I am staying in District 2 for the last 3 months, covering everything from food, transportation, housing, utilities and daily trip to bars for 2-3 beers, sometimes a bottle of whiskey. Pay about 2500 USD a month. I don't pay for gym membership since the place I stay in has a gym on the second floor. The food I normally eat is from a normal restaurant to high-end and sometimes buffet. My place is a 2 bedroom, about 100m2, fully furnished, had the owner converted one of the room into an office space. I also use Grab but only pick cars since I am a big dude and most motorbike Grab will have issues driving me around. Had to sign a 1 year lease for my condo, paying 1200 USD a month for it. I pay for health insurance which is around 40 USD a month, covers, everything including hospital stays in private international hospitals. I am paying on the high end but it's more of a western living standard but seen people with no issues budgeting about 2000 USD a month for a smaller housing accommodation..
Thanks for info! Are you alone or with family? We are family of 3, kid first grade and I'm trying to calculate which salary would work out fir decent life and to save something.
@@creationsofmindRS I don't think you will have any issues with 2500 a month, most 2-3 bedrooms cost between 800-1200 a month. Cost will heavily depend on the area you will live for example; District 7 is cheaper but further away, district 1/2/3/4 will be closer to the central area of the city. There is also near the airport area, which is also cheap. Not sure about school fees but suggest you take a look at the local international private schools available in the area. You might need to factor in the school fees for you kid. If you don't need to stay in Ho Chi Minh city for work, suggest you look into Da Nang.
@@daruthebeast You can find less if you look for something smaller and less luxurious. Maybe in other district and budget yourself with food. My place is a fully furnished 2bdrm 2 bath in a high rise luxury apartment. I live in D2, D1 and D2 are the most expensive. I mainly eat in mid to high end restaurants and I go bar hopping a lot. Since I am not in VN for women, I don't need to pay for that, I am married. If that's your thing, then expect to pay a lot for that. If you stay outside of HCM city like in Da Nang, expect to pay less, that's where I would recommend if you don't need to stay in HCM city.
@@EllisWR Dont compare Vietnam or Asian vs US, Western & South America & non Asia country!! It fails at compare already!! Uk nowadays is shitty hole, flooding by lowkey uneducation, arrogant people!! US, UK, FRENCH, GERMANY, CANADA,etc.. is flooding by DRUGGIES ZOMBIES & DRUGGIES ZOMBIES, every-fk-where!! Druggies zombies & druggies homeless screaming top out of their lungs like animal even fk 10 floors can hear it!! Gunpoint robbery & knife stabbing robbery over 30-40 dollars, like wild wet 150y ago!! Violent stabbing ppl to dead in brutal hateful way just to stolen some moneys for shit. But ridiculous, these thugs will get PROTECT BY LEGAL LAWS & JUSTICE LAWS SYSTEMS!! Ppl can fk walking safety & freely in street with their pets, with their friends k, with their family because they might get SPIT ON THEUR DAMM FACE, ASSAULT BY DRUGGIES HOMELESS, THUGS!! Ppl cant fk walking safety in street enjoys their coffee because someone might hate your look, hate your face, hate your race!! THEY CALL IT RACIST HATE CRIMES ATTACKERS lolz 😅😅😅 UK, US & WESTERN Gorvement, lawmakers, MAYORS, DA, congress judges, keep creating UNBELIEVABLE RIDICULOUS STUPID LAWS SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT & PROTECT THESE DRUGS, THUGS & CRIMINALS IN THE HEARTBEAT!! They’re love, cherish & worldship & bow down to druggies, thugs, violent robbery & brutal inhumane criminals as it SOMETHING PRECIOUS NEED TO PROTECTS!! No wonder why in last 20y till now US/UK/CANADA,eyc.. is fails & falling so fast so bad downhill because they’re blinded & brainwashed!! Law abiding citizens - working ass off pay taxes & high taxes to feed these druggies zombies, druggies homeless, welfare queen so they can have all free stuffs & stay at home to have wild sex & breeding like rats with 5-7-9 kids to have more free moneys. Druggies zombies & thugs have free stuff & moneys so they can do route “EAT-SLEEP- USE FREE MONEYS BUY DRUGS/ALCOHOL” SPEND FREETIME WALKING AROUND TO ASSAULT & ROBBERY & ATTACK PEOPLE. Destroy the whole city, destroy bussiness environments & blow up everyone life!! Law abiding citizens get squeeze like hell, get sued for smallest things & get caught then throw in jails for smallest reason. While out there millions & millions druggies zombies, thugs, violent robbery & criminals can get away freely, no & no jails Even if they get caught, they facing SOFTEST PUNISHMENT BY LEGAL LAWS!! Like 1-10day in jails or 3-9month in jails then release!! Keep doing same shitty dangerous & inhumane crimes, shooting & stabbing ppl to dead, rape & killing sẽ one, third & fourth victims to dead. Still get 2-3y in jails & release. Again & again!! ONLY US,UK & WESTERN CAN HAVE THIS LAW SYSTEM LIKE THIS!! What a jokes!! This is why in 2 decades ago till now, US/UK IS LEFT BEHIND CHINA, SINGAPORE & EAST ASIA!!
If you ever been in Vietnam or Asia country & all you can talk is about cheap & affordable prices, you’re fails!! Of course affordable price is right, you’re not wrong!! But it not biggest & not most important things to talk about Vietnam or Asia country!! It about SAFETY, SAFETY!! Ppl can living in tiny-shoes box in US, UK, CAN Ppl might suffer because high price in GERMANY, FRENCH, UK, US BUT AS LONG AS IT SAFETY PLACE WITH LAWFUL & SAFETY ENVIRONMENTS, PPL STILL CAN LIVING!! Bussiness owner in US, UK not even have right to protect their stores!! They stores & private properties get burning by thugs & druggies or thrives -> it not even considered as serious crimes!! Bussiness owner have no right to kicked & caught & beating thrives stealing, lootings!! If they did, they’re the one who get caught & get sued. What a genius laws 🎉🎉🎉 Thats why alots malls & townhouse in US, UK become ghost town, business is close & leaving!! It become wasteful & rotting, because druggies, thugs, robbery, criminsls, shoftlifer is king & queen & FIRST CLASS PPL SO THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM, MORE HUMAN RIGHT & MORE PROTECTS!! there are alots JAPAN RESTAURENT IN US, UK whos is 2-3 generation working to build their family bussiness, because everyday they get robbery & thrives!! no polite show up, no gorverment did nothing!! they get robbery by same thug for 6 times/month. polite still not caught this scums!! and if this animal get caught, in JUDGE COUET TEAMS THEY WILL FIND ANY EXCUSE REASON TO DOWN-GRATE THE CRIMES TO MAKE CRIMINAL AVOID LIFETIME IN JAILS OR AVOID DEAD PENANTY!! sometime i really think US, UK & Western is not same equal human & mindset is so different. thats whybin US & WESTERN THEY CAN CREATE LAW LIKE THIS!! hard to explain & hard to understand their mindset. btw, there are American talk to me Chicagun is safery, not that bad & Saigon us so-so. Nice try, but ik not buying propaganda. AMERICAN & WESTERN NOWADAYS IS BRAINWASHED PRODUCTION BY MEDIA & GORVENT FOR TOO LONG, TOO DEEP. thats why rheyre lost basic common sense & lost all logic, already!! Glaf these chicagun should stay in Chicagoan, they only derserse this!! only ppl have brains, basic logic & have eyes not blind with open-mind have right to visit & enter & living in Asia country!!
You should get the 5 yr visa exempt so you only have to do visa run every 6 months. It's very cheap comparing to getting a bunch of 1 or 3 month visas. Only thing to keep in mind is, if you only have 3 year left on your passport, they will only give you a 3 year visa exempt so you will need to apply for another visa exempt once you get your new passport.
@@derrickwong6800 You have to have been born in Vietnam and lost your Vietnamese citizenship, or your parents are Vietnamese born, or you are married to a Vietnamese or an overseas Vietnamese who already has a 5 year exempt. No one else can get the 5 year visa exempt as far as I know.
I can’t wait to come back!!! I’ll be roaming around Saigon in a few weeks time. I miss it so much. Watching you walk around is making me feel like it can’t come soon enough. Cheers David! Safe travels brother.
In my opinon, It is depends on your budget. ( rent is included) 100$ skimp 200$ barely 500$ budget friendly 1000$ middle classes 3000$ and up luxurious. Countryside and suburbs will be much cheaper ( 30-50%)
Ayoo, amazing content bro! Keep up the great work on your projects and thank you for sharing. Fiancé and I will be visiting Vietnam during December/January. Hopefully one day, we’ll run into you. We’re from Denver, Colorado.
For people who are earning income from other countries , or the foreign investors or businessmen, Vietnam is very affordable, but not for the majority of the locals . Same goes to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and many other developing countries, foreigners expatriates think these countries are heaven as long as they are earning income from elsewhere.
New sub here, I really enjoy watching all your travel videos especially Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Thanks to your videos, I'm planning my 1st trip to Vietnam. Love your videos mate 👍
I have been to Bo Ne Ba Nui 2 to 3 times and it's within walking distance from Cho Ben Thanh. I highly recommend it. Thanks for doing this David. Godspeed!!
$500 would be very tight but the local vietnamese can so it is possible... ideally $1000 or above would give a more western level cost of living... anything over $2000 would be very comfortable quality of life over there... I live on $1500 a month in D7 Phu My Hung quite easily so its definitely possible!! depends what area you want to live in!! (all prices in USD, even though I am from UK, sorry no idea about AUD)
Wow, HCM is a lot more expensive than Da Nang. We have a similar place in Da Nang for $15/day ($450/month) + electricity. It includes water, internet and 1x/wk housecleaning. Great video as always! Thank you for your time.
Crazy how some people are willing to pay more to rent a tiny place because it has a fresh coat of paint. My mortgage for a 6-bedroom 3.5-bath in a suburb south of DC was $1300 including mortgage insurance. And I was making $196k the last year I had a mortgage in 2023. There is no way regular Viet people can afford these places and only tourists without local families get stuck with these accommodations. I stay for free whenever I am back and often time, my daily expensed are paid for by relatives. Now, my wife, on the other hand, spends about $2k per month whenever she visits without me and got nothing to show for.
David, from that summary of monthly $, probably safe to say it'd be average slightly lower scale of comfort living at $700/mo usd to higher end of $1200-$1500/mo depending mostly on rent that's spent - sure you can have a 2-3br in a high-rise luxury place in a prime location for double/triple that, like the place you were 'in' initially, but normal comfortable total could be as low as $1000 to $1300/mo with all western amenities and expenses, not including any vehicle purchase/insurance/licensing and taxes, medical insurance/travel fees to-from other side trips or day vacations or walkabouts you take, plus the entertainment fees of tourist-type or even historic sites you visit, and normal fees to enter parks, special events, show, alcohol and bar-type places you go, or boat/jet-ski/bicycle/horse/elephant/amusement park type rides either. So non-splurging total probably a minimum of $1350-$1500/mo lower middle end actual cost being practical and real. Still way cheaper than the cost of Aussie/USA/Europe living expense, and a heck of a lot more fun seeing it in a much different culture's less stressful healthier light rather than our western-styled gluttonous-needy-equal or outdo the neighbor type unhealthy lifestyle many of us have and live. Many will disagree with me, but this just is my jaded opinion.
"Sài Gòn" is the well known beloved name for almost if not all of the Vietnamese living in the South and abroad, mostly in the U.S. You should say the name every time!
That brings back so many memories. The first time I was in Vietnam I stayed about four blocks away from where your high-end room is. And I used to walk that street where you bought your coffee almost every day.
Wow. The amount you're spending per month in Saigon was far lower than my cost of living in San Diego. It looked like you're living comfortably there as well. I'll have to visit Vietnam after Thailand. I wonder how well can foreigners get around if they don't speak Vietnamese?
They do fine, most locals know a little English for them to i.e order food etc… And there’s a bug expat community in some districts so they probably stay there too
After living in Central Vietnam Da Nang mostly i found i really was sad about the food and coffee in Saigon. Also missed the wonderful people in Da Nang too much. Saigon made me really depressed. I would only recomend Saigon if you are doing top business and need to make contacts and networking otherwise good for you Vietnam has sooo many cities. I counted 15 - 20 other cities to live in
Here in Washington State USA My monthly buget would be 3 times that much...prices here are ridiculous.....not to mention crime and Mass shootings....i think the united states has had 6-8 shootings in one week..... Rent, Groceries, Gas, insurance, utilities are off the charts expensive.
Good God bro I can tell you one thing for sure you could live in Vietnam and be on the most extreme low budget and still have a good time or you can go to bed now have a high budget and live like movie stars your money tend to go further in Vietnam if you do some research but for the most part everything is expensive.👍👍🍻🍻🍻
I earn 7k euro a month, fully remote in germany. I hate germany 😢 Love southeast asia, but im stuck here married with 2 children for fkn sake. What should i do?
€7.000 a month is VERY RICH living in Vietnam! I ride around and found a one bedroom apartment for $200 U.S.Dollars a month! You could rent a high rise apartment with 3 bedrooms for $1,100 U.S. dollars a month!
l stay in district 9 hcmc $24 aud a night 2 star but cosy back again for the month of march 2024 stay every 6 months until l get my fiance to Australia
Love the Vietnam content, David! But what is your source of income? Because it sounds very nice and comfortable if income is still in US or Australian standard.
This place is definitely on the higher end and I eat higher quality food, but if you live similiar to a local it’s probably less than half. And there was a swimming pool at this place I believe, haven’t beent though
Hi, I land in Hanoi in August. I am here for 12 days, is the best process for a sim card to just grab a viettel sim card from a viettel store? Do you have a suggested sim card with plenty of data for that timing?
If I use health insurance it’s generally with Saftewy Wing which is around $40 a month. It’s a month by month basis and I can switch if of when needed which is nice
Hey bro what editing software/app do you use? Also which bank do you use for no transactions charges for overseas, mainly in Vietnam as I am from Melbourne also.
David, How do you find nice affordable apt in Vietnam?. I plan to move over there for 6 months next year probably in April 2024. Good to know you live on around $1500/m. I am currently live in California u.s. Thanks.
If I use health insurance it’s generally with Saftewy Wing which is around $40 a month. It’s a month by month basis and I can switch if of when needed which is nice
Ironically, a woman appeared and said she didn’t have money….😂 to be honest , I think she earns a lot by hard selling the chewing gum, how did I know ? Cause it happens in Malaysia too and they earn a lot. (It’s on the news )
That was so sad that she has to hustle to get food. 😢 Why are the elders not protected from poverty? At the same time, if you show you have a lot of money, you might be taken advantage of. Poverty is so real in Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines. 😢😢😢 The common community is not living lavish, and the apartment you are in, in this video, was decent even by my high standards. I get the impression that apartment is opulence for some of them. I am in the US, 4 generations, not from Ohio (thank gawd) and only here because my mother retired here. She's got Dementia now and in a nursing home. Ohio’s nursing homes are awful. As soon as she passes away, I will leave the country for good. Living in Ohio makes me hate this entire country now. And I was proud to be from NYC. I have traveled in and out of the country before 2016. I officially have PTSD from living here plus Trump's racism agenda across the country. The people here are 🤬🤬🤬 not all very kind. 😢 So I'm watching TH-cam videos to see where I can live the rest of my life in a safe country that has strict gun laws, or no guns allowed, healthy food with no chemicals in them, etc. Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Switzerland, Denmark are possibilities. I'm considering moving back to Japan, I lived there for 4y when I was in the military. I vacationed in St. Martin. I've been to Canada butbits turning into the U.S. in politics and behaviors 😢. I can afford to live off $3,500.00 a month. I'm just looking for a place where i can live without compromising my health and safety. Are utilities included in the rent's in Vietnam? What is the crime rate? Does the whole country speak English? If not, where do they mostly speak English? Where are the safe places? Please let me know. Thank you 😊
For long term rental the utilities are generally not included, you’d most likely have to pay separately. Crime rate is relatively low, petty theft is what’d you’d have to keep an eye on. (I.e bag snatching but as ling as you’re alert you’ll be fine) English in the large cities like Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Hanoi. Basically all the major cities especially with the youth, but it will be little to no English generally elsewhere. I find every where is relatively safe, but if I were to live in a city it’d have to be Da Nang, Nha Trang or Ho chi minh city
I am staying in District 2 for the last 3 months, covering everything from food, transportation, housing, utilities and daily trip to bars for 2-3 beers, sometimes a bottle of whiskey. Pay about 2500 USD a month. I don't pay for gym membership since the place I stay in has a gym on the second floor. The food I normally eat is from a normal restaurant to high-end and sometimes buffet. My place is a 2 bedroom, about 100m2, fully furnished, had the owner converted one of the room into an office space. I also use Grab but only pick cars since I am a big dude and most motorbike Grab will have issues driving me around. Had to sign a 1 year lease for my condo, paying 1200 USD a month for it. I pay for health insurance which is around 40 USD a month, covers, everything including hospital stays in private international hospitals. I am paying on the high end but it's more of a western living standard but seen people with no issues budgeting about 2000 USD a month for a smaller housing accommodation..
Thanks for info! Are you alone or with family? We are family of 3, kid first grade and I'm trying to calculate which salary would work out fir decent life and to save something.
@@creationsofmindRS I don't think you will have any issues with 2500 a month, most 2-3 bedrooms cost between 800-1200 a month. Cost will heavily depend on the area you will live for example; District 7 is cheaper but further away, district 1/2/3/4 will be closer to the central area of the city. There is also near the airport area, which is also cheap. Not sure about school fees but suggest you take a look at the local international private schools available in the area. You might need to factor in the school fees for you kid. If you don't need to stay in Ho Chi Minh city for work, suggest you look into Da Nang.
wow, that's super expensive!
@@daruthebeast You can find less if you look for something smaller and less luxurious. Maybe in other district and budget yourself with food. My place is a fully furnished 2bdrm 2 bath in a high rise luxury apartment. I live in D2, D1 and D2 are the most expensive. I mainly eat in mid to high end restaurants and I go bar hopping a lot. Since I am not in VN for women, I don't need to pay for that, I am married. If that's your thing, then expect to pay a lot for that. If you stay outside of HCM city like in Da Nang, expect to pay less, that's where I would recommend if you don't need to stay in HCM city.
what health insurance do you reccomend? can you give a few names? Thank you so much in advance!!!
You could even spend under half of your total amount and still live comfortably, Vietnam is great 🇻🇳🙏
You’re living proof haha! I definitely spend a bit more than others could
@@davidkhai Yeah man but your living well for what's still a fantastic price! UK would cost you a million times more for awful quality
@@EllisWR
Dont compare Vietnam or Asian vs US, Western & South America & non Asia country!!
It fails at compare already!!
Uk nowadays is shitty hole, flooding by lowkey uneducation, arrogant people!!
US, UK, FRENCH, GERMANY, CANADA,etc.. is flooding by DRUGGIES ZOMBIES & DRUGGIES ZOMBIES, every-fk-where!!
Druggies zombies & druggies homeless screaming top out of their lungs like animal even fk 10 floors can hear it!!
Gunpoint robbery & knife stabbing robbery over 30-40 dollars, like wild wet 150y ago!! Violent stabbing ppl to dead in brutal hateful way just to stolen some moneys for shit.
But ridiculous, these thugs will get PROTECT BY LEGAL LAWS & JUSTICE LAWS SYSTEMS!!
Ppl can fk walking safety & freely in street with their pets, with their friends k, with their family because they might get SPIT ON THEUR DAMM FACE, ASSAULT BY DRUGGIES HOMELESS, THUGS!!
Ppl cant fk walking safety in street enjoys their coffee because someone might hate your look, hate your face, hate your race!! THEY CALL IT RACIST HATE CRIMES ATTACKERS lolz 😅😅😅
UK, US & WESTERN Gorvement, lawmakers, MAYORS, DA, congress judges, keep creating UNBELIEVABLE RIDICULOUS STUPID LAWS SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT & PROTECT THESE DRUGS, THUGS & CRIMINALS IN THE HEARTBEAT!!
They’re love, cherish & worldship & bow down to druggies, thugs, violent robbery & brutal inhumane criminals as it SOMETHING PRECIOUS NEED TO PROTECTS!!
No wonder why in last 20y till now US/UK/CANADA,eyc.. is fails & falling so fast so bad downhill because they’re blinded & brainwashed!!
Law abiding citizens - working ass off pay taxes & high taxes to feed these druggies zombies, druggies homeless, welfare queen so they can have all free stuffs & stay at home to have wild sex & breeding like rats with 5-7-9 kids to have more free moneys.
Druggies zombies & thugs have free stuff & moneys so they can do route “EAT-SLEEP- USE FREE MONEYS BUY DRUGS/ALCOHOL” SPEND FREETIME WALKING AROUND TO ASSAULT & ROBBERY & ATTACK PEOPLE. Destroy the whole city, destroy bussiness environments & blow up everyone life!!
Law abiding citizens get squeeze like hell, get sued for smallest things & get caught then throw in jails for smallest reason.
While out there millions & millions druggies zombies, thugs, violent robbery & criminals can get away freely, no & no jails
Even if they get caught, they facing SOFTEST PUNISHMENT BY LEGAL LAWS!! Like 1-10day in jails or 3-9month in jails then release!!
Keep doing same shitty dangerous & inhumane crimes, shooting & stabbing ppl to dead, rape & killing sẽ one, third & fourth victims to dead. Still get 2-3y in jails & release. Again & again!!
ONLY US,UK & WESTERN CAN HAVE THIS LAW SYSTEM LIKE THIS!! What a jokes!!
This is why in 2 decades ago till now, US/UK IS LEFT BEHIND CHINA, SINGAPORE & EAST ASIA!!
If you ever been in Vietnam or Asia country & all you can talk is about cheap & affordable prices, you’re fails!!
Of course affordable price is right, you’re not wrong!!
But it not biggest & not most important things to talk about Vietnam or Asia country!!
It about SAFETY, SAFETY!!
Ppl can living in tiny-shoes box in US, UK, CAN
Ppl might suffer because high price in GERMANY, FRENCH, UK, US
BUT AS LONG AS IT SAFETY PLACE WITH LAWFUL & SAFETY ENVIRONMENTS, PPL STILL CAN LIVING!!
Bussiness owner in US, UK not even have right to protect their stores!!
They stores & private properties get burning by thugs & druggies or thrives -> it not even considered as serious crimes!!
Bussiness owner have no right to kicked & caught & beating thrives stealing, lootings!! If they did, they’re the one who get caught & get sued. What a genius laws 🎉🎉🎉
Thats why alots malls & townhouse in US, UK become ghost town, business is close & leaving!!
It become wasteful & rotting, because druggies, thugs, robbery, criminsls, shoftlifer is king & queen & FIRST CLASS PPL SO THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM, MORE HUMAN RIGHT & MORE PROTECTS!!
there are alots JAPAN RESTAURENT IN US, UK whos is 2-3 generation working to build their family bussiness, because everyday they get robbery & thrives!!
no polite show up, no gorverment did nothing!!
they get robbery by same thug for 6 times/month.
polite still not caught this scums!!
and if this animal get caught, in JUDGE COUET TEAMS THEY WILL FIND ANY EXCUSE REASON TO DOWN-GRATE THE CRIMES TO MAKE CRIMINAL AVOID LIFETIME IN JAILS OR AVOID DEAD PENANTY!!
sometime i really think US, UK & Western is not same equal human & mindset is so different.
thats whybin US & WESTERN THEY CAN CREATE LAW LIKE THIS!!
hard to explain & hard to understand their mindset.
btw, there are American talk to me Chicagun is safery, not that bad & Saigon us so-so.
Nice try, but ik not buying propaganda.
AMERICAN & WESTERN NOWADAYS IS BRAINWASHED PRODUCTION BY MEDIA & GORVENT FOR TOO LONG, TOO DEEP. thats why rheyre lost basic common sense & lost all logic, already!!
Glaf these chicagun should stay in Chicagoan, they only derserse this!!
only ppl have brains, basic logic & have eyes not blind with open-mind have right to visit & enter & living in Asia country!!
You meant police...
You should get the 5 yr visa exempt so you only have to do visa run every 6 months. It's very cheap comparing to getting a bunch of 1 or 3 month visas. Only thing to keep in mind is, if you only have 3 year left on your passport, they will only give you a 3 year visa exempt so you will need to apply for another visa exempt once you get your new passport.
Thanks! I’ve been looking into that as well, definitely the way to go
it not easy to get a 5yr visa right?
@@derrickwong6800 You have to have been born in Vietnam and lost your Vietnamese citizenship, or your parents are Vietnamese born, or you are married to a Vietnamese or an overseas Vietnamese who already has a 5 year exempt. No one else can get the 5 year visa exempt as far as I know.
I can’t wait to come back!!! I’ll be roaming around Saigon in a few weeks time. I miss it so much. Watching you walk around is making me feel like it can’t come soon enough. Cheers David! Safe travels brother.
In my opinon, It is depends on your budget. ( rent is included)
100$ skimp
200$ barely
500$ budget friendly
1000$ middle classes
3000$ and up luxurious. Countryside and suburbs will be much cheaper ( 30-50%)
Definitely depends on your budget! Could get away with much less if you’re on a tight budget
Ayoo, amazing content bro! Keep up the great work on your projects and thank you for sharing. Fiancé and I will be visiting Vietnam during December/January. Hopefully one day, we’ll run into you. We’re from Denver, Colorado.
For people who are earning income from other countries , or the foreign investors or businessmen, Vietnam is very affordable, but not for the majority of the locals . Same goes to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and many other developing countries, foreigners expatriates think these countries are heaven as long as they are earning income from elsewhere.
Glad to see you back in Vietnam, David.
New sub here, I really enjoy watching all your travel videos especially Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Thanks to your videos, I'm planning my 1st trip to Vietnam. Love your videos mate 👍
Awesome! Enjoy your first time in Vietnam :)
I have been to Bo Ne Ba Nui 2 to 3 times and it's within walking distance from Cho Ben Thanh. I highly recommend it. Thanks for doing this David. Godspeed!!
$500 would be very tight but the local vietnamese can so it is possible... ideally $1000 or above would give a more western level cost of living... anything over $2000 would be very comfortable quality of life over there... I live on $1500 a month in D7 Phu My Hung quite easily so its definitely possible!! depends what area you want to live in!! (all prices in USD, even though I am from UK, sorry no idea about AUD)
Wow, HCM is a lot more expensive than Da Nang. We have a similar place in Da Nang for $15/day ($450/month) + electricity. It includes water, internet and 1x/wk housecleaning. Great video as always! Thank you for your time.
Da Nang is the best! I love staying up there as well, accomodation seemed half the price of Saigon
Crazy how some people are willing to pay more to rent a tiny place because it has a fresh coat of paint. My mortgage for a 6-bedroom 3.5-bath in a suburb south of DC was $1300 including mortgage insurance. And I was making $196k the last year I had a mortgage in 2023. There is no way regular Viet people can afford these places and only tourists without local families get stuck with these accommodations. I stay for free whenever I am back and often time, my daily expensed are paid for by relatives. Now, my wife, on the other hand, spends about $2k per month whenever she visits without me and got nothing to show for.
David, from that summary of monthly $, probably safe to say it'd be average slightly lower scale of comfort living at $700/mo usd to higher end of $1200-$1500/mo depending mostly on rent that's spent - sure you can have a 2-3br in a high-rise luxury place in a prime location for double/triple that, like the place you were 'in' initially, but normal comfortable total could be as low as $1000 to $1300/mo with all western amenities and expenses, not including any vehicle purchase/insurance/licensing and taxes, medical insurance/travel fees to-from other side trips or day vacations or walkabouts you take, plus the entertainment fees of tourist-type or even historic sites you visit, and normal fees to enter parks, special events, show, alcohol and bar-type places you go, or boat/jet-ski/bicycle/horse/elephant/amusement park type rides either. So non-splurging total probably a minimum of $1350-$1500/mo lower middle end actual cost being practical and real. Still way cheaper than the cost of Aussie/USA/Europe living expense, and a heck of a lot more fun seeing it in a much different culture's less stressful healthier light rather than our western-styled gluttonous-needy-equal or outdo the neighbor type unhealthy lifestyle many of us have and live. Many will disagree with me, but this just is my jaded opinion.
I just love watching u eating the Vietnamese beef noodles.Makes me hungry😋
I'm thinking of retiring in Vietnam. I love the food. Oh my God. The food is heaven.
Definitely would be a great place to retire!
Finally back on the vietnam vlogs!!!
"Sài Gòn" is the well known beloved name for almost if not all of the Vietnamese living in the South and abroad, mostly in the U.S. You should say the name every time!
That brings back so many memories. The first time I was in Vietnam I stayed about four blocks away from where your high-end room is. And I used to walk that street where you bought your coffee almost every day.
Wow. The amount you're spending per month in Saigon was far lower than my cost of living in San Diego. It looked like you're living comfortably there as well. I'll have to visit Vietnam after Thailand. I wonder how well can foreigners get around if they don't speak Vietnamese?
They do fine, most locals know a little English for them to i.e order food etc… And there’s a bug expat community in some districts so they probably stay there too
Love this 😊
Nice video. I lived in Nha Be for a few years. It was very good.
hope you are there when i go next year to vietnam. all the best dave
If you buy those big 5L bottles of water and brew your own coffee at home, you can save a little bit more dong and have a nice dinner!
I am first of your comments
Beat me to it
You’re the best
Mừng bạn quay lại
I tried the 9:22 before when I was visiting Saigon. It's pretty nice, but I have to say the ground has too much oil, lol.
After living in Central Vietnam Da Nang mostly i found i really was sad about the food and coffee in Saigon.
Also missed the wonderful people in Da Nang too much.
Saigon made me really depressed.
I would only recomend Saigon if you are doing top business and need to make contacts and networking otherwise good for you Vietnam has sooo many cities. I counted 15 - 20 other cities to live in
Here in Washington State USA My monthly buget would be 3 times that much...prices here are ridiculous.....not to mention crime and Mass shootings....i think the united states has had 6-8 shootings in one week.....
Rent, Groceries, Gas, insurance, utilities are off the charts expensive.
Western countries are definitely getting alot more diffucult! Many are moving to asia for that reason i find
Your Home is too clean❤️❤️❤️
$1400 to $1900 is Baller Budget Bro, $1000 is enough for regular People Budget
Definitely can! I spend a bit more for sure
I bought the lady (at the end) a meal when i was in vietnam last month!
Good man! She was such a kind lady
Good God bro I can tell you one thing for sure you could live in Vietnam and be on the most extreme low budget and still have a good time or you can go to bed now have a high budget and live like movie stars your money tend to go further in Vietnam if you do some research but for the most part everything is expensive.👍👍🍻🍻🍻
wait for this clip for a longgggg time
Where appointment? Can you give me the name and the address off appointment and how much 1 day
Hi my friend!
I like the apartment very much.
Com'on over to Da Nang !
that is a lot of oil! lol, nice vlog :) really fun to watch
It is 😅
Bro get a scooter. It's life changing
Are there any good swimming pools(public) in Saigon
No idea unfortunately
The 5 year visa is true, Im from US and can confirm its available here as well.
easy to get 5yr visa?
so nice!
I earn 7k euro a month, fully remote in germany.
I hate germany 😢
Love southeast asia, but im stuck here married with 2 children for fkn sake.
What should i do?
Life is too short.. live your life and do what make you HAPPY!
€7.000 a month is VERY RICH living in Vietnam! I ride around and found a one bedroom apartment for $200 U.S.Dollars a month! You could rent a high rise apartment with 3 bedrooms for $1,100 U.S. dollars a month!
Live in pain like a real man or escape the fok out of it😊
l stay in district 9 hcmc $24 aud a night 2 star but cosy back again for the month of march 2024 stay every 6 months until l get my fiance to Australia
It’s Gio Heo, or Pork Hock.
Looking good David, I gotta ask, fue or fut, and where? I’m looking to do it soon too.
FUE at Hairtran clinic in Bangkok
Love the Vietnam content, David! But what is your source of income? Because it sounds very nice and comfortable if income is still in US or Australian standard.
I worked for over 10 years prior to starting TH-cam so I have some savings and earn a bit of TH-cam also
Hi mate , the two bedroom apartment looks very nice at 150 night , what’s the name of the place you didn’t mention it .
Found it on airbnb and I think the building was called Ben Thanh Tower in D1
I expected accommodation & food to be cheaper. Any swimming pool for the apartment?
This place is definitely on the higher end and I eat higher quality food, but if you live similiar to a local it’s probably less than half.
And there was a swimming pool at this place I believe, haven’t beent though
Hi, I land in Hanoi in August. I am here for 12 days, is the best process for a sim card to just grab a viettel sim card from a viettel store? Do you have a suggested sim card with plenty of data for that timing?
That’s what I do, I use viettel as well. Or check out e-sims like airalo, you might pay a tad more but conveince is great
Your cost of living is pretty ok in Saigon, not bad. How about heath insurance?
If I use health insurance it’s generally with Saftewy Wing which is around $40 a month. It’s a month by month basis and I can switch if of when needed which is nice
Is the 2 bedroom apt in Ben Thaun Towers? I stayed there few times
Yep I believe it was
Hey bro what editing software/app do you use? Also which bank do you use for no transactions charges for overseas, mainly in Vietnam as I am from Melbourne also.
Using final cut pro and Ubank is what I use for no overseas transactions
@@davidkhai Thanks
How did you find it the apt?
Airbnb in District 1
I like da country side
What would be a good district to live longer term , that is less than 10min walk to gym , restaurants ?
District 2 & 7 are where a lot of expats live these days. Mucha nicer and modern area with great gyms, food, shop etc…
@@davidkhai thanks I will keep that in mind
$1400usd a month is a little pricy for an average local Vietnamese
It’s in AUD so USD would be much less, but the local would spend much much less
David,
How do you find nice affordable apt in Vietnam?. I plan to move over there for 6 months next year probably in April 2024. Good to know you live on around $1500/m. I am currently live in California u.s. Thanks.
I use site such as facebook groups, google searches, agoda, airbnb and just try to compare
Thank you David and have a good time in Vietname.
Where can I book that 2 bedroom apartment? I want to book the same for my upcoming trip.
Airbnb at Ben Thanh D1, there’s a few rooms listed I believe
@@davidkhai Is airbnb safe in VN? I heard a lot of scams occur.
David , how about a video on shopping for a property in Vietnam for foreigners ?
Oh I don’t have that much experience on that topic unfortunately
nothing is cheap in Vietnam.
How about health insurance?
If I use health insurance it’s generally with Saftewy Wing which is around $40 a month. It’s a month by month basis and I can switch if of when needed which is nice
Do a dating episode over there. If you find a cute girl put her in the videos. Your channel will blow. Good luck
Ironically, a woman appeared and said she didn’t have money….😂 to be honest , I think she earns a lot by hard selling the chewing gum, how did I know ? Cause it happens in Malaysia too and they earn a lot. (It’s on the news )
That was so sad that she has to hustle to get food. 😢 Why are the elders not protected from poverty?
At the same time, if you show you have a lot of money, you might be taken advantage of.
Poverty is so real in Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines. 😢😢😢
The common community is not living lavish, and the apartment you are in, in this video, was decent even by my high standards. I get the impression that apartment is opulence for some of them.
I am in the US, 4 generations, not from Ohio (thank gawd) and only here because my mother retired here. She's got Dementia now and in a nursing home. Ohio’s nursing homes are awful. As soon as she passes away, I will leave the country for good.
Living in Ohio makes me hate this entire country now. And I was proud to be from NYC. I have traveled in and out of the country before 2016. I officially have PTSD from living here plus Trump's racism agenda across the country. The people here are 🤬🤬🤬 not all very kind. 😢
So I'm watching TH-cam videos to see where I can live the rest of my life in a safe country that has strict gun laws, or no guns allowed, healthy food with no chemicals in them, etc.
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Switzerland, Denmark are possibilities. I'm considering moving back to Japan, I lived there for 4y when I was in the military. I vacationed in St. Martin. I've been to Canada butbits turning into the U.S. in politics and behaviors 😢.
I can afford to live off $3,500.00 a month. I'm just looking for a place where i can live without compromising my health and safety.
Are utilities included in the rent's in Vietnam?
What is the crime rate?
Does the whole country speak English? If not, where do they mostly speak English?
Where are the safe places?
Please let me know. Thank you 😊
For long term rental the utilities are generally not included, you’d most likely have to pay separately.
Crime rate is relatively low, petty theft is what’d you’d have to keep an eye on. (I.e bag snatching but as ling as you’re alert you’ll be fine)
English in the large cities like Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Hanoi. Basically all the major cities especially with the youth, but it will be little to no English generally elsewhere.
I find every where is relatively safe, but if I were to live in a city it’d have to be Da Nang, Nha Trang or Ho chi minh city
@@davidkhai thank you so much.
Bạn là người gốc Việt ak
I m travelling to vietnam on 31 dec is there any tips
Check out ‘What The Pho’ on TH-cam for great Vietnam tips for first timers :)
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