That's just the minimum wage of a job, most Vietnamese people do 2 or 3 jobs. And they have a home, cook at home, that's more economical. Although Vietnam's spending is very cheap, with 6 dollars, you can't live a full day like that. But I have to admit one thing that Vietnamese people live in happiness. I always see them active and smiling even though they are not rich.
actually majority of people in Vietnam dont make much but the price is very cheap there. So its like with monthly income of 4000$, you can run a normal family in Ha Noi, while it will take much more in other countries.
90% of the population in my country has a house without paying housing tax. the reason there are no homeless people is because they get money from donors for rice , food and the state every month .
The first time Amazing race show compete Vietnam (almost 20 years ago). One of two brothers team surprise that their life seem to be so hard, but some how they smile all the time.
Avarage salary vs foreigner spending. What a good video. I live in Hanoi for my whole life and I can guarantee that people can live good in Hanoi just using $500 to $1000.
That was unexpected and funny. People look at translating stuff as if it's magic, but we can see some difficulties. On the other hand, if you've watched a lot of stuff about Vietnamese markets I think 120,000 Dong, you wouldn't starve! Especially if you're buying groceries and not only cooked food. It should but is of course not being observed that persons on Minimum Wage here in Murica aren't going far!
Welcome to Vietnam. Please make more videos about Vietnamese people, culture, and landscapes so that people can better understand Vietnam. I hope you will come back to Vietnam!
The thing about Vietnam is in a house hold, both parents work. and in big cities most people make more than the minimum wage. So 2 people working can earn around 800-1200USD per month. Thats enough to raise 2 kids and have a kind of decent life.
Depending on how large and how much the company made, otherwise they may bankrupt paying the executives upto$900/day. May be saigon beer. They made big profit every year.
A few thing i like to mention, a large portion of the vietnamese population own their house with a smaller set of either worker and student living in rental places, since most vietnamese living in multi-generation household it common for most of us to own a home. Removing rent out of the picture, electricity,water and internet is fairly cheap so it only take up at best 10-12% of your budget. With 6$ to spare a day you can cook a pretty lavish meal for yourself for really cheap, even eating out doesn't cost much. Cost of living here is generally survivable and leave some room for saving, however it still too low for people to live comfortably if they don't already own a home, housing cost here is pretty insane especially in the city, maybe not new york or london insane but still far out of the budget of a average vietnamese.
I couldnt agree more. Most people could work up to 2-3k USD a month but they have to rent a house instead of buying one if they had no family support. Even the government considered that problem was very abnormal and tried to change things but I think it doesnt go anywhere soon. But as a home country, I'm proud to be a citizen of it. We had a long history of being invaded and worked hard to defend ourself (mostly from China, US and France were more recent) and socialist-style market economic model just works almost flawlessly so people just enjoy the life and are happy about it.
As someone from Southeast Asia, I just wanna say thank you for not promoting being a "begpacker" 😅. I've definitely seen few instances where overseas tourists beg for money on the streets. Most people in SE Asia probably earn like a tenth of their income, and poverty and socioeconomic inequality is still probably deeper here than the tourist's origin country. Of course, living costs here are cheaper. But begging money while the locals are probably poorer than you is just in really bad taste in my opinion 🙏🏻
I travelled Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand last year, I really liked Vietnam I felt safe and people seamed like they wanted to work unlike the people in the west, I didn't like Cambodia but Angkor wat is well worth seeing, Thailand was wonderful everyone was friendly and were happy to talk English to me
I live in Vietnam but more at the countryside, i never really like being in the city due to how overpopulated it was and seeing foreigners is hilarious
Hi Tom, I discovered your channel and your wife's one just recently and I definitely love your work. However, 6USD / day in a city like Hanoi is quite impossible to be survivable, maybe in the outskirt or countryside like Nam Dinh that will do just fine. But that makes your video quite interesting for even a local like me. And for clarification, you were in Vietnam in April, which has many interesting event, some of them are just national holiday like Reunification Day April 30th - International Workers' Day May 1st, so it is quite normal to see kids participating in afterschool memorial activities because it is our core tradition to honor the heroes.
i know exactly one vietnamese person and that via discord, he lives in a shed on the roof of an apartment bloc but he is one of the funniest persons ever
no kidding i always write this kind of comments about mexico's 5 dollar a day minimum salary. big difference in wealth between 12 dollars an hour even now in a Walmart here in utah usa versus poor countries. not necessarily money but social benefits some times not available.
Subscribed to your channel, guys. Congrats on your wedding, you guys look great! Man, you must come from a family of millionaires to travel like you do!
The lady that teaches English, not only she makes 2,400 USD, she spends almost nothing! And while so, enjoy living in a different culture for a while. What a fantastic combination!!
Just a thought here. If you ever visit Orange County California to say go to Disneyland; do not wear that red shirt with the yellow star whatever you do. I asy this as Orange County California has the largest Vietnamese Community outside of Vietnam; around 200,000. They are all South Vietnamese.
Top executives make waaaaaaaayyyyy more than 116 USD per day. With a Russian GF you should understand that their official salary is only a tiny fraction of their total income.
I'm a newly graduated student and I can easily earn $50 per day just with casual office work (no OT). By no chance, Top Executives earn just more than one hundred per day. That kind of figure I think is more suitable for a senior employee or junior-level manager. The C-level managers here (Vietnamese laborers working for a Vietnamese start-up/enterprise) earn a minimum 300$ per day and can be up to $600 or more. For foreigners working here, the number could be 50% higher to double the amount. I love your videos but I think you should conduct better research before saying something online to a broad users based. Keep up the good work!
Obviously it is false. The salaries you quoted would be higher than in many european union countries. And those countries average salaries are multiple times higher than average virtnameese salaries.
Im sure if you put you both on minimum wage it would be doable because if you notice there all with friends or family that they can bunk with splitting costs
3:01 Actually I don’t think a lot of Vietnamese really take pride in their communist roots as they don’t really care much about politics. That’s pretty much my experience with them as they don’t really talk much about politics in general.
Việt Nam ẩm thực ngon con người thân thiện Người châu âu hay lên hà Giang sapa trải nghiệm tây Bắc những ngọn núi trùng trùng điệp điệp trải nghiệm thú vị🇻🇳 Rất nhiều người Mỹ Làm youtube ở việt nam nói tiếng Việt như người việt nam toang trên 600k nguoeig flow🇻🇳
The affordable travel insurance I have been using for over a year:
bit.ly/SafetywingXTomfromTX
Hey Tom, does nastya have a TH-cam channel if so what’s it called
Why are you even here
Hi Tom & Nastya, respect from 🇬🇧
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That's just the minimum wage of a job, most Vietnamese people do 2 or 3 jobs. And they have a home, cook at home, that's more economical. Although Vietnam's spending is very cheap, with 6 dollars, you can't live a full day like that. But I have to admit one thing that Vietnamese people live in happiness. I always see them active and smiling even though they are not rich.
actually majority of people in Vietnam dont make much but the price is very cheap there. So its like with monthly income of 4000$, you can run a normal family in Ha Noi, while it will take much more in other countries.
90% of the population in my country has a house without paying housing tax. the reason there are no homeless people is because they get money from donors for rice , food and the state every month .
In addition, the poor and people living in remote and isolated areas are provided with free medical examination and treatment.
“Although they are not rich” 😂😂😂 because you haven’t met the rich ones 😂😂😂
The first time Amazing race show compete Vietnam (almost 20 years ago). One of two brothers team surprise that their life seem to be so hard, but some how they smile all the time.
I love you guys for traveling and share culture Vietnam ❤🇻🇳🇺🇸🇷🇺 .Hello from vietnam👋
I was from Vietnam and born Vietnam but thanks for visit My home country 🇻🇳🤝🏻🇺🇸
Avarage salary vs foreigner spending. What a good video.
I live in Hanoi for my whole life and I can guarantee that people can live good in Hanoi just using $500 to $1000.
Same here in indonesia, 1000 dollar its like very decent
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Awwww thank you from Vietnam 🇻🇳❤🇷🇺❤🇺🇸
Nastya has such a sweet and relaxing voice.. She was born for TH-cam
Born for TH-cam?! And you was born without brain ...
Tom had a good experience in Vietnam 😁
I believe thomas will be on minimum budget forever in the next videos, and i completely support that 😂🎉
As a Vietnamese (born in North America), that Google translate segment was brilliant & priceless!!!!! 😂😂😂Keep up the great content! 🤗
That was unexpected and funny. People look at translating stuff as if it's magic, but we can see some difficulties. On the other hand, if you've watched a lot of stuff about Vietnamese markets I think 120,000 Dong, you wouldn't starve! Especially if you're buying groceries and not only cooked food. It should but is of course not being observed that persons on Minimum Wage here in Murica aren't going far!
Welcome to Vietnam. Please make more videos about Vietnamese people, culture, and landscapes so that people can better understand Vietnam. I hope you will come back to Vietnam!
The thing about Vietnam is in a house hold, both parents work. and in big cities most people make more than the minimum wage. So 2 people working can earn around 800-1200USD per month. Thats enough to raise 2 kids and have a kind of decent life.
I really enjoy these short insights but would LOVE a longer "in-between" the scenes videos as well!
Hmm top executive salary is nowhere near $116 a day, that's for middle manager levels, top C-levels earn about $600-$900 per day.
In vitnam
Are you referring to managers or executive directors of international corporations operating in Vietnam? That does not represent a local business.
Depending on how large and how much the company made, otherwise they may bankrupt paying the executives upto$900/day. May be saigon beer. They made big profit every year.
@@DungVo-cj1vq I know some top local big corps pay $25k-$40k/month to top C-levels, here in Hanoi
@@baobaolovely Vingroup and subsidiaries, Masan, TCB, VPB...pay top management that amount
A few thing i like to mention, a large portion of the vietnamese population own their house with a smaller set of either worker and student living in rental places, since most vietnamese living in multi-generation household it common for most of us to own a home. Removing rent out of the picture, electricity,water and internet is fairly cheap so it only take up at best 10-12% of your budget. With 6$ to spare a day you can cook a pretty lavish meal for yourself for really cheap, even eating out doesn't cost much.
Cost of living here is generally survivable and leave some room for saving, however it still too low for people to live comfortably if they don't already own a home, housing cost here is pretty insane especially in the city, maybe not new york or london insane but still far out of the budget of a average vietnamese.
I couldnt agree more. Most people could work up to 2-3k USD a month but they have to rent a house instead of buying one if they had no family support. Even the government considered that problem was very abnormal and tried to change things but I think it doesnt go anywhere soon. But as a home country, I'm proud to be a citizen of it. We had a long history of being invaded and worked hard to defend ourself (mostly from China, US and France were more recent) and socialist-style market economic model just works almost flawlessly so people just enjoy the life and are happy about it.
omg and i dont know why this video dont have more views 😢 So interesting and educated
You have very good channel! You are the first American blogger, whom I have subscribed😊
nice place bro i m adding Vietnam to my travel list
I was in Vietnam during a difficult time. Always wanted to go back and see the north. Always liked the culture.
i like how you make your videos into games and make it fun while educational👍😊
Somebody who gets it
love u and your energy when u come to Vietnam.🇻🇳
You guys are fun couples!
I like your YTchannel and videos that makes all the adventurings to watch!
💯🙃✌️
As someone from Southeast Asia, I just wanna say thank you for not promoting being a "begpacker" 😅. I've definitely seen few instances where overseas tourists beg for money on the streets. Most people in SE Asia probably earn like a tenth of their income, and poverty and socioeconomic inequality is still probably deeper here than the tourist's origin country. Of course, living costs here are cheaper. But begging money while the locals are probably poorer than you is just in really bad taste in my opinion 🙏🏻
Underrated video❤
Me in Vietnam rn we have been traveling around south Vietnam with 18 people in total thanks to my family
Welcome to Vietnam ❤
I travelled Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand last year, I really liked Vietnam I felt safe and people seamed like they wanted to work unlike the people in the west, I didn't like Cambodia but Angkor wat is well worth seeing, Thailand was wonderful everyone was friendly and were happy to talk English to me
Love you guys ! You are so cute together, funny and entertaining, wishing you continued success !
I live in Vietnam but more at the countryside, i never really like being in the city due to how overpopulated it was and seeing foreigners is hilarious
What a fun idea for a video! Nice!
This is an awesome video, showing how worries are different when you have finical freedom
Hi Tom, I discovered your channel and your wife's one just recently and I definitely love your work. However, 6USD / day in a city like Hanoi is quite impossible to be survivable, maybe in the outskirt or countryside like Nam Dinh that will do just fine. But that makes your video quite interesting for even a local like me. And for clarification, you were in Vietnam in April, which has many interesting event, some of them are just national holiday like Reunification Day April 30th - International Workers' Day May 1st, so it is quite normal to see kids participating in afterschool memorial activities because it is our core tradition to honor the heroes.
Great vlog!
Good video guys. Normally just see the shorts but your long format videos a really good :)
Just saw your video, lol what's more Texas than "Tom from Texas" man? hahahha
Wow thanks for visiting Vietnam! 😄
I was in Vietnam, Nha Trang ( december 2017) and I hope return there
swag on scooter was pretty cool !
I Love You Two. Brilliant content.
u guys did a good job of doing ur own version of Oryol i Reshka.
You can buy bread have an egg and a sausages with lot of topping with 1$
i know exactly one vietnamese person and that via discord, he lives in a shed on the roof of an apartment bloc but he is one of the funniest persons ever
Such a lovely couple
nice video ❤😊
that hammer and sickle gave me legit soviet vibes.
hee hee hee haw
no kidding i always write this kind of comments about mexico's 5 dollar a day minimum salary. big difference in wealth between 12 dollars an hour even now in a Walmart here in utah usa versus poor countries. not necessarily money but social benefits some times not available.
Subscribed to your channel, guys. Congrats on your wedding, you guys look great! Man, you must come from a family of millionaires to travel like you do!
Love this vlog....thanks for sharing
Awesome video ❤❤❤
A lot of Asians also live with their family so housing wouldnt be such a big cost factor like that
Good content
The lady that teaches English, not only she makes 2,400 USD, she spends almost nothing! And while so, enjoy living in a different culture for a while. What a fantastic combination!!
Just a thought here. If you ever visit Orange County California to say go to Disneyland; do not wear that red shirt with the yellow star whatever you do. I asy this as Orange County California has the largest Vietnamese Community outside of Vietnam; around 200,000. They are all South Vietnamese.
Top executives make waaaaaaaayyyyy more than 116 USD per day. With a Russian GF you should understand that their official salary is only a tiny fraction of their total income.
common thing even for US TOP-executives.
Gooooooooood morning Vietnam
Really enjoying these videos and sorry Tom but it’s actually entertaining when you get the minimal wage and Nastya beats you 😂
You seem like so playful couple, and it is obvious you are enjoying each other. Love your energy, and wish you the best!
inspired by the TV show "орел и решка" (heads and tails)
Bro that 1.50 pho is bigger and more meat than $13 pho where I live
cảm ơn các bạn làm về VN
Try the $5/$10 challenge in India. You can have a great time if planned well.
Great video
I'm a newly graduated student and I can easily earn $50 per day just with casual office work (no OT). By no chance, Top Executives earn just more than one hundred per day. That kind of figure I think is more suitable for a senior employee or junior-level manager. The C-level managers here (Vietnamese laborers working for a Vietnamese start-up/enterprise) earn a minimum 300$ per day and can be up to $600 or more. For foreigners working here, the number could be 50% higher to double the amount. I love your videos but I think you should conduct better research before saying something online to a broad users based. Keep up the good work!
Bro 50 Dollars per day is 1500 per Month. Which is 35 mil vnd. Newly grads with casual Office work do not get paid 35 mil a month
I'm Vietnamese, this guy lied. Only 1% can do what he said.
Obviously it is false. The salaries you quoted would be higher than in many european union countries. And those countries average salaries are multiple times higher than average virtnameese salaries.
Im sure if you put you both on minimum wage it would be doable because if you notice there all with friends or family that they can bunk with splitting costs
Love your videos ❤❤
That hotel apartment is like $180 a night room in America
Its 70 in Portland OR USA
Med tier hotel
Vietnam really loves Texas 🔥🔥🔥
At least she said she loves you!!!!
Welcome to vietnam 👏👏👏
It would be interesting to go to a supermarket, rent a house and try to live like a local would…
Their juxtapositions were hilarious
$6 vs $118 AND durian???? I think you won, Tom! 😂
Nastya is a bargain at any price.
I wish I could have a chance to actually talk to yall..hello from n.c your living my dream you guys enjoy it please
If only the Vietnamese restaurant is cheap. Minimum $14 a dish
?!?!?
~ Hello.👋👋.Thank you. Tom.
~ I.Lo ve you. Việt Nam.👍👍
❤💜❤💜❤💑👫👫👬👬👭
người việt chúng tôi còn ngèo khó nhưng nữ cười luôn nở trên môi
Honestly, I thought Nastya's first attempt was pretty good.
Having a pretty wife definitely helps his influencer career
Did she lived in US before meeting him , her English is way too perfect with American accent.
Do you have at her channel on other platforms like orange TH-cam ?
I’m already about 20 seconds into the challenge (2:07) and I just realized that there’s a camera person. Isn’t that cheating?
Love this channel! Is impossible to expat with a dog in tow?
many live with dogs, but not every landlord stand pets.
Thanks! @@S1lverarrow
I’m curious, who’s holding the camera ?
3:01 Actually I don’t think a lot of Vietnamese really take pride in their communist roots as they don’t really care much about politics. That’s pretty much my experience with them as they don’t really talk much about politics in general.
There is nothing wrong with communism.
Hey buddy what camera do you use.
Loved this style of vlogging, but I want more Nastya and a little less Tom for obvious reasons
6 usd chỉ đủ ăn trong 2 ngày trong trường hợp bạn tự nấu ăn
thanks you
I love Vietnam!! Its a country where the vietnamese women are way more beautiful than a western woman 😅
Việt Nam ẩm thực ngon con người thân thiện
Người châu âu hay lên hà Giang sapa trải nghiệm tây Bắc những ngọn núi trùng trùng điệp điệp trải nghiệm thú vị🇻🇳
Rất nhiều người Mỹ Làm youtube ở việt nam nói tiếng Việt như người việt nam toang trên 600k nguoeig flow🇻🇳
Gosh, she is the cutest thing I have ever seen!
Do you get nap time for lunch being a teacher in Vietnam ?
Bro dropped his entire week salary for travel insurance 😮
You can do it on $6 day. But I was in Ho Chi Minh.
Feels like in the River South of China
Thanks to show the life between the rich vs the poor. It’s similar to anywhere in the world.😊
Btw how do u feel to be millionaire n billionaire.?😊
How did Nastya speak English so good??🤔
at the beginning i feel like they’re pronounced the words as if they were chinese characters
Nice