From Y0U#tube, Nha Trang seems appealing. Any thoughts, hints, suggestions or tips?

Vietnam does not have a retirement Visa.

In the past, people of retirement age have been able to stay in Vietnam for extended periods of time by having a series of legal tourist visas, which required exiting and reentering the country on a regular basis; previously, every three months.

Or it was common for some people to utilize a technically illegal business Visa for an uninterrupted full-year stay, even though we did not meet the work permit requirement after being in country for 90 days.

It's uncertain what the requirements for visas will be after the international borders are reopened, and the actual date of reopening the international borders is still totally uncertain.

I see from your profile that it says you are most interested in the Philippines.

You might also want to explore the option of the fully legal retirement Visa in Thailand.

You can discuss that Visa with members of the Thailand forum.

Good luck!

Jackson4 wrote:

...At this time, my plan is to winter outside the US...

My previous reply failed to address this.

Once the international borders are open, you will probably be able to accomplish spending Winters in Vietnam with tourist visas, although under previous regulations, that does require a border run, or exiting and re-entering the country every 90 days, so you have to factor in the cost of travel somewhere, whether it's a simple bus ride to the Cambodia border, or a round trip flight to Thailand or Laos.

Thanks alot for the warm welcome Expats, I am Angel or you can call me Angie, I would like to work in Vietnam

angeasquare2018 wrote:

Thanks alot for the warm welcome Expats, I am Angel or you can call me Angie, I would like to work in Vietnam

Working as? Finding work in VN is hard at the best of times so unless you have bucket loads of experience and professional skills you will struggle.

Have you ever been here ?