Hi, my name is Samy and I am a long-time partner of RoninBlue. It is with great sadness that I announce RoninBlue’s sudden passing of a heart attack on Monday, August 16, 2021. RoninBlue was passionate about personal finance and early retirement and loved sharing his knowledge with all of you on TH-cam. He has put a lot of love and energy into making these videos and I would like to thank each and every one of you for sharing in his joy and for supporting his channel up to now. I wish you all the best. Love, Samy
Wow it's the first video I'm watching of RoninBlue, rest in peace. I wish you to have good memories of him Samy and can live your life to the full while you're still on earth.
I lived in Hanoi, I met an amazing girl, and couldn't leave. I asked her to marry me after 7 weeks. I dropped to one knee and proposed at 07:07pm on 07/07/07. She said yes and we've been together ever since. I made the best decision of my life. We live in the UK now but go back to visit family. We do talk about our future plans, but retiring there is not going to be easy. We'll probably just escape the winters by going back. Love Vietnam so much.
Only for the air pollution, it's a deal breaker to leave in Hanoi. I married my Vietnamese wife also on 07-07 but 2021 :) We live in Hanoi, and I can't wait to make enough money so I don't EVER have to breath the sh*t air here. Seriously. I miss the open clean outdoors of a clean city so much!
@@ewnyMetroExpress It does. You've been feeding inaccurate info regards air-control in the area. Are you suggesting foreign retirees should only live in Hoi An??
I live and work in Vietnam for 4-5 years. I had working visa, visa is easy to get, any visa is easy to get. People are just the best. I dream to return back there after covid19! So, visa is not a problem. Pollution - yes but not 50km from HCMC. Everything is very cheap. I cannot tell anything bad about Vietnam. There are scams in downtown but that is just for tourists.
nearly 10 yrs experience in VN - I don't have most of these problems, but then some of us are smart enough to avoid such - trouble finds you everywhere in the world, overall VN is wonderful, but you must adjust and understand what you are dealing with - come dance with us in DaNang
Oh, just waste an amount of time of my life to recognize that these people think Vietnam is US and compared two country and they said dont retire in Vietnam. Hahaha, yeah, you guys demand way too much things on retirement, you guys want some ticket to the Heaven, no men, that place not exists. So dont say shit about other countries. If you can't find other places, stay in you goddam country and retire there.
For me VN has way more pros than cons. Treating all people with respect has served me well all over the world. Their not kicking people out, just not renewing their visa IAW VN laws. It started as so many foreigners had fake business visa's. I many times cross the street with an elderly woman or mother with children in heavy traffic. Taxis are a problem all over the world. A market I regularly went to and made friends with the lady, she started selecting the best she had. I always kept here keep the change (I always had a good supply of denominations. I love VN, the people are very kind and helpful.
I am glad that you enjoy it. But dude, you got to do your own research when going to the market, it's an unspoken "law" (or "this is the way) that after you paid the money, it's your problem with what you buy, even if they sell you the best at decent price, to be really merge in the jungle, you must be familiar with the way things going here: all people, sellers themselves, reckon that seller are liars by nature, and that it! You got to earn it, don't rely on people's mercy. "Doing good thing to people and good thing will come to you" is the second thing that being passed from one generation to the next for thousand of years, but the first thing is "you're responsible of your choice". Even the most experienced Vietnamese are very careful when buying anything (and that why they're called experience), they spend 90% of the time for doing research, rule of thumb are buying good things and only good things, the moment you buy cheap stuff you're prone to regret, 9.9% of the time is for haggling to a bargain price, that 0.1% left is for payment, quickies on the purse are stupid nerds. A true-smart Vietnamese would be very careful with their choice, sure there are stupid asses (especially gen Z) are very quick with their choice, and regret. Don't be the easy money, knowing your way when it come to money and you will earn their respect. The moment you left your choice in hand of the seller, you're done. Trust me, I'm not bullshiting around, I learnt this the hard way as a Vietnamese.
@@tanha8178 Don't be so judgmental and pessimistic Dude. I'm sure many expats in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. don't get scammed or have to haggle all the time. Once the locals know you are part of the community, they don't sell you at higher prices so you have to haggle. There are so numerous cases that are recounted by foreigners: they are often helped by the locals when they have problems.
Really enjoyed this video. I lived in Vietnam for more than 10 years and I agree with your comments. personally I loved it and can speak the language and was lucky enough to work for multinational companies. I met many expats who frankly couldn't handle it. The key is quite simple really you have to be prepared to learn everything again and bend like bamboo. If you can do that you will love it, if not then you might consider another place to retire.
And there are many reasons for you to come to Vietnam. even a superpower like the US is not perfect , you want a small country that just ended the war 30 years ago to be perfect , is it absurd .
@@dsdsdsdjdfyfy777 Do you think it's crazy tough for 330 million Americans with social benefits? You must think it's blissful existences for 26 million of starving North Koreans or 95 million Vietnamese subjected to land-robbing daily by Commie terrorists? Where do you think their Americans' "Motherlands" are? America wasn't even discovered until fairly recently. Apparently "Motherland" wasn't so important for 99% of Vietnamese that want to get out of the Commie sh*thole and even have been risking their lives escaping it. 39 Vietnamese died frozen in UK container truck, and that was reported only because the incident happened in the West. Hundreds of thousands of others died, injured, or suffered in silence every year in various parts of Asia and Middle East. To escape the utterly corrupt and brutal Vietnamese Commie regime, every year tens of thousands of Vietnamese women have to unselectively marry to foreigners not just in the West, but also in Commie China, Taiwan, Middle East, etc., and suffered various abuses and even deaths by the men. Commie Vietnam "Motherland" is so valuable that 99% of its population (including kids of Vietnamese Commie government officials) has always tried to flee the h*llhole and its passport consistently ranked among those at the bottom of world's desirable passports?
Germany and Japan became economic powerhouses 30 years after WW2, and South Korea became economic powerhouse 30 years after Korea War, while Commie Vietnam became and remained the international beggar and human rights pariah 46 years after Vietnam War, surpassed by its neighbors one by one in GDP per capita and well on its way to become the poorest in Southeast Asia, all thanks to the utterly corrupt and grossly incompetent ruling Vietnamese Commie regime.
I'm 72 and my monthly expenses are less then $900 a month living in a small town in the United States. I have the same conveniences of the big city without the traffic jams, noise, crime or high taxes.
Yes, Medicare and a few social programs assisting the elderly allow this gentleman to retire with only $900 a month. Perhaps, you live without the use of the Internet, TV, and cell phone. I believe low-income retirees can receive government help with phone service. In a small town without communal support and activities, life can be really a big mental challenge unless you are a happy loner.
As someone who has lived in Vietnam for more than 7 years I can fully vouch for the content in this video. He provides a fair and generally quite accurate assessment of the challenges here. There's a lot to love about living here and he acknowledges that but for those complaining about pessimistic content, the purpose of the video is to warn people of the things they might well find to be deal breakers. While I wouldn't agree with the statement DON'T live or retire here, I'd say overall he's done a great service in helping people educate themselves as to what kind of complications to expect in addition to all the things they'd probably love.
Dear David, On behalf of RoninBlue who passed away last month, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to write your wonderful comment. It explains Ronin's intention as if you had read his mind. I am very please to know some viewers appreciate his hard work. I wish you all the best. Love, Samy Please refer to the community tab for the announcement I posted last most month.
@@bradhienzachary How can you have a house there? My family has been there for 100 years. Since 1998-2000, my family lands and my land are stolen by commie! I just wonder how do you do that, keep your land and home?
This video (all points) apply to any country. Just replace Any country name with Vietnam. (Exception few like Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, new Zealand, UK etc)... Btw I always get treated in Vietnam extra fruits, food, free coffee, more discount because I speak (or I try to) Vietnamese.... They find it Adorable and funny 😂😂😂
Horrendous pollution (Hanoi is the most polluted city in Southeast Asia) make people living in Vietnam vulnerable to Covid, as their lungs can only take on so many abuses. Now 10K new cases per day, and that's on what's reported.
Not true. Hanoi is the most polluted city in Southeast Asia. The vast majority of cities in the West and developed Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Singapore aren't anywhere as polluted. Systemic land-robbing of citizens by terrorist Commie Vietnam has been wide-spreading. Millions of footages of savaged land-robbing, from North to South Vietnam, spanning for decades, appear if one uses relevant search term/phrase in Vietnamese right here on TH-cam. Land-robbing has not been seen anywhere outside of brutal Commie regimes except racially unstable country like South Africa. After robbing the citizens dry, they even prey on each other. Recent cases include one in which the Vietnamese Commie terrorists barbarically assassinated wheelchaired (due to prior assassination attempt by the same regime) 55-Party-year Le Dinh Kinh from Dong Tam (near Hanoi) in his bed in his own home to rob his land, returned his carcass full of bullet holes but empty of internal organs without family members' permission, and ordered his wife Mrs. Dư Thị Thành to lie about the incident, and when she refused, they cruelly tortured her. All true. Do your research!
@@thethaovatoquoc312 this is a loser trying to smear his homeland if you want to know the truth come to vietnam and feel it don't listen to rumors like this
@@thethaovatoquoc312 this is a loser trying to smear his homeland if you want to know the truth come to vietnam and feel it don't listen to rumors like this
Vietnam is a developing country so everything you are saying is the same for all developing countries lol I worked in Vietnam “ Saigon/Nga Trang “ for a year and I loved the experience:) the foods great the ladies are beautiful:) so please stop being so pessimistic and look at the bright side of life lol
Telling truths is not being pessimistic and just because you enjoyed your time doesn't mean that everyone has or will. People need to know these things. Some of you are so sensitive these days
Two things that put me off Vietnam. Scowly people esp in markets and rubbish everywhere esp on the beach and everywhere there was flytipping. Not my cuppa thanks
The 21st reason is Vietnamese communist authority is the law and the law is Vietnamese communist authority if you dare to do business in Vietnam. Vietnamese governance is corrupted at all levels. The bigger your business is in Vietnam, the more severe corruption you encounter at higher level of authority.
I lived in Vietnam for my first year in S.E. Asia. If your retired travel will fix your visa problems, I traveled to all of SE Asia in the first year. Loved it, Everything else you said is minimal. you get use to it all in time. I moved to Thailand and have been here for the last 4 years and love it all.
I am Australian. I have visited over 50 countries and lived and worked in many. I have lived and worked in Vietnam since Jan 1988. This is by far the most accurate video I have seen on living in Vn. This guy has really nailed every major issue. It is so real. The no retirement visas is a total bummer. I've had a corporate services company here since 2007. I've had a 5 year TRC. This year without good reason they only gave me a multi-entry 1 year visa. This is so typical of Vn. Vn people are lovely but this is a ruthless country where foreigners are LAST priority. I've lived in places like India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa etc. Do not expect Vn to be like some other Asian country like Indonesia, Thailand or the Philippines. It's not. It's a Communist country that has endured many wars. These have left their mark. Few haggle in Vn. This is just one thing why Vn is very different to most of Asia. Hanoi is more expensive than Saigon. Basically, the Vn govt doesn't want you here. It only wants use of your money and expertise. (So why do I live here? Well because I cannot stand the woke West and I know the score about living in Vn. Plus I am independently wealthy so can leave at any time.) Do not invest in any fixed real estate here. Trust me on this. To live any sort of life and have some medical cover you will need at least USD1500 per month if you want to live in any major city. Sure you can live a life of relative poverty for cheaper, but it's not worth it when you take into account the many issues you need to overcome.
I’m Vietnamese and I approve these messages! I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
4:47 Motorcycles footage is faked, this scene was not from VN, VNESE popular motorcycle brands included Honda, Yamaha, some TWNESE scooters, Vespa etc, majority of the scooters of this scene are TWNESE scooters. The jackets of the drivers don't look tropical.
There’s always pros and cons to any place-the world is not perfect. It’s up to individual to weigh in on those pros and cons. My biggest pet peeve while I visited there is restrooms-I find it disgusting. I either had to go back to my hotel or find a more Americanized restaurant/coffee shop.
God the more i listen to you the more i get upset, You are complaining about Vietnamese hiring Chinese to work on these constructions, what about you guys, hiring Mexicans to do the dirty work there, If it was not for the great Mexican people there ,you guys are serious in trouble because guys are bloody lazy. you are talk about noisy construction, mate it is the work side , wake up, there are many places to choose to pick and to live , why are you choosing the place that next to the construction. Talk about private care, do all American got good taken care of by your government, NO I rest my case. I do not mind you helping out VISITORS by providing information but at least be reasonable and in a respectable manner ALL YOU ARE DOING IS STATING BADS ONLY. Do you think every viewer will agree with you, NO I DON"T THINK SO.
As a 100% Vietnamese citizen, i think you should NOT retire in Vietnam because we Vietnamese government does not encourage foreign retirees to come because we are developing countries we need brains and investment not retirement.
I’m Vietnamese and have lived in the US the past 45 years. Even though I’ve been increasingly disappointed at the crime rate and the current political scenes in the US, I believe that unless you came from another country like Vietnam , you have no idea how good you have here in the US. All of the points presented in the video is fair and accurate in my opinion.
I came here to learn how to invest after listening to a guy on radio talk about the importance of investing and how he made $960,000 in 4 months from $160k, somehow this video has helped shed light on some things, but I'm still confused, I'm a newbie and I'm open to ideas.
Interesting. I have a lump sum doing absolutely nothing at all in my bank account, I wanna get something started with it. You seem to be doing excellent for yourself, how do you achieve this?
@Dwayne Wright That's impressive. Are you giving her your money or the money stays in your trading account? What's really the idea behind copying trades.
I've watched your entire video, and your reasons are repetitive with different wording and unnecessarily long while promoting PH in another video. 1/ No retirement visa - Sorry, our soil is not heaven for grandpas to make young girls pregnant and take no responsibility. 2/ There're too many ongoing construction sites in Vietnam - Are you upset seeing construction boom in VN? 3/ Far from North America - PH is an hour further away from Vietnam. That literally makes no difference in flight time. Do you wish that PH was geographically close to the USA so that their people can quickly evacuate and leave over to the USA? 4/ Poor food hygiene - Is Filipino Pagpag germ-free and nutritious? 5/ Expensive imported food - PPP (purchasing power parity) of VND is higher than the peso, making it less expensive for VNese to afford imported goods! 6/ Loud karaoke bars - PH is the king of karaoke, bars, clubs, strip clubs and beaches in the SEA region. Let's think straight!
everything you said is true. Vietnam is a better place to live than the Phillippines. I've been to both countries. Vietnam is cleaner, a better developed infrastructure, much much better food quality, and much safer. The Philippines has one thing better with the beaches there.
Wow, everything you wrote is true, especially No.1. Old men living poor with pension in their own "1st world" country have found the bucks can go a long way in South East Asia and feel they are young again, with the help of Viagra.
Not all retired men go to SEA to make young girls pregnant. Some actually enjoy for all the other reasons but your attitude towards older men is not one of the reasons.
Yes, the visa situation of each country should be considered if thinking about moving to another country. I plan to retire in a foreign country and if I cannot get some sort of long-term visa, i will not consider that country. Vietnam is a country on my bucket list and look forward to seeing all the sites, experience the culture, and meet friendly Vietnamese. I don't like hanging out in expat areas when I go to foreign countries and prefer to get out to the countryside and meet the locals.
Its true. I visited HCM once and never going back. Noise, air pollution etc. There are better places to spend your tourist dollar. The first thing vietnam needs to improve is to implement electric motorbikes. This will clean up the air and noise.
Hello everyone. I am a Vietnamese person. I accidentally received the recommendation of TH-cam about this video, I watched and I assert that what the video says is almost true. I just want to make you understand more about several problems in my homeland: - The reason why car taxes are crazily high is it is one of the main incomes of the Vietnamese government. This government just wants to earn as much money as possible from this type of goods. Therefore, in our community, there is a common joke that a Vietnamese person has to buy a car for himself or herself, a car for the government and a car for the Party (in Vietnam, the Party means the Vietnamese Communist Party because it is the only political party in the country). If you hear someone say that the Vietnamese government wants to save the environment, it is just a lie. - Even we, the Vietnamese, are not sure even whether foods in supermarkets are hygienic enough to use. We usually complain that we can die either we eat or do not eat. So, sorry, take care if you want to settle in this country. - It sounds very bizarre to many foreigners, but in fact, we just have the right of USING land to settle, to cultivate and to produce, not the right of OWNING. That means even we have "Sổ đỏ" ("Red book" in Vietnamese), we just have the evidence of USING an area of land, not OWNING. - Basically, we DO NOT have clear private healthcare. Up to the moment, there are still many Vietnamese do not know what is private healthcare and how it works. Besides that, there is a terrible scene when going to hospitals, especially local public hospitals. It is patients have to wait in long time (many people have to lie on land because of lacking of seats) and in curing period, a hospital bed may have to suffer the weights of three or even four people. - In Vietnam, it is quite strange if you do not join the karaoke party. Unlike many Western countries, where a professional singer plays karaoke songs for audiences, almost every Vietnamese person sings karaoke song to entertain themselves and other people. In this country, it can be strange, or even in the mind of several strict Vietnamese, unpolite when you do not sing a karaoke song as a "gift" to others. That means, even when you do not have singing talent, you should join with a song. Furthermore, many karaoke restaurants are active from 9p.m to 12p.m, even longer. Therefore, it is frustrating to hear karaoke in Vietnam. - Haggling is one of the most typical points of many Vietnamese markets. Many merchants do not have transparent price lists, while many customers, by their intuition and buying experience, are more likely to suspect that sellers are ridiculously pushing prices to earn an amount of surplus. Thus, between merchants and customers, there are many arguments about the real prices of goods and the acceptable prices for both. So, going shopping in Vietnam is like a suffering task for many Vietnamese men. They are afraid of being lied by sellers and being criticized by their mothers or wives. That's some points I want to help you understand more about my country. Thanks for reading and replying.
I’m Vietnamese and I approve these messages! I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
Hospitals with patients lying on the floor in the corrido and even under the crowed beds are nightmarish scenes from apocalypse, but all too familiar ethos in the current Vietnam run by the utterly corrupt Commie regime, unfortunately.
I agree with everything you said. I'm also Vietnamese. Every time I visit, I get scammed by my own people and get extreme diarrhea from eating the food. If it wasn't for my family, I wouldn't visit. I saw a comment here about how shameful it is to say bad things about your own country. Some people cannot handle the truth and have to resort to shaming. Just let them live in their own delusion.
As far as noise is concerned, you can be as careful as possible but it can change in a flash. I moved into an apartment near the beach in central Vietnam and it was quiet. Less than a year later they began construction of a rest about 3 feet from my back door. So much noise but I thought once they are done it will be okay, wrong. They put in a swimming pool next to my back door along with karaoke and during the day and night children yelling and screaming and jumping into the pool. My lease came up and I moved! They tried to raise my rent and I had to laugh to myself. They could have dropped the price and I would still have left! Before going there I had a room on the top floor of a homestay and they had so much construction I thought they were on the roof over my head morning, noon and night. The whole place vibrated!
I ve been living and teaching in VN for 5 yrs. Some things are good some aren't. However, if I have to compare with retiring in USA, VN is 10X a better place: much less expensive, easier to make new friends, easy to find love, great weather, very safe 24/7, people are extremely nice, world class medicare, affordable housing. Can it be boring? Yes. Is it a beautiful place? Maybe not. Can u have a conversation in English? Maybe not. But still better than USA
We the Vietnamese people dont even want to go back there! In the 80 million of boat people escaping the country with 50 % chance of surviving. Put yourself into one of the poor people there and give me your answer. Most people go there just for the girls period.
The power is more reliable in Saigon than I've experienced in Australia. They also have excellent internet and street food has never been a problem for me. Wish I could return.
Exactly right. I have a Note 20 ultra 5g with Telstra and I cannot get a signal inside our post office in town. Fruit and veg is already old when we get it on the shelves. And you are correct regarding power outages. Every wet season you can be sure the power will cut out as well as your internet on which your phone NOW DEPENDS.
@Greg Bender :You may get stomach upset from eating street food. Stomach cancer comes from eating American beef laden with hormones and not from eating street food. Even the EU (European Union) bans American beef.
@Greg Bender : No. It has nothing to do with me. I am not qualified to say that eating American beef will cause cancer. The EU bans American beef because their scientists believe that American beef is laden with hormones ((testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone) that may cause cancer in the long run. Cows in the US receive also synthetic hormones also known as steroids so they grow meatier and faster. Even countries in Africa don't bother to import American beef because they don't want to get cancer.
Land-robbing has been a huge problem in Commie Vietnam. Search for relevant search term in Vietnamese right here on TH-cam, one would see endless shocking footages, spanning for decades since 1953, from North to South, of what ordinary & poor Vietnamese citizens have to go through everyday. If they refuse to leave their ancestor's land, they are simply kicked out or get killed, as the recent case with Mr. Le Dinh Kinh from Dong Tam near Hanoi. Vietnamese Commie government terrorists massacred him in his bed at 4AM in his own home. All true. Do your research.
@@thethaovatoquoc312 My deep respects for the Vietnamese people.During my USAF military career I had to go through the Academy and give presentations on the history of Vietnam, and what got the U.S. involved in the first place. Vietnam is a land rich with history, but as you said, too many Vietnamese lost their lives protecting their property and families. 🙏
@@roddyg3692 Vietnam's yellow national flag with 3 red stripes has been in play since 40 AD since the Trưng Sisters. Commie Chinese Intelligence Officer Ho Quang (aka Ho Chi Minh) brought yellow star red flag from Commie China's Fujian province to his Pac-Bo cave in 1941 and later his minions replaced Vietnam's national flag with it.
@@australiamyway Yes, but most of us understand that life is just a phase, and the soul lives on. What awaits one beyond the horizon depends on how one behaves on earth as a result of the combination of freewill and karma. The author made a positive difference in this world by educating others with 100K (and counting) views on this video alone if nothing else. On the other hand, lowlifes like the corrupt Commie terrorists made negative differences in this world with their greed and atrocities, for which they themselves or their offspring will pay in one form or another. For example, many Vietnamese Commie government terrorist leaders died in full or half-paralytic states that dragged on for decades, wallowing in their putrid bodies waiting for their daily diaper changes as the highlights of any given days. Traitors like Nguyễn Thành Trung (bombed South Vietnam with his US jet in 1975) got his son Nguyễn Thành Danh committed suicide just last year. Reap what you sow, indeed!
I just moved back from living 2 years in VN the only advice I would give . . . 1.) The sidewalks are only for the young and nimble 2.) Live in the south, visit the north. 3.) Don’t sweat the traffic, just know it flows, so just go with it. Slow and steady
Yeah, I have been in VN long enough to understand the points he is making but some of them are much bigger issues than others. Visas are a major issue, making friends is not, as far as I'm concerned.
You are absolutely right on the money. At first it looks like a very good and cheap place to live in southern Vietnam but in the long run. It’s not safe and too much corruptions
I’m Vietnamese and I approve these messages! I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
@@vietnamwakeup01 Why do you say "no" to retirement visa for VN? I'm just curious. Wouldn't retirees bring lots of money into VN - boost economy? Maybe I'm missing something.
I think the best place to retire is where youre living, you know that place, you know those people, you know the culture,... you just need resources for your retirement. To be honest, people think about retire in a South East Asian country mostly is out of budget and can not afford other countries in Europe, America or big country in Asian like Japan, Korea,... Just simple, if you rich, your budget is huge, you can retire on desert and still fine, but if you not, just accept what you can, your choice. You cant find a place that "cheap" but have full of modern infrastructure and services to serve you, that just not make any sense.
@@sommmeguy You have a very modern infrastructure in Thailand. I live there a year and loved it. Had no problems getting around. Need to find the right bus always go to a well used bus stop and it doesn't take long for someone to come along that speaks English, if you aren't afraid to ask strangers, and they are very friendly and helpful. All road signs are in Thai and English and GPS's work there.
I am a combat veteran who served in Vietnam for two tours. Part of my job was an interpreter and interrogator so I spoke the language fluently. It is a very melodic language and if you understand that it is more sung than it is spoken you will be well on your way to learning to communicate. However there are so many phrases that mirror each other slightly but mean totally different things. For instance you might say you need to drink water but you could easily miss pronounce it and say “ I like to drink piss” I went back to Vietnam on a luxury cruise in 2013. I was surprised at how much language I have retained and also how modern Vietnam is today although I spent all of my tour with the 101st airborne division in a tiny Camp Eagle when I went to Saigon for the first time on my vacation I encountered huge marble malls used car lots, McDonald’s, the most insane nightlife I have ever seen in the world. No one asked me if I were a veteran when I was ship docked in Danang found out there were many Vietnam veterans living there! There is also a group of marine ex-pats that have a motorcycle club and a clubhouse in Da Nang with the American flag flying. There is also an American legion post in DaNang. It’s not uncommon to see the American flag incorporated into peoples clothing just like here in the states. The war is a very old forgotten distasteful event That everyone has put behind them forever. My language skills quickly started to come back but the intonation and other nuances of speaking Vietnamese has left me so it was pretty well useless to try.
Until Vietnam is free from the utterly corrupt and terrorist Commie regime, Vietnam is a sh*thole for locals (99% of the population want to get out and many have risked their lives doing so, like 39 young Vietnamese in UK container truck recently on the news) and a hit-and-miss vacation spot for foreigners with emotional attachment due to various circumstances perhaps like yours. Otherwise, Commie Vietnam is much like Commie Cuba for a tropical sojourn and much like Commie North Korea with its barbarity. Besides ranking near the bottom of Southeast Asia's in GDP per capita, Commie Vietnam is similarly ranked at the world's bottom in freedom of speech and freedom of the press, just above its fellow Commies China and North Korea. Lives of the 95% population under this brutal regime is anything but easy, with constant home and land-robbing that happen to them anytime the Commie government official bandits smell the increase in prices that these immoral lowlifes can inhumanely profit from with 100% risk free, while living in one of the most polluted places in the world (Hanoi is top polluted city in Southeast Asia) with contaminated food and water, along with constant flooding and highest rate of liver disease and cancer. Again, there is a reason why 99% of Commie Vietnam's population want to get out, including Commie government officials who launder their loots and blood money along with the kids overseas to the West. There is a reason why even Commie bandit like Vingroup's Pham Nhat Vuong (got rich primarily by colluding with Vietnamese Commie regime to sell their properties built on lands robbed from poor Vietnamese citizens. Search relevant search terms in Vietnamese, one would see tons of videos right here on TH-cam showing decades of land-robbing across the country, spanning for decades) safeguarded his loots of $4 billion from his fellow comrades by shipping them to Singapore for starter.
@@thethaovatoquoc312 Most of the readers here, will think you are exaggerating, but you are not. Communism is an evil disease. I think of all the South Vietnamese men that fought to the death to keep the communists out of Saigon during the end of the war.
@@thomaswayneward Indeed! Commies = Legal Robbers + Terrorists + Modern Slaveowners + Propagandists + Dictators + Mafia. Vietnamese Commies are among the worst if not the worst. Even during the pandemic while most nations provided their citizens with aids, the ruling Vietnamese Commies not only provided nominal aids (only about 1% but only to their own associates), but also openly exploited Vietnamese citizens with costly (300K-500K vnd per pop while average salary there is only 5 million vnd per month) fake nostril kits (from Việt Á company) that were rejected by World Health Organization as ineffective but systematically misled and announced by the corrupt ruling Vietnamese Commies as effective and approved by it. The result were deadly, as tens of thousands died due to misdiagnoses in addition to being sanctioned like animals into barb-wired, unhygienic "quarantine" areas with inadequate or without beds, toilets, food, and medicine. In other words, these subhuman Commie lowlifes used the pandemic as an opportunity to knowingly kill the citizens just to make money for personal gains. You are correct about South Vietnamese soldiers. In contrast to narratives by the leftist fake news media and the propaganda by the Commies, South Vietnamese Army was very heroic in battles, and successfully repelled coordinated attacks by North Vietnamese Commies during Tet Offensive 1968 and inflicted huge damages on the enemy. Unfortunate as US later cut aids to South Vietnam while both Commie Soviet and Commie China increased aids to North Vietnamese terrorists, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) were outgunned and could not defend itself against the global Commies' onslaughts. As true warriors, many, many heroic South Vietnam generals refused to surrender and fought to their deaths and many took their own lives when running out of ammo in the final days of the war as South Vietnam fell to the Commie barbarians. That's the real-life definition of integrity, determination, and courage to me. They are the men of all men, something that the subhuman Commie terrorists can never measure up to. Their spirits have lived on to eternity and their legacies are palpable even after half a century later, however.
@@thethaovatoquoc312 spoken like a true Southern Vietnamese that deserted their country in need and now lives overseas and sprouts hatred for their motherland. Real heroes seek to change. Not cry foul cos they lost and refused to do anything. Real Vietnamese looks past the regime and seek to help the people. You are not a true Vietnamese. You are an embarrassment to be called a "đồng bào" since you obviously don't even understand what it means.
This is the absolute worst video I've ever seen about anything Vietnam, period, and it's also completely wrong. If you listen closely, the content provider proves himself wrong at the end of every single item out of the 20 he has chosen. He also contradicts himself constantly, like when he talks about average incomes in the beginning of the video and then again later on...$350 verses $150, that's a big difference and the correct answer would be the latter. Then he talks about pollution in Vietnam, but then zeros in on Hanoi, which isn't all of Vietnam. Also, power outages are almost unheard of, and internet is in most places high speed and extremely reliable. Also street food in Vietnam is delicious to say the least and hygiene is rarely an issue. The same with traffic, it's congested in Saigon and other big cities obviously, but not in general throughout the country. This is an annoyingly generic description of a country, and as an example, the infrastructure in Vietnam is as good or better than in many western countries, which this CP even admits if you listen closely. On and on and on, this is completely misleading and obviously only done to churn out more content. It is a poorly researched piece of garbage video, which a lot of people unfortunately will believe and use as a guide for where to travel or retire. And why is everything compared to living in the US... has this guy even been to Vietnam...???
Whatever people say, I missed the lantern festival in HoiAn, the thrill of walking on the Golden Bridge in BaNa Hills ... the beautiful chaos of Ho Chi Minh City, the amazing authentic Vietnamese food and the magnificent scenery of Ha Long Bay! It is so green over there, unforgettable! I missed ... almost everything. Indeed.
Hahaha, this is a stupid ass click bait video. Just about all of the reasons listed are EVERYWHERE! Pollution and traffic? Have you been to Bangkok? Scam? Madrid, Rome, Venice, Paris, Hong Kong, it's EVERYWHERE there are tourists. Foreign investing? God, I better stop.
I love Vietnam so much. I have a missus and a business. We are expanding one business and opening a restaurant in Can Tho. My wife and her family are Can Tho locals. If you want it, you'll find your piece of paradise in life. I found mine in Vietnam. Try doing a story on retiring in Australia, bring half a million AUD at least! You will find any of these negatives anywhere, even in Australia. Go to some of the towns in the north west an see what I mean.
@J D I salute you for touching the right issues there. From the lenses of most westerners, what Vietnam is famous for? Cheap stuff, good food, tourist spots and beautiful Women. That’s it. All for them to consume and enjoy. I don’t get why my fellow Vietnamese so proud of that. It literally cheapens our values and image. I just hope foreigners realize Vietnamese people are facing serious problems, being respectful and leave us alone if they are not there to help. I also hope Vietnamese people finally realized their hospitality and desire for western validation are usually exploited. Hell, take a deep research on how Vietnamese people got treated overseas. Dirt cheap I tell you! Vietnamese people should respect themselves more, no need to bend over to please any foreigners.
I ❤️ Hanoi the Vietnamese people, in general, are lovely friendly people, but like in all countries you get a few bad eggs, it's call common scene an been smart, don't put yourself into a situation you can easily avoid.
Number 1 reason not to retire in Vietnam should be no retirement visa. They have tourist visa, investment visa, but no retirement visa. All other reasons, traffic, pollution, cost of living in big cities, etc. are comparable to other cities in southeast Asia countries. Food hygiene, like you said, is a hit or miss issue. Some people have no problem eating at street-side eateries. Some do get stomach upset after eating street food but you will get used to it after awhile.
@@MrPip9999 It just seems like I'd constantly have to research tricks to renew my visa which might be too much of a hassle. But I guess if I can be a part time student that wouldn't be so bad. As a retiree I'd need something to keep me occupied anyway.
I do not get stomach upset, but I get pooping a lot after eating street food until the last drop is out. Of course, there are some good street food that do not make me to go to toilet, and I do not know them for sure before I eat them.
I’m Vietnamese and I approve these messages! I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
for the visa, you can get 5 years multi entry visa, which you can live there for 3 months, then go to cambodia then come back in the same day , cost you 20 to 30 dollars then you can live another 3 months
I thought that, if you have a 5-year visa exemption, you have to make a visa/border run every 180 days, not every 90 days. Which is correct? Please explain if you can. Thank you!
Thank you for the video. I was thinking to retire in VN for sure until last visited in July 2022. VN is getting very expensive and cost of living increases everyday (1 bed room cost $800usd - 1,200usd/month - Jan 2023) people are not friendly as I think before (scammers are everywhere) and too much corruption if you have to deal with the government at all level. I am looking into Thailand for my retirement search now....
I've lived in thailand for 19 years now. I can guarantee that the cost of living here is more expensive than Vietnam. I live in Phuket. Thailand offers a retirement visa. You'll have to provide 15 to twenty documents. Now they passed a law that tourist living in Thailand have pay tax on money brought in country from your home country.
I'm myself a digital nomad in Vietnam. I can live anywhere in Vietnam countryside where the air is cleaner and living expense and housing cost are much less than that in big cities like Saigon, Hanoi. I have access to internet 4G on my phone because I bought a phone plan from Mobifone company worth at $90,000 VND or $4.0 USD per month at which I can get 4GB high speed internet 4G per day and 1000 same-carrier and 50 trans-carrier minutes of local talks per month.
Have been living in SEA for about 30 years now and in different countries. This documentation is excellent. Really great and accurate. What drove me crazy in the big cities was this constant honking. The main reason why I cannot live there.
Due just say someone just doesn't go to Vietnam yet 🙄lol 😆 sounds very crazy 😜 if you come to my home town halong bay, you find some like you just said I will pay you back the money 💰 you spend of your trip dam it
Culture shock is very real. I'm (mainly) American but grew up in Honduras in the 70s. I was used to both cultures, but one thing I saw over and over again was Americans coming down to Honduras and completely freaking out about all the poverty and the primitive conditions (Honduras in the 70s could be pretty gnarly, lol). It almost always coincided with some hardcore stomach bug like dysentery as well, so it must've been really awful for them. It even happens between countries that are more similar than not: later in life, I lived in France for a year. I loved it, had a great time, but there were many moments of wishing I were back home because I was just sick of dealing with a different cultural and linguistic reality 24/7. I've had the same experience during extended stays in the UK and Australia too. Some degree of culture shock is inevitable.
I completely agree: Sometimes I am pissed by the attitude of people of the so called first world. They try to impose their ideas and believes on others. I speak German, French, English, Italian and I understand basic Spanish. But in Asia that is often not very helpful. And you can never really overcome your education and believes. If you live in a country we regard as "exotic" we inevitably suffer from time to time with the inefficency and the completely different way of life. I hate if people think that people all around the world are the same. Thanks to God there are differences! That does not mean that one way of life is "better" than the other.
The best things about living in Vietnam 1. Family orientated 2. Live in a real community 3.As i am a male, the women are sensational on many levels 4.they respect women, so everytime you go into a bar or restaurant your not swamped with prostitutes 5.high interest rates in the banks 6.Ideal for business with low taxes and relative cheap labour 7.High quality manufacturing...if you have a market you can produce almost anything here, better and cheaper 8.A expanding middle class...not a declining one 9.when i drink to much my wife is not angry, doesn't yell and scream rather she sits me down and washes my face, my hands etc. 10.No democracy...no endless cycle of elections, with the lies and half truths with endless media bombardment only to find nothing has changed 11. You are totally responsible for your self,in every single aspect of your life. That means no blame game 12. Society is not polarized on every single subject, of course people have opinions but not like in the west...well you know what its like 13.For 300 days of the year i swim in the Sth China Sea. 14. I could go on for ever but i'm getting called for breakfast
10. No democracy is a plus? Haha. Yep, getting arrested and jailed for no reason other bribes with no trial or monkey trial and/or land-robbed anytime is certainly a blessing.
Im an older American I’ve lived in Vietnam since 2013. I wish I could get s visa to live here the rest of my life. Vietnam is a great country with abundance of freedoms that I never had in the US. I lived in Thailand before Vietnam and had a one year visa was expensive and required depositing $28,000 in s Thai bank. I’ve been getting 2 yr temp resident visa all the time I’ve been in VN. This guy is overly dramatizing the issues in VN. I’ve seen less accidents here than I use to see in US daily. Language I’ve gotten by with google translator, language is a barrier but not unsurmountable. After 2-3 months here I adjusted to the society (Saigon) I been riding a motor scooter since I first got here. My view of Vietnam is life is easy and free from threat. The visa issue is the headache but there are visa agents that will bend the rules for a few extra bucks. I live in HCM (Saigon) in a nice studio apartment for $285 + $30 for electricity and $5 a month for internet cable tv. All in a nice area. This guy is looking at this with the wrong attitude.
@@rainydays516 Vietnam is great (and a beautiful country) you can do pretty much anything just don’t make trouble and no one bother you. The city of Danang is one of my favorites
@@thethaovatoquoc312 I whole heartedly agree I was working for a Vietnamese architect company in 2014 I remember having discussions with my boss about the flooding issue in Saigon (HCM) and that it would be getting worst with climate change. But he didn’t subscribe to that line of thought. I would tell him with all the new development, the government wasn’t doing anything to tackle that problem and developers weren’t either. Everyone was just going to build because there was money to be made. Even now there are areas of the city that get 50+cm of water, I can imagine in next 20 yrs
@@kingvo1325 Cảm ơn nhiều nhé! Bác là lãnh tụ của CSVN ta sao? Nói thế coi chừng bị coi là phản động đấy! Hiểu chữa? Ngôn ngữ của you kém quá! Kiến thức hạn hẹp quá! Hiểu chữa?
If you live in America, go to Vietnamese travel agency, they can apply 5 years visa for you without having Vietnamese family or spouse live in Vietnam. Some of information in this video is not correct. Alway a way to do it. Money is power.
@@v00n2000 The Vietnamese travel agency via the Vietnamese embassy can get a tourist here in the US a 5 year VN visa once you apply for it. Just a visa that is valid for 5 years. The Vn trip has a limited staying time though. I don't know about staying in Vn for over a month, because I haven't done so in the last 27 years, but you might ask some tourist agencies in HCM city, they probably know that.
@@kqdwills so, you are saying the visa lasts 5 years, but only valid for a month at a time? I met some Americans here who got one-year tourist visas, but they weren't available for non-USA citizens.
@@v00n2000 No, I said I have never used them for more than a month, but they were definitely valid more than 6 months at least. I just don't know how it works for expats who live permanently in VN. I'm an US citizen, so I believe they can also get that kind of visas. There were 5 year and one year visas available at the time you apply for it. Many people applied for the one year visas, because they didn't know the 5 year ones were available. That's why I said you could ask the agents who work at tourist agencies about the 5 year visa. They probably know that. Aren't you an US citizen? If not, I don't know how it works for non- US citizens. Still, you can ask them.
No no no! You just said this because you’re Vietnamese! Why do you want them to come live in Vietnam? Most of them are poor as£ Ignorant English teachers
The truth this video does not state is that Vietnamese English is incomprehensible in Saigon. Google translate has improved in leaps and bounds during the last two years. The opinion in this video is outdated and no longer valid.
There is the rights to die in the US. I enjoy US healthcare when I was young and healthy. I need no healthcare when I am old now. When I cannot walk, I want to leave my life as soon as possible.
I’m Vietnamese and I approve these messages! I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
I'm a 70 years of age and retired. I'm happy with what I have in the great USA. I would never want to go back and live in my motherland unless the Communist regime is abolished.
Video and content are spot on. No exaggeration, no sugarcoating, no kidding. Also would like to add that flooding during the rain season is a problem as well. And mosquitoes.
Idot Please dont go that far to Vietnam if you have a little of $$$ ( but I dont think you do) please come to Alaska-USA just for a short visit in the Summer to see if you can survive with the mosquitos in about 10 minutes !!!
@@liemphan4411 yeah I also saw once mosquitoes in huge proportions in a video of Sweden. Something I never considered so much with a country covered in a snow during winter. This is why I love these videos it truly gives us education of different places
Mosquitoes should've been #21 on that list. I got eaten alive on my first trip to Vietnam. I'm going back next month and I'm bringing mosquito repellent sprays this time.
IF your dollar strecthes more in other places then be it otherwise i don't see any reasons not to retiring in vn; of course this vlog doesn't make any sense at all according to someone's like me that born there & know so much 'bout vn...
Almost all points are very accurate. There have always been good and bad things about Vietnam. But the bad things have become much worse in the past 10 years, whilst the good things loose some of their appeal over time. I lived in Vietnam for 25 years - HCMC, Hanoi and Danang/ Hoi An, but eventually left to semi-retire in Laos.I guess I have grown more mature and priorities changed (arrived with 30, left with 55). If you have Vietnamese spouse or even family, and can afford to buy land and a house (on your spouse's name...), you may escape the urban centers and retire in the green and relatively quiet pf the countryside. At the same time, you have to give up much of the comfort and convenience of the cities, most friends and much of your foreign social life. If you still depend on income, almost all work is in the cities.
Actually, the environment and the behavor of people in the countrysides are very different from those in the cities. This video speaks the common truth, but there are interesting and pleasant sides of the country. Beware for scamming/cheating every time you visit, on top of other safety precautions.
The Rif RAF are not baggers just low income . They will not spend like the Chinese impossible but they keep the alcohol flowing . If the Vietnamese had a Retirement Visa the countries income would prosper.
Have to point out that you show some scenes in Taiwan, not Vietnam. From about 4:30 - 4:56, that sea of motorbikes coming down from the overpass is from Taiwan. Lots of clues give it away. 1) These are scooters, not motorcycles. In Taiwan, the majority of motorbikes are scooters, often the Kymco brand that you see in this video. Also, there is even one Gogoro electric scooter I saw in the video, which is only in Taiwan. 2) The helmets are mostly 3/4 helmets or even full helmets, which are a bit more common than the 1/2 bowl style helmets in Taiwan. And in VN, you see more of the 1/2 bowl style helmets and less 3/4 or full helmets. Not zero, but I would say majority. 3) The dress of the riders looks more typical of Taiwan. 4) The city scene looks more like a Taiwan city, than VN. 5) After googling other videos of Taiwan scooters, found the same scene in a Taiwan scooter video. Other than that at least some of the other scenes look like Vietnam. And agree on most of your points about the downsides of retiring in VN. The visa requirements would be a hassle, although same as in Thailand, unless you shell out a lot of money for the 5-10 year Thai visas that are quite expensive . And the foreign ownership restrictions, and only 50 yr lease make it such that I would never buy in VN, nor would I trust that a law couldnt change down the road. And the infrastructure and healthcare are pretty bad, which is important if one is older, as is often the case with retirement. Some hospitals in the upscale or expat areas are a little better, but the general hospitals for the public leave a lot to be desired. Even have visitors sleeping in the stairwells in the hospital. There are some, but not that many Karaoke places in HCM in the areas that I saw, and out of the many I have gone past, never heard music from the outside. Have gone inside with some locals and sang in one, and it was ok. Didnt seem like they were that popular among locals, as I never see any groups going in or out, when I have been there or gone by them. Karaoke seems more popular in Taiwan. What is popular in VN are coffee shops. And the conditions with the pandemic highlight the infrastructure and other issues. Hospitals full, many locals are out of work, without money or support from the Govt, and so have no food, other than if there is an occasional charitable group helping to distribute food. Prices in some markets going up, sometimes food shortages in the markets. Can only go to the market once/twice per week and have to wait hours in line. Lots of neighborhood lockdowns with checkpoints and big fines if you are caught out of your area. There is a growing Russian community near Nha Trang and VN is very popular with Russian tourists, escaping the cold winters. Dalat and Danang are nice to visit, but I cant say I would want to retire anywhere in VN. But, to each their own.
I have been a Vietnamese, and now I will be Vietnamese again. I have been Vietnam cities, for my relatives are there. However, I do not enjoy life in the city. This video is talking about living in cities. Then, the title would have better been "reasons not to live in Vietnam cities" instead.
Vietnam is really nice, spent some time there in 2019 in Da Nang. Great vacation, but yes, visa was a pain in the neck. Remember Vietnam is still a COMMUNIST country and as such the government is not your friend. That said, I was told by locals if you don't mess with the communist party, they generally leave you alone. Also as a larger guy, finding a chair to sit in in many spots was hard. I swear almost every chair in the country were those little plastic lawn chairs for kids.
This is the absolute worst video I've ever seen about anything Vietnam, period, and it's also completely wrong. If you listen closely, the content provider proves himself wrong at the end of every single item out of the 20 he has chosen. He also contradicts himself constantly, like when he talks about average incomes in the beginning of the video and then again later on...$350 verses $150, that's a big difference and the correct answer would be the latter. Then he talks about pollution in Vietnam, but then zeros in on Hanoi, which isn't all of Vietnam. Also, power outages are almost unheard of, and internet is in most places high speed and extremely reliable. Also street food in Vietnam is delicious to say the least and hygiene is rarely an issue. The same with traffic, it's congested in Saigon and other big cities obviously, but not in general throughout the country. This is an annoyingly generic description of a country, and as an example, the infrastructure in Vietnam is as good or better than in many western countries, which this CP even admits if you listen closely. On and on and on, this is completely misleading and obviously only done to churn out more content. It is a poorly researched piece of garbage video, which a lot of people unfortunately will believe and use as a guide for where to travel or retire. And why is everything compared to living in the US... has this guy even been to Vietnam...???
He is Fillipino, what do you expect. FILLIPINOS now have this rivalry with Vietnamese and fear of being overtaken by them so it's obvious that this uploader guy hates Vietnam lol.
@@FreshNFitBoys Thanks, I didn't know that, I've never watched the guys channel before as far as I know. In that case he should simply replace Vietnam with the Philippines in the title, and he'd be right on. The Philippines has a horrible infrastructure compared to Vietnam, and they have constant brownouts (as in no electricity, period), plus completely unreliable slow internet, and uncollected garbage everywhere etc etc etc., all of which is rare in Vietnam. What a moron, and he's doing it only to get viewers/clicks, and most won't know this is a complete lie and just a way to trash Vietnam. I hope eventually TH-cam viewers will realize that 50% of the content they're watching is completely wrong and just a way for the content providers to make money and beg for 'donations' via Patreon. How sad, but it'll be a very long time before the Philippines come even close to reaching Vietnam's overall quality of life for expats and it's own citizens. Be well, cheers.
Y’all just stupid honestly. The video is extremely informative and as a Vietnamese, I agreed with everything. Hygiene is ALWAYS a big issue, Vietnamese people always talk bout hygiene in food when mentioning a restaurant. Everything he says are talked bout among locals
If the government allows foreigners to come and spend retirement here vietnam would probably become too expensive for locals to live. It’s like in tourism places, only some businesses could earn benefits but a lot more locals have a more difficult life. As a local who likes to live in a warm tropical land by the beach, I prefer the policy to keep random foreigners away from living/property ownership in Vietnam. I Iike only some foreign specialists coming here open/invest businesses or work in high skilled/technology fields to help the country to grow better.
What if the Western world keep Vietnamese from living/property ownership as well? Would you agree? What if the West applies the same investment rules? Not one country in history (with China possibly as exception due to its immense size) has become rich by closing its borders and limiting trade&investments.
@@cookiedad6056 I think the western countries should protect their own citizens at first. And do the best things they believe are good for their people the taxpayers. I like fairness and I don’t bias anyone because they are Vietnamese or non Vietnamese. I find the way western countries have been destroying their societies by using their citizens for improper immigrants/foreign buyings are really stupid and the country will pay the price in near future for that mistake. And I feel pitiful for their people. But c’est la vie what can I do?
@@cookiedad6056 I don’t deny international trade and investment as that’s my job, but it needs doing with wise policies and a lot of caution. For me the policy to select immigrants and protect locals is important. What’s good about economic growth if the locals’ lives are worsened?
@@cookiedad6056 : utter rubbish ! I don't know what school you did go to but foreign retirees living in Vietnam or the absence of this has nothing to do with international trade between Vietnam and the world. The absence of foreign retirees in Vietnam doesn't mean foreign direct investments are not allowed nor does it mean borders are closed to foreign traders. Some foreigners from the West think they are smart when they decide to go to countries like Thailand to retire to double or triple their purchasing power and therefore become the upper middle classes. In their owrn countries, with their meager retirement pension they can only live like poor fellows trying to make ends meet by collecting recycleable bottles and cans from trash bín. In reality, they are evading taxes in their own countries by living abroad and not paying taxes
@@MrPip9999 Many questions. I did Cornell University, what about you? My reference to closed borders was in regards to landownership and actually any restrictions on investments. Not being able to fully own a company, nor own property will deter many people from investing. As far as retirees concerned (not me, maybe you?), if they are now enjoying their retirement abroad, it means they will have paid into their local security and tax schemes. Now they spending money in your developing country, paying a lot of taxes (ex. VAT) to your corrupt regime. You should be happy instead. Now talking about incorrect use of social funds and taxes, I recall we took in tens of thousands poor little Vietnamese and provided them with shelter, for free. And no, my country was not involved in any war (am not from the USA). The comments here makes me wish we never welcomed your fellow family members, and never did allow them to open their shops and buy their houses. Ah well, some are more racist and and selfish than others.
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Hi, my name is Samy and I am a long-time partner of RoninBlue. It is with great sadness that I announce RoninBlue’s sudden passing of a heart attack on Monday, August 16, 2021.
RoninBlue was passionate about personal finance and early retirement and loved sharing his knowledge with all of you on TH-cam.
He has put a lot of love and energy into making these videos and I would like to thank each and every one of you for sharing in his joy and for supporting his channel up to now. I wish you all the best.
Love, Samy
Wow it's the first video I'm watching of RoninBlue, rest in peace.
I wish you to have good memories of him Samy and can live your life to the full while you're still on earth.
Sorry to hear of your loss.
Sorry to hear this.
this was a good video, he did well. rest in peace.
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I lived in Hanoi, I met an amazing girl, and couldn't leave. I asked her to marry me after 7 weeks. I dropped to one knee and proposed at 07:07pm on 07/07/07. She said yes and we've been together ever since. I made the best decision of my life. We live in the UK now but go back to visit family. We do talk about our future plans, but retiring there is not going to be easy. We'll probably just escape the winters by going back. Love Vietnam so much.
Only for the air pollution, it's a deal breaker to leave in Hanoi. I married my Vietnamese wife also on 07-07 but 2021 :) We live in Hanoi, and I can't wait to make enough money so I don't EVER have to breath the sh*t air here. Seriously. I miss the open clean outdoors of a clean city so much!
@@guyhanoi8561 Nice one mate. Yeah, air quality sucks.....and there's only so much Bia hoi you can drink. Chuc su khoe.
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@@guyhanoi8561 Name for us a city with clean air, Singapore maybe?
I am retired and have lived in Vietnam for 14 years. This video is surprisingly accurate.
I sightsee in Vietnam sometimes by turning on my laptop.
Which city are you in? Pollution doesn't exist in Hoian.
@@ewnyMetroExpress It does. You've been feeding inaccurate info regards air-control in the area. Are you suggesting foreign retirees should only live in Hoi An??
I live and work in Vietnam for 4-5 years. I had working visa, visa is easy to get, any visa is easy to get. People are just the best. I dream to return back there after covid19! So, visa is not a problem. Pollution - yes but not 50km from HCMC. Everything is very cheap. I cannot tell anything bad about Vietnam. There are scams in downtown but that is just for tourists.
Too much trash.
Very poor trash disposal solution.
vietnam communist countries dont like foreigners like china
nearly 10 yrs experience in VN - I don't have most of these problems, but then some of us are smart enough to avoid such - trouble finds you everywhere in the world, overall VN is wonderful, but you must adjust and understand what you are dealing with - come dance with us in DaNang
Oh, just waste an amount of time of my life to recognize that these people think Vietnam is US and compared two country and they said dont retire in Vietnam. Hahaha, yeah, you guys demand way too much things on retirement, you guys want some ticket to the Heaven, no men, that place not exists. So dont say shit about other countries. If you can't find other places, stay in you goddam country and retire there.
For me VN has way more pros than cons. Treating all people with respect has served me well all over the world. Their not kicking people out, just not renewing their visa IAW VN laws. It started as so many foreigners had fake business visa's. I many times cross the street with an elderly woman or mother with children in heavy traffic. Taxis are a problem all over the world. A market I regularly went to and made friends with the lady, she started selecting the best she had. I always kept here keep the change (I always had a good supply of denominations. I love VN, the people are very kind and helpful.
I am glad that you enjoy it. But dude, you got to do your own research when going to the market, it's an unspoken "law" (or "this is the way) that after you paid the money, it's your problem with what you buy, even if they sell you the best at decent price, to be really merge in the jungle, you must be familiar with the way things going here: all people, sellers themselves, reckon that seller are liars by nature, and that it!
You got to earn it, don't rely on people's mercy. "Doing good thing to people and good thing will come to you" is the second thing that being passed from one generation to the next for thousand of years, but the first thing is "you're responsible of your choice". Even the most experienced Vietnamese are very careful when buying anything (and that why they're called experience), they spend 90% of the time for doing research, rule of thumb are buying good things and only good things, the moment you buy cheap stuff you're prone to regret, 9.9% of the time is for haggling to a bargain price, that 0.1% left is for payment, quickies on the purse are stupid nerds. A true-smart Vietnamese would be very careful with their choice, sure there are stupid asses (especially gen Z) are very quick with their choice, and regret. Don't be the easy money, knowing your way when it come to money and you will earn their respect.
The moment you left your choice in hand of the seller, you're done. Trust me, I'm not bullshiting around, I learnt this the hard way as a Vietnamese.
@@tanha8178 Don't be so judgmental and pessimistic Dude. I'm sure many expats in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. don't get scammed or have to haggle all the time. Once the locals know you are part of the community, they don't sell you at higher prices so you have to haggle. There are so numerous cases that are recounted by foreigners: they are often helped by the locals when they have problems.
Really enjoyed this video. I lived in Vietnam for more than 10 years and I agree with your comments. personally I loved it and can speak the language and was lucky enough to work for multinational companies. I met many expats who frankly couldn't handle it. The key is quite simple really you have to be prepared to learn everything again and bend like bamboo. If you can do that you will love it, if not then you might consider another place to retire.
Don’t BS!!!😡At 23’57” the lit tented market is in central Bangkok (Huai Kwan) Thailand NOT Vietnam! Don’t try and FOOL viewers😡😡😡
And there are many reasons for you to come to Vietnam.
even a superpower like the US is not perfect , you want a small country that just ended the war 30 years ago to be perfect , is it absurd .
46 years ago, not 30 years ago. But I am sure you will use the same excuse 50 years from now.
No no no! Why do you want them to come live in Vietnam? Most of them are poor as£ Ignorant English teachers
@@thethaovatoquoc312 living without a Motherland is crazy tough for you. I think
@@dsdsdsdjdfyfy777 Do you think it's crazy tough for 330 million Americans with social benefits? You must think it's blissful existences for 26 million of starving North Koreans or 95 million Vietnamese subjected to land-robbing daily by Commie terrorists? Where do you think their Americans' "Motherlands" are? America wasn't even discovered until fairly recently. Apparently "Motherland" wasn't so important for 99% of Vietnamese that want to get out of the Commie sh*thole and even have been risking their lives escaping it. 39 Vietnamese died frozen in UK container truck, and that was reported only because the incident happened in the West. Hundreds of thousands of others died, injured, or suffered in silence every year in various parts of Asia and Middle East. To escape the utterly corrupt and brutal Vietnamese Commie regime, every year tens of thousands of Vietnamese women have to unselectively marry to foreigners not just in the West, but also in Commie China, Taiwan, Middle East, etc., and suffered various abuses and even deaths by the men. Commie Vietnam "Motherland" is so valuable that 99% of its population (including kids of Vietnamese Commie government officials) has always tried to flee the h*llhole and its passport consistently ranked among those at the bottom of world's desirable passports?
Germany and Japan became economic powerhouses 30 years after WW2, and South Korea became economic powerhouse 30 years after Korea War, while Commie Vietnam became and remained the international beggar and human rights pariah 46 years after Vietnam War, surpassed by its neighbors one by one in GDP per capita and well on its way to become the poorest in Southeast Asia, all thanks to the utterly corrupt and grossly incompetent ruling Vietnamese Commie regime.
Vietnam is a very beautiful place and cheaper than the USA and safer than the USA.
I'm 72 and my monthly expenses are less then $900 a month living in a small town in the United States. I have the same conveniences of the big city without the traffic jams, noise, crime or high taxes.
Less THAN...!!
you must own a home already or something. there are places to live near that, but not without housing.
Housing alone will costs over a grand in USA!!
Where's the small town location???
Yes, Medicare and a few social programs assisting the elderly allow this gentleman to retire with only $900 a month. Perhaps, you live without the use of the Internet, TV, and cell phone. I believe low-income retirees can receive government help with phone service. In a small town without communal support and activities, life can be really a big mental challenge unless you are a happy loner.
As someone who has lived in Vietnam for more than 7 years I can fully vouch for the content in this video. He provides a fair and generally quite accurate assessment of the challenges here. There's a lot to love about living here and he acknowledges that but for those complaining about pessimistic content, the purpose of the video is to warn people of the things they might well find to be deal breakers. While I wouldn't agree with the statement DON'T live or retire here, I'd say overall he's done a great service in helping people educate themselves as to what kind of complications to expect in addition to all the things they'd probably love.
Dear David,
On behalf of RoninBlue who passed away last month, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to write your wonderful comment. It explains Ronin's intention as if you had read his mind. I am very please to know some viewers appreciate his hard work. I wish you all the best. Love, Samy
Please refer to the community tab for the announcement I posted last most month.
Sorry for you loss Samy. Seems like Ronin lived in a way many of us dream of and I'm sure his work will continue to inspire and inform. Kind regards.
Im Aussie and have a house in Vietnam and I’d like to spend a few months there every year when I retire .
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How can you have a house there? My family has been there for 100 years. Since 1998-2000, my family lands and my land are stolen by commie! I just wonder how do you do that, keep your land and home?
@@chinhmiho9722 My wife’s family home which now belongs to us.
This video (all points) apply to any country.
Just replace Any country name with Vietnam.
(Exception few like Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, new Zealand, UK etc)...
Btw I always get treated in Vietnam extra fruits, food, free coffee, more discount because I speak (or I try to) Vietnamese....
They find it Adorable and funny 😂😂😂
Horrendous pollution (Hanoi is the most polluted city in Southeast Asia) make people living in Vietnam vulnerable to Covid, as their lungs can only take on so many abuses. Now 10K new cases per day, and that's on what's reported.
But those countries are way more expensive than vn.
Not true. Hanoi is the most polluted city in Southeast Asia. The vast majority of cities in the West and developed Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Singapore aren't anywhere as polluted. Systemic land-robbing of citizens by terrorist Commie Vietnam has been wide-spreading. Millions of footages of savaged land-robbing, from North to South Vietnam, spanning for decades, appear if one uses relevant search term/phrase in Vietnamese right here on TH-cam. Land-robbing has not been seen anywhere outside of brutal Commie regimes except racially unstable country like South Africa. After robbing the citizens dry, they even prey on each other. Recent cases include one in which the Vietnamese Commie terrorists barbarically assassinated wheelchaired (due to prior assassination attempt by the same regime) 55-Party-year Le Dinh Kinh from Dong Tam (near Hanoi) in his bed in his own home to rob his land, returned his carcass full of bullet holes but empty of internal organs without family members' permission, and ordered his wife Mrs. Dư Thị Thành to lie about the incident, and when she refused, they cruelly tortured her. All true. Do your research!
@@thethaovatoquoc312 this is a loser trying to smear his homeland if you want to know the truth come to vietnam and feel it don't listen to rumors like this
@@thethaovatoquoc312 this is a loser trying to smear his homeland if you want to know the truth come to vietnam and feel it don't listen to rumors like this
Vietnam is a developing country so everything you are saying is the same for all developing countries lol I worked in Vietnam “ Saigon/Nga Trang “ for a year and I loved the experience:) the foods great the ladies are beautiful:) so please stop being so pessimistic and look at the bright side of life lol
true
Oh, the people, the food, and everything's in-between, love it. One of the best counties in Asia. Typical milenial US Boi talking.
Are find fat Western man and trick him into marrying you.
Telling truths is not being pessimistic and just because you enjoyed your time doesn't mean that everyone has or will. People need to know these things. Some of you are so sensitive these days
Viet Nam is a Great place to visit for a short time, but it is not a good place for a long stay.
Two things that put me off Vietnam. Scowly people esp in markets and rubbish everywhere esp on the beach and everywhere there was flytipping. Not my cuppa thanks
The 21st reason is Vietnamese communist authority is the law and the law is Vietnamese communist authority if you dare to do business in Vietnam. Vietnamese governance is corrupted at all levels. The bigger your business is in Vietnam, the more severe corruption you encounter at higher level of authority.
the communist don't have enough sex that's why they like that!
Just make sure you have enough to pay them off.. Seriously
Commies = Mafia + slavery + robbery/thievery + propaganda
Do you even know what communism is? Stop pretending to be a political genius, 3 sticks. Living without motherland must be hard for you, huh?
to correct you, Vietnam is more of a socialist country
I lived in Vietnam for my first year in S.E. Asia. If your retired travel will fix your visa problems, I traveled to all of SE Asia in the first year. Loved it, Everything else you said is minimal. you get use to it all in time. I moved to Thailand and have been here for the last 4 years and love it all.
So you chose to move and live in Thailand over Vietnam?
very glad that you choose to live in TH.
Shame on and you pretend wife for 💰
She says she's in love with me but likes spending my 💰.
I am Australian. I have visited over 50 countries and lived and worked in many. I have lived and worked in Vietnam since Jan 1988. This is by far the most accurate video I have seen on living in Vn. This guy has really nailed every major issue. It is so real.
The no retirement visas is a total bummer. I've had a corporate services company here since 2007. I've had a 5 year TRC. This year without good reason they only gave me a multi-entry 1 year visa. This is so typical of Vn.
Vn people are lovely but this is a ruthless country where foreigners are LAST priority. I've lived in places like India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa etc. Do not expect Vn to be like some other Asian country like Indonesia, Thailand or the Philippines. It's not. It's a Communist country that has endured many wars. These have left their mark. Few haggle in Vn. This is just one thing why Vn is very different to most of Asia.
Hanoi is more expensive than Saigon. Basically, the Vn govt doesn't want you here. It only wants use of your money and expertise. (So why do I live here? Well because I cannot stand the woke West and I know the score about living in Vn. Plus I am independently wealthy so can leave at any time.)
Do not invest in any fixed real estate here. Trust me on this.
To live any sort of life and have some medical cover you will need at least USD1500 per month if you want to live in any major city. Sure you can live a life of relative poverty for cheaper, but it's not worth it when you take into account the many issues you need to overcome.
We lost every penny there!
Very sad to read he has passed away. Look at pinned comment.
retired in Viet, eat , drink and sleep with girls it makes you die quick
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I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO
Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
@@vinvin1082 @ but will that let they stay longer then they can spend more money ?
4:47 Motorcycles footage is faked, this scene was not from VN, VNESE popular motorcycle brands included Honda, Yamaha, some TWNESE scooters, Vespa etc, majority of the scooters of this scene are TWNESE scooters. The jackets of the drivers don't look tropical.
There’s always pros and cons to any place-the world is not perfect. It’s up to individual to weigh in on those pros and cons. My biggest pet peeve while I visited there is restrooms-I find it disgusting. I either had to go back to my hotel or find a more Americanized restaurant/coffee shop.
I Understand your point. Have you been to a rest stop or a gas station bathroom in the states? I say its a toss up.
God the more i listen to you the more i get upset, You are complaining about Vietnamese hiring Chinese to work on these constructions, what about you guys, hiring Mexicans to do the dirty work there, If it was not for the great Mexican people there ,you guys are serious in trouble because guys are bloody lazy.
you are talk about noisy construction, mate it is the work side , wake up, there are many places to choose to pick and to live , why are you choosing the place that next to the construction.
Talk about private care, do all American got good taken care of by your government, NO I rest my case.
I do not mind you helping out VISITORS by providing information but at least be reasonable and in a respectable manner ALL YOU ARE DOING IS STATING BADS ONLY.
Do you think every viewer will agree with you, NO I DON"T THINK SO.
agreed...hater no nothing better.....
being in vietnam more than 35 times i do not agree to any of the comments or findings...this info is completly absurd
Well, they bombed us back to the Stone Age and are now upset because we’re trying to build things up.
As a 100% Vietnamese citizen, i think you should NOT retire in Vietnam because we Vietnamese government does not encourage foreign retirees to come because we are developing countries we need brains and investment not retirement.
You should stick to the US, where homelessness, crimes, riots, and cost are more familiar to you.
dont forget rampant looting with no consequences...
I’m Vietnamese and have lived in the US the past 45 years. Even though I’ve been increasingly disappointed at the crime rate and the current political scenes in the US, I believe that unless you came from another country like Vietnam , you have no idea how good you have here in the US. All of the points presented in the video is fair and accurate in my opinion.
I came here to learn how to invest after listening to a guy on radio talk about the importance of investing and how he made $960,000 in 4 months from $160k, somehow this video has helped shed light on some things, but I'm still confused, I'm a newbie and I'm open to ideas.
Investing in stocks is a good idea, a good trading system would put you through many days of success.
It is possible to produce superior performance provided you do something different from the majority. However most of us tend to pay more
Interesting. I have a lump sum doing absolutely nothing at all in my bank account, I wanna get something started with it. You seem to be doing excellent for yourself, how do you achieve this?
@Dwayne Wright Hello Do you trade on your own?
@Dwayne Wright That's impressive. Are you giving her your money or the money stays in your trading account? What's really the idea behind copying trades.
dont retire in vietnam tyhomein usa where guns/drug addicts are everywhere lots homelsspple esp inphildepha
I've watched your entire video, and your reasons are repetitive with different wording and unnecessarily long while promoting PH in another video.
1/ No retirement visa - Sorry, our soil is not heaven for grandpas to make young girls pregnant and take no responsibility.
2/ There're too many ongoing construction sites in Vietnam - Are you upset seeing construction boom in VN?
3/ Far from North America - PH is an hour further away from Vietnam. That literally makes no difference in flight time. Do you wish that PH was geographically close to the USA so that their people can quickly evacuate and leave over to the USA?
4/ Poor food hygiene - Is Filipino Pagpag germ-free and nutritious?
5/ Expensive imported food - PPP (purchasing power parity) of VND is higher than the peso, making it less expensive for VNese to afford imported goods!
6/ Loud karaoke bars - PH is the king of karaoke, bars, clubs, strip clubs and beaches in the SEA region.
Let's think straight!
everything you said is true. Vietnam is a better place to live than the Phillippines. I've been to both countries. Vietnam is cleaner, a better developed infrastructure, much much better food quality, and much safer. The Philippines has one thing better with the beaches there.
Wow, everything you wrote is true, especially No.1. Old men living poor with pension in their own "1st world" country have found the bucks can go a long way in South East Asia and feel they are young again, with the help of Viagra.
@@janchxxheonczsekk6412 From personal experience what you said is true except that I got scammed in HCMC.
Not all retired men go to SEA to make young girls pregnant. Some actually enjoy for all the other reasons but your attitude towards older men is not one of the reasons.
Yes, the visa situation of each country should be considered if thinking about moving to another country. I plan to retire in a foreign country and if I cannot get some sort of long-term visa, i will not consider that country. Vietnam is a country on my bucket list and look forward to seeing all the sites, experience the culture, and meet friendly Vietnamese. I don't like hanging out in expat areas when I go to foreign countries and prefer to get out to the countryside and meet the locals.
Its true. I visited HCM once and never going back. Noise, air pollution etc. There are better places to spend your tourist dollar. The first thing vietnam needs to improve is to implement electric motorbikes. This will clean up the air and noise.
But they still honking all day.
Hello everyone. I am a Vietnamese person. I accidentally received the recommendation of TH-cam about this video, I watched and I assert that what the video says is almost true. I just want to make you understand more about several problems in my homeland:
- The reason why car taxes are crazily high is it is one of the main incomes of the Vietnamese government. This government just wants to earn as much money as possible from this type of goods. Therefore, in our community, there is a common joke that a Vietnamese person has to buy a car for himself or herself, a car for the government and a car for the Party (in Vietnam, the Party means the Vietnamese Communist Party because it is the only political party in the country). If you hear someone say that the Vietnamese government wants to save the environment, it is just a lie.
- Even we, the Vietnamese, are not sure even whether foods in supermarkets are hygienic enough to use. We usually complain that we can die either we eat or do not eat. So, sorry, take care if you want to settle in this country.
- It sounds very bizarre to many foreigners, but in fact, we just have the right of USING land to settle, to cultivate and to produce, not the right of OWNING. That means even we have "Sổ đỏ" ("Red book" in Vietnamese), we just have the evidence of USING an area of land, not OWNING.
- Basically, we DO NOT have clear private healthcare. Up to the moment, there are still many Vietnamese do not know what is private healthcare and how it works. Besides that, there is a terrible scene when going to hospitals, especially local public hospitals. It is patients have to wait in long time (many people have to lie on land because of lacking of seats) and in curing period, a hospital bed may have to suffer the weights of three or even four people.
- In Vietnam, it is quite strange if you do not join the karaoke party. Unlike many Western countries, where a professional singer plays karaoke songs for audiences, almost every Vietnamese person sings karaoke song to entertain themselves and other people. In this country, it can be strange, or even in the mind of several strict Vietnamese, unpolite when you do not sing a karaoke song as a "gift" to others. That means, even when you do not have singing talent, you should join with a song. Furthermore, many karaoke restaurants are active from 9p.m to 12p.m, even longer. Therefore, it is frustrating to hear karaoke in Vietnam.
- Haggling is one of the most typical points of many Vietnamese markets. Many merchants do not have transparent price lists, while many customers, by their intuition and buying experience, are more likely to suspect that sellers are ridiculously pushing prices to earn an amount of surplus. Thus, between merchants and customers, there are many arguments about the real prices of goods and the acceptable prices for both. So, going shopping in Vietnam is like a suffering task for many Vietnamese men. They are afraid of being lied by sellers and being criticized by their mothers or wives.
That's some points I want to help you understand more about my country. Thanks for reading and replying.
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I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO
Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
Hospitals with patients lying on the floor in the corrido and even under the crowed beds are nightmarish scenes from apocalypse, but all too familiar ethos in the current Vietnam run by the utterly corrupt Commie regime, unfortunately.
@@thethaovatoquoc312 And you have to bribe the doctors, nurses, med. assistants, hospital workers... or you will be served poorly.
Là người VN bạn không thấy xấu hổ, và có liêm xỉ gì hả bạn? Không bắt bạn phải nói tốt về Đất nước, nhưng nhũng gì bạn nói là dối trá.
I agree with everything you said. I'm also Vietnamese. Every time I visit, I get scammed by my own people and get extreme diarrhea from eating the food. If it wasn't for my family, I wouldn't visit. I saw a comment here about how shameful it is to say bad things about your own country. Some people cannot handle the truth and have to resort to shaming. Just let them live in their own delusion.
As far as noise is concerned, you can be as careful as possible but it can change in a flash. I moved into an apartment near the beach in central Vietnam and it was quiet. Less than a year later they began construction of a rest about 3 feet from my back door. So much noise but I thought once they are done it will be okay, wrong. They put in a swimming pool next to my back door along with karaoke and during the day and night children yelling and screaming and jumping into the pool. My lease came up and I moved! They tried to raise my rent and I had to laugh to myself. They could have dropped the price and I would still have left! Before going there I had a room on the top floor of a homestay and they had so much construction I thought they were on the roof over my head morning, noon and night. The whole place vibrated!
4:32 This is Taiwan, not Vietnam.
I ve been living and teaching in VN for 5 yrs. Some things are good some aren't. However, if I have to compare with retiring in USA, VN is 10X a better place: much less expensive, easier to make new friends, easy to find love, great weather, very safe 24/7, people are extremely nice, world class medicare, affordable housing. Can it be boring? Yes. Is it a beautiful place? Maybe not. Can u have a conversation in English? Maybe not. But still better than USA
Love you or love your money? Even Vietnamese American lost their life savings to those "love".
@@greentea-wl3qq uah! U see negative everywhere? Been in a 5 yrs relationship, my bank account went up.
In Asia Vietnamese are thee best people.
We the Vietnamese people dont even want to go back there! In the 80 million of boat people escaping the country with 50 % chance of surviving. Put yourself into one of the poor people there and give me your answer. Most people go there just for the girls period.
Hello, now is 2022. Queation is about retiring, hence have money. U r off topic
The power is more reliable in Saigon than I've experienced in Australia. They also have excellent internet and street food has never been a problem for me. Wish I could return.
Exactly right. I have a Note 20 ultra 5g with Telstra and I cannot get a signal inside our post office in town. Fruit and veg is already old when we get it on the shelves. And you are correct regarding power outages. Every wet season you can be sure the power will cut out as well as your internet on which your phone NOW DEPENDS.
Wow I love your comment. I really like us to be friends okay
@Greg Bender :You may get stomach upset from eating street food. Stomach cancer comes from eating American beef laden with hormones and not from eating street food. Even the EU (European Union) bans American beef.
@Greg Bender : No. It has nothing to do with me. I am not qualified to say that eating American beef will cause cancer. The EU bans American beef because their scientists believe that American beef is laden with hormones ((testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone) that may cause cancer in the long run. Cows in the US receive also synthetic hormones also known as steroids so they grow meatier and faster. Even countries in Africa don't bother to import American beef because they don't want to get cancer.
@Greg Bender you probally ate the wrong things or ate too much
Jeez what a pessimist. Stay away everybody, there is sun burn here.
I've been to Vietnam 12 times and I absolutely love it
Land-robbing has been a huge problem in Commie Vietnam. Search for relevant search term in Vietnamese right here on TH-cam, one would see endless shocking footages, spanning for decades since 1953, from North to South, of what ordinary & poor Vietnamese citizens have to go through everyday. If they refuse to leave their ancestor's land, they are simply kicked out or get killed, as the recent case with Mr. Le Dinh Kinh from Dong Tam near Hanoi. Vietnamese Commie government terrorists massacred him in his bed at 4AM in his own home. All true. Do your research.
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My deep respects for the Vietnamese people.During my USAF military career I had to go through the Academy and give presentations on the history of Vietnam, and what got the U.S. involved in the first place. Vietnam is a land rich with history, but as you said, too many Vietnamese lost their lives protecting their property and families. 🙏
@@roddyg3692 Vietnam's yellow national flag with 3 red stripes has been in play since 40 AD since the Trưng Sisters. Commie Chinese Intelligence Officer Ho Quang (aka Ho Chi Minh) brought yellow star red flag from Commie China's Fujian province to his Pac-Bo cave in 1941 and later his minions replaced Vietnam's national flag with it.
@@thethaovatoquoc312 wow how sad. Also if you looked at the pinned comment on this video the blogger has passed away
@@australiamyway Yes, but most of us understand that life is just a phase, and the soul lives on. What awaits one beyond the horizon depends on how one behaves on earth as a result of the combination of freewill and karma. The author made a positive difference in this world by educating others with 100K (and counting) views on this video alone if nothing else. On the other hand, lowlifes like the corrupt Commie terrorists made negative differences in this world with their greed and atrocities, for which they themselves or their offspring will pay in one form or another. For example, many Vietnamese Commie government terrorist leaders died in full or half-paralytic states that dragged on for decades, wallowing in their putrid bodies waiting for their daily diaper changes as the highlights of any given days. Traitors like Nguyễn Thành Trung (bombed South Vietnam with his US jet in 1975) got his son Nguyễn Thành Danh committed suicide just last year. Reap what you sow, indeed!
I just moved back from living 2 years in VN the only advice I would give . . . 1.) The sidewalks are only for the young and nimble 2.) Live in the south, visit the north. 3.) Don’t sweat the traffic, just know it flows, so just go with it. Slow and steady
Yeah, I have been in VN long enough to understand the points he is making but some of them are much bigger issues than others. Visas are a major issue, making friends is not, as far as I'm concerned.
You are absolutely right on the money.
At first it looks like a very good and cheap place to live in southern Vietnam but in the long run. It’s not safe and too much corruptions
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I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO
Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
@@vietnamwakeup01 Why do you say "no" to retirement visa for VN? I'm just curious. Wouldn't retirees bring lots of money into VN - boost economy? Maybe I'm missing something.
I think the best place to retire is where youre living, you know that place, you know those people, you know the culture,... you just need resources for your retirement. To be honest, people think about retire in a South East Asian country mostly is out of budget and can not afford other countries in Europe, America or big country in Asian like Japan, Korea,... Just simple, if you rich, your budget is huge, you can retire on desert and still fine, but if you not, just accept what you can, your choice. You cant find a place that "cheap" but have full of modern infrastructure and services to serve you, that just not make any sense.
You are absolutely correct. However, you have no idea how cold it is in Canada!
@@sommmeguy You have a very modern infrastructure in Thailand. I live there a year and loved it. Had no problems getting around. Need to find the right bus always go to a well used bus stop and it doesn't take long for someone to come along that speaks English, if you aren't afraid to ask strangers, and they are very friendly and helpful. All road signs are in Thai and English and GPS's work there.
I am a combat veteran who served in Vietnam for two tours. Part of my job was an interpreter and interrogator so I spoke the language fluently. It is a very melodic language and if you understand that it is more sung than it is spoken you will be well on your way to learning to communicate. However there are so many phrases that mirror each other slightly but mean totally different things. For instance you might say you need to drink water but you could easily miss pronounce it and say “ I like to drink piss” I went back to Vietnam on a luxury cruise in 2013. I was surprised at how much language I have retained and also how modern Vietnam is today although I spent all of my tour with the 101st airborne division in a tiny Camp Eagle when I went to Saigon for the first time on my vacation I encountered huge marble malls used car lots, McDonald’s, the most insane nightlife I have ever seen in the world. No one asked me if I were a veteran when I was ship docked in Danang found out there were many Vietnam veterans living there! There is also a group of marine ex-pats that have a motorcycle club and a clubhouse in Da Nang with the American flag flying. There is also an American legion post in DaNang. It’s not uncommon to see the American flag incorporated into peoples clothing just like here in the states. The war is a very old forgotten distasteful event That everyone has put behind them forever. My language skills quickly started to come back but the intonation and other nuances of speaking Vietnamese has left me so it was pretty well useless to try.
Until Vietnam is free from the utterly corrupt and terrorist Commie regime, Vietnam is a sh*thole for locals (99% of the population want to get out and many have risked their lives doing so, like 39 young Vietnamese in UK container truck recently on the news) and a hit-and-miss vacation spot for foreigners with emotional attachment due to various circumstances perhaps like yours. Otherwise, Commie Vietnam is much like Commie Cuba for a tropical sojourn and much like Commie North Korea with its barbarity. Besides ranking near the bottom of Southeast Asia's in GDP per capita, Commie Vietnam is similarly ranked at the world's bottom in freedom of speech and freedom of the press, just above its fellow Commies China and North Korea. Lives of the 95% population under this brutal regime is anything but easy, with constant home and land-robbing that happen to them anytime the Commie government official bandits smell the increase in prices that these immoral lowlifes can inhumanely profit from with 100% risk free, while living in one of the most polluted places in the world (Hanoi is top polluted city in Southeast Asia) with contaminated food and water, along with constant flooding and highest rate of liver disease and cancer. Again, there is a reason why 99% of Commie Vietnam's population want to get out, including Commie government officials who launder their loots and blood money along with the kids overseas to the West. There is a reason why even Commie bandit like Vingroup's Pham Nhat Vuong (got rich primarily by colluding with Vietnamese Commie regime to sell their properties built on lands robbed from poor Vietnamese citizens. Search relevant search terms in Vietnamese, one would see tons of videos right here on TH-cam showing decades of land-robbing across the country, spanning for decades) safeguarded his loots of $4 billion from his fellow comrades by shipping them to Singapore for starter.
@@thethaovatoquoc312 Most of the readers here, will think you are exaggerating, but you are not. Communism is an evil disease. I think of all the South Vietnamese men that fought to the death to keep the communists out of Saigon during the end of the war.
@@thomaswayneward Indeed! Commies = Legal Robbers + Terrorists + Modern Slaveowners + Propagandists + Dictators + Mafia. Vietnamese Commies are among the worst if not the worst. Even during the pandemic while most nations provided their citizens with aids, the ruling Vietnamese Commies not only provided nominal aids (only about 1% but only to their own associates), but also openly exploited Vietnamese citizens with costly (300K-500K vnd per pop while average salary there is only 5 million vnd per month) fake nostril kits (from Việt Á company) that were rejected by World Health Organization as ineffective but systematically misled and announced by the corrupt ruling Vietnamese Commies as effective and approved by it. The result were deadly, as tens of thousands died due to misdiagnoses in addition to being sanctioned like animals into barb-wired, unhygienic "quarantine" areas with inadequate or without beds, toilets, food, and medicine. In other words, these subhuman Commie lowlifes used the pandemic as an opportunity to knowingly kill the citizens just to make money for personal gains.
You are correct about South Vietnamese soldiers. In contrast to narratives by the leftist fake news media and the propaganda by the Commies, South Vietnamese Army was very heroic in battles, and successfully repelled coordinated attacks by North Vietnamese Commies during Tet Offensive 1968 and inflicted huge damages on the enemy. Unfortunate as US later cut aids to South Vietnam while both Commie Soviet and Commie China increased aids to North Vietnamese terrorists, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) were outgunned and could not defend itself against the global Commies' onslaughts. As true warriors, many, many heroic South Vietnam generals refused to surrender and fought to their deaths and many took their own lives when running out of ammo in the final days of the war as South Vietnam fell to the Commie barbarians. That's the real-life definition of integrity, determination, and courage to me. They are the men of all men, something that the subhuman Commie terrorists can never measure up to. Their spirits have lived on to eternity and their legacies are palpable even after half a century later, however.
Hope you enjoy your trip here, and also wish you all the best from Vietnam
@@thethaovatoquoc312 spoken like a true Southern Vietnamese that deserted their country in need and now lives overseas and sprouts hatred for their motherland.
Real heroes seek to change. Not cry foul cos they lost and refused to do anything. Real Vietnamese looks past the regime and seek to help the people. You are not a true Vietnamese. You are an embarrassment to be called a "đồng bào" since you obviously don't even understand what it means.
This is the absolute worst video I've ever seen about anything Vietnam, period, and it's also completely wrong. If you listen closely, the content provider proves himself wrong at the end of every single item out of the 20 he has chosen. He also contradicts himself constantly, like when he talks about average incomes in the beginning of the video and then again later on...$350 verses $150, that's a big difference and the correct answer would be the latter. Then he talks about pollution in Vietnam, but then zeros in on Hanoi, which isn't all of Vietnam. Also, power outages are almost unheard of, and internet is in most places high speed and extremely reliable. Also street food in Vietnam is delicious to say the least and hygiene is rarely an issue. The same with traffic, it's congested in Saigon and other big cities obviously, but not in general throughout the country. This is an annoyingly generic description of a country, and as an example, the infrastructure in Vietnam is as good or better than in many western countries, which this CP even admits if you listen closely. On and on and on, this is completely misleading and obviously only done to churn out more content. It is a poorly researched piece of garbage video, which a lot of people unfortunately will believe and use as a guide for where to travel or retire. And why is everything compared to living in the US... has this guy even been to Vietnam...???
I am Vietnamese living in Vietnam This is very true 100% for sure
Whatever people say, I missed the lantern festival in HoiAn, the thrill of walking on the Golden Bridge in BaNa Hills ... the beautiful chaos of Ho Chi Minh City, the amazing authentic Vietnamese food and the magnificent scenery of Ha Long Bay! It is so green over there, unforgettable! I missed ... almost everything. Indeed.
Don't drink the water!!
Always offer half the price on the street. You'll be glad you did.
OMG…stay home and lock your doors.
Directive 16 ;)
Hahaha, this is a stupid ass click bait video. Just about all of the reasons listed are EVERYWHERE! Pollution and traffic? Have you been to Bangkok? Scam? Madrid, Rome, Venice, Paris, Hong Kong, it's EVERYWHERE there are tourists. Foreign investing? God, I better stop.
I love Vietnam so much. I have a missus and a business. We are expanding one business and opening a restaurant in Can Tho.
My wife and her family are Can Tho locals. If you want it, you'll find your piece of paradise in life. I found mine in Vietnam.
Try doing a story on retiring in Australia, bring half a million AUD at least!
You will find any of these negatives anywhere, even in Australia. Go to some of the towns in the north west an see what I mean.
Paradise is subjective and I'm glad you found yours. Stay safe and best wishes with your business/restaurant.
@J D I salute you for touching the right issues there.
From the lenses of most westerners, what Vietnam is famous for? Cheap stuff, good food, tourist spots and beautiful Women. That’s it. All for them to consume and enjoy. I don’t get why my fellow Vietnamese so proud of that. It literally cheapens our values and image.
I just hope foreigners realize Vietnamese people are facing serious problems, being respectful and leave us alone if they are not there to help. I also hope Vietnamese people finally realized their hospitality and desire for western validation are usually exploited. Hell, take a deep research on how Vietnamese people got treated overseas. Dirt cheap I tell you! Vietnamese people should respect themselves more, no need to bend over to please any foreigners.
@J D I understand. Thanks for providing us a flip side of Vietnam that is usually overlooked . That was very accurate and insightful.
@J D yes he is right paradise means a lot of dollars. No pay no play.
@J D You must be miserable as hell. It's not for you to decide where I'm happiest.
I ❤️ Hanoi the Vietnamese people, in general, are lovely friendly people, but like in all countries you get a few bad eggs, it's call common scene an been smart, don't put yourself into a situation you can easily avoid.
Number 1 reason not to retire in Vietnam should be no retirement visa. They have tourist visa, investment visa, but no retirement visa. All other reasons, traffic, pollution, cost of living in big cities, etc. are comparable to other cities in southeast Asia countries. Food hygiene, like you said, is a hit or miss issue. Some people have no problem eating at street-side eateries. Some do get stomach upset after eating street food but you will get used to it after awhile.
No worries. Enroll as a university student and you get a one year visa.
@@MrPip9999 It just seems like I'd constantly have to research tricks to renew my visa which might be too much of a hassle. But I guess if I can be a part time student that wouldn't be so bad. As a retiree I'd need something to keep me occupied anyway.
I do not get stomach upset, but I get pooping a lot after eating street food until the last drop is out. Of course, there are some good street food that do not make me to go to toilet, and I do not know them for sure before I eat them.
I’m Vietnamese and I approve these messages!
I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO
Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
@@vinvin1082 ah, ha! Your a communist party troll! Just cut paste every!
for the visa, you can get 5 years multi entry visa, which you can live there for 3 months, then go to cambodia then come back in the same day , cost you 20 to 30 dollars then you can live another 3 months
I thought that, if you have a 5-year visa exemption, you have to make a visa/border run every 180 days, not every 90 days. Which is correct? Please explain if you can. Thank you!
@@Steevee14 it's correct
@@kiwitran8889 What does the vague pronoun "it" refer to? 90 or 180 days? Thanks.
Thank you for the video. I was thinking to retire in VN for sure until last visited in July 2022. VN is getting very expensive and cost of living increases everyday (1 bed room cost $800usd - 1,200usd/month - Jan 2023) people are not friendly as I think before (scammers are everywhere) and too much corruption if you have to deal with the government at all level. I am looking into Thailand for my retirement search now....
I've lived in thailand for 19 years now. I can guarantee that the cost of living here is more expensive than Vietnam. I live in Phuket. Thailand offers a retirement visa. You'll have to provide 15 to twenty documents. Now they passed a law that tourist living in Thailand have pay tax on money brought in country from your home country.
I'm myself a digital nomad in Vietnam. I can live anywhere in Vietnam countryside where the air is cleaner and living expense and housing cost are much less than that in big cities like Saigon, Hanoi. I have access to internet 4G on my phone because I bought a phone plan from Mobifone company worth at $90,000 VND or $4.0 USD per month at which I can get 4GB high speed internet 4G per day and 1000 same-carrier and 50 trans-carrier minutes of local talks per month.
Steve; for how long is the turist visa? Thank you
In Viet Cong country , they are always using "Delta Law" of VC
Have been living in SEA for about 30 years now and in different countries. This documentation is excellent. Really great and accurate. What drove me crazy in the big cities was this constant honking. The main reason why I cannot live there.
I am a native Vietnamese living in America. I wouldn't want to retire in Vietnam either, maybe just visiting sometimes!
Do you live in Minnesota?
Due just say someone just doesn't go to Vietnam yet 🙄lol 😆 sounds very crazy 😜 if you come to my home town halong bay, you find some like you just said I will pay you back the money 💰 you spend of your trip dam it
Culture shock is very real. I'm (mainly) American but grew up in Honduras in the 70s. I was used to both cultures, but one thing I saw over and over again was Americans coming down to Honduras and completely freaking out about all the poverty and the primitive conditions (Honduras in the 70s could be pretty gnarly, lol). It almost always coincided with some hardcore stomach bug like dysentery as well, so it must've been really awful for them. It even happens between countries that are more similar than not: later in life, I lived in France for a year. I loved it, had a great time, but there were many moments of wishing I were back home because I was just sick of dealing with a different cultural and linguistic reality 24/7. I've had the same experience during extended stays in the UK and Australia too. Some degree of culture shock is inevitable.
I completely agree: Sometimes I am pissed by the attitude of people of the so called first world. They try to impose their ideas and believes on others.
I speak German, French, English, Italian and I understand basic Spanish. But in Asia that is often not very helpful.
And you can never really overcome your education and believes. If you live in a country we regard as "exotic" we inevitably suffer from time to time with the inefficency and the completely different way of life.
I hate if people think that people all around the world are the same. Thanks to God there are differences! That does not mean that one way of life is "better" than the other.
hey, did you happen to notice that this video is about viet nam, not honduras
@@jerryrussell2600 Great reading comprehension there, ace. Good luck with that constipation.
Hey, I'm from NJ. High pollution, insane traffic, people who don't speak English, and Smog is just an average day in NJ.
The best things about living in Vietnam
1. Family orientated
2. Live in a real community
3.As i am a male, the women are sensational on many levels
4.they respect women, so everytime you go into a bar or restaurant your not swamped with prostitutes
5.high interest rates in the banks
6.Ideal for business with low taxes and relative cheap labour
7.High quality manufacturing...if you have a market you can produce almost anything here, better and cheaper
8.A expanding middle class...not a declining one
9.when i drink to much my wife is not angry, doesn't yell and scream rather she sits me down and washes my face, my hands etc.
10.No democracy...no endless cycle of elections, with the lies and half truths with endless media bombardment only to find nothing has changed
11. You are totally responsible for your self,in every single aspect of your life. That means no blame game
12. Society is not polarized on every single subject, of course people have opinions but not like in the west...well you know what its like
13.For 300 days of the year i swim in the Sth China Sea.
14. I could go on for ever but i'm getting called for breakfast
For any 1 person who wants to live in the current Commie VN, 10 want to get the h*ll out, and risk their lives doing just that.
#10 best point. 100% argeed, no bs, no money wasted.
10. No democracy is a plus? Haha. Yep, getting arrested and jailed for no reason other bribes with no trial or monkey trial and/or land-robbed anytime is certainly a blessing.
He’s been treated differently, he’s not local
Vietnam war is done. Saigon now is called Ho Chi Minh city.
How long do you live in Vietnam ? The most of the video is not true .
being in vietnam more than 35 times i do not agree to any of the comments or findings...this info is completly absurd
Im an older American I’ve lived in Vietnam since 2013. I wish I could get s visa to live here the rest of my life. Vietnam is a great country with abundance of freedoms that I never had in the US. I lived in Thailand before Vietnam and had a one year visa was expensive and required depositing $28,000 in s Thai bank. I’ve been getting 2 yr temp resident visa all the time I’ve been in VN. This guy is overly dramatizing the issues in VN. I’ve seen less accidents here than I use to see in US daily. Language I’ve gotten by with google translator, language is a barrier but not unsurmountable. After 2-3 months here I adjusted to the society (Saigon) I been riding a motor scooter since I first got here. My view of Vietnam is life is easy and free from threat. The visa issue is the headache but there are visa agents that will bend the rules for a few extra bucks. I live in HCM (Saigon) in a nice studio apartment for $285 + $30 for electricity and $5 a month for internet cable tv. All in a nice area. This guy is looking at this with the wrong attitude.
Thanks for the input from someone living there. Most of these are issues with moving to and living in another country really
@@rainydays516 Vietnam is great (and a beautiful country) you can do pretty much anything just don’t make trouble and no one bother you. The city of Danang is one of my favorites
@@jvs333 Yes sir Danang is beautiful!
Flooding is a major issue that wasn't mentioned. Google image search for "flooding" in Vietnamese + year to see the truth
@@thethaovatoquoc312 I whole heartedly agree I was working for a Vietnamese architect company in 2014 I remember having discussions with my boss about the flooding issue in Saigon (HCM) and that it would be getting worst with climate change. But he didn’t subscribe to that line of thought.
I would tell him with all the new development, the government wasn’t doing anything to tackle that problem and developers weren’t either. Everyone was just going to build because there was money to be made. Even now there are areas of the city that get 50+cm of water, I can imagine in next 20 yrs
Just five reasons may have been overkill.
Vietnam is not a country where you can fall in love at first sight. But when you truly understand the country and its people. It’s an eternal love❣️
Viết tiếng Anh gì quá tệ vậy? Đi học lại căn bản rồi học viết nhé! Hiểu chữa??
@@chinhmiho9722 Bạn nên học lại căn bản tiếng Việt Nam đi nhé. Hiểu “chữa” nghĩa là gì bạn?
@@kingvo1325
Dại gái quá! Kiến thức hạn hẹp quá! Tiếng Việt mà không hiểu hai từ ‘hiểu chữa!’ Bó chân! Hiểu chữa? Đi tìm hiểu ngôn ngữ Vietnam đi nhé!
@@chinhmiho9722 Tên bạn là Ho Chi Minh, mà còn viết trật lất, thì những gì bạn nói ai tin? LOL.
@@kingvo1325
Cảm ơn nhiều nhé! Bác là lãnh tụ của CSVN ta sao? Nói thế coi chừng bị coi là phản động đấy!
Hiểu chữa? Ngôn ngữ của you kém quá! Kiến thức hạn hẹp quá! Hiểu chữa?
If you live in America, go to Vietnamese travel agency, they can apply 5 years visa for you without having Vietnamese family or spouse live in Vietnam. Some of information in this video is not correct. Alway a way to do it. Money is power.
Good advice
I have lived here for over 3 years, and never heard of a 5-year visa. What's its official name?
@@v00n2000 The Vietnamese travel agency via the Vietnamese embassy can get a tourist here in the US a 5 year VN visa once you apply for it. Just a visa that is valid for 5 years. The Vn trip has a limited staying time though. I don't know about staying in Vn for over a month, because I haven't done so in the last 27 years, but you might ask some tourist agencies in HCM city, they probably know that.
@@kqdwills so, you are saying the visa lasts 5 years, but only valid for a month at a time?
I met some Americans here who got one-year tourist visas, but they weren't available for non-USA citizens.
@@v00n2000 No, I said I have never used them for more than a month, but they were definitely valid more than 6 months at least. I just don't know how it works for expats who live permanently in VN. I'm an US citizen, so I believe they can also get that kind of visas. There were 5 year and one year visas available at the time you apply for it. Many people applied for the one year visas, because they didn't know the 5 year ones were available. That's why I said you could ask the agents who work at tourist agencies about the 5 year visa. They probably know that.
Aren't you an US citizen? If not, I don't know how it works for non- US citizens. Still, you can ask them.
Though I'm not retired, I love living in Vietnam. I'd live in Vietnam even if it wasn't cheap.
No no no! You just said this because you’re Vietnamese! Why do you want them to come live in Vietnam? Most of them are poor as£ Ignorant English teachers
Don't forget the residual dioxin in the ecosystem from the USA pouring 45 million litres of Agent Orange on the countryside...
Big thanks to this guy he's1000% correct !
The truth this video does not state is that Vietnamese English is incomprehensible in Saigon. Google translate has improved in leaps and bounds during the last two years. The opinion in this video is outdated and no longer valid.
FYI, the scene beginning at 4:32, with the sea of scooters coming down the off ramp, that’s Taipei, Taiwan not Vietnam
That’s what I thought, different motorcycles
If you have a problem with people spitting in public, I suggest dont go to HK or most big Chinese cities.
Or India where they spit betel nut everywhere 🤢
@@peelypeelmeister6432 : betel nut on the ground is not a big issue. Cow dung is.
I live in a fairly developed country and I spit in the street :-)
As we grow older, healthcare becomes more important.I would not spend my retirement in Vietnam where healthcare is a concern.
There is the rights to die in the US. I enjoy US healthcare when I was young and healthy. I need no healthcare when I am old now. When I cannot walk, I want to leave my life as soon as possible.
I’m Vietnamese and I approve these messages!
I mean, I don’t see why I want foreigners come here to live LMAO
Just come, spend your stupid money and f*8king leave!! LMAO
@@vinvin1082 th-cam.com/video/jG63EDswR-M/w-d-xo.html
Exactly 👍
I would be embaressed to go there being an American after what we did to that country and those people !
I live in Vietnam since 2012 all what you said isn't even close 😅.
I guess some Vietnamese girl dumb him because he is a arrogant foreigner
Totally agreed!
Lol
Thanks to this video,
now I really do not want to
go to Vietnam. No thanks!!
I have lots of friends from Vietnam!❤️🇻🇳 I love that country
You just said this because you’re Vietnamese! Why do you wAnt them to come live in Vietnam? Most of them are poor asz ignorant English teachers
@@vinvin1082 I am not from viatnem a lot of people can have viatnemes friends it doesn’t mean I’m viatneme I’m actually from morroco🇲🇦
I'm a 70 years of age and retired. I'm happy with what I have in the great USA. I would never want to go back and live in my motherland unless the Communist regime is abolished.
Video and content are spot on. No exaggeration, no sugarcoating, no kidding. Also would like to add that flooding during the rain season is a problem as well. And mosquitoes.
Home sweet home, amirite?
Idot Please dont go that far to Vietnam if you have a little of $$$ ( but I dont think you do) please come to Alaska-USA just for a short visit in the Summer to see if you can survive with the mosquitos in about 10 minutes !!!
@@liemphan4411 yeah I also saw once mosquitoes in huge proportions in a video of Sweden. Something I never considered so much with a country covered in a snow during winter. This is why I love these videos it truly gives us education of different places
I’m Vietnamese and I approve these messages! Please just come visit and leave lmao
Mosquitoes should've been #21 on that list. I got eaten alive on my first trip to Vietnam. I'm going back next month and I'm bringing mosquito repellent sprays this time.
You're just trying to scare people off so you can keep it to yourself! You aren't fooling me
IF your dollar strecthes more in other places then be it otherwise i don't see any reasons not to retiring in vn; of course this vlog doesn't make any sense at all according to someone's like me that born there & know so much 'bout vn...
Last time I tried to stay in Hanoi for 9 days. Couldn’t stand it and flew to the Philippines. Pollution is unbearable.
Almost all points are very accurate. There have always been good and bad things about Vietnam. But the bad things have become much worse in the past 10 years, whilst the good things loose some of their appeal over time. I lived in Vietnam for 25 years - HCMC, Hanoi and Danang/ Hoi An, but eventually left to semi-retire in Laos.I guess I have grown more mature and priorities changed (arrived with 30, left with 55). If you have Vietnamese spouse or even family, and can afford to buy land and a house (on your spouse's name...), you may escape the urban centers and retire in the green and relatively quiet pf the countryside. At the same time, you have to give up much of the comfort and convenience of the cities, most friends and much of your foreign social life. If you still depend on income, almost all work is in the cities.
why laos? how do they compare?
Learn the language if you want to live in Vietnam. That's the way to do it.
If you think Vietnamese is hard to learn, try other languages from Southeast Asian countries.
I learned Tagalog and I think it was not so bad to learn. I think Mandarin or Vietnamese would be much harder for me.
Korean and Japanese, Arabic are not easy either, especially writing.
Actually, the environment and the behavor of people in the countrysides are very different from those in the cities. This video speaks the common truth, but there are interesting and pleasant sides of the country. Beware for scamming/cheating every time you visit, on top of other safety precautions.
Great points, you’re absolutely right. I’m still moving there though 😂
Wrong
No Retirement Visa...THANK YOU VIETNAM GOVERNMENT FOR KEEPING OUT THE RIF RAFS!
and wealthy retirees
What riff raff you dimwitt. Retirees are over 65 with a $2000 pension which is 10 times what a Vietnamese earns..
Retirement age folks aren't riff raff. LOL
The Rif RAF are not baggers just low income . They will not spend like the Chinese impossible but they keep the alcohol flowing .
If the Vietnamese had a Retirement Visa the countries income would prosper.
@@SenorJuan2023 of course they arent and they bring alot of benefit to locals economically. Some racist people will just say those things.
50% what ever he say not right
Definitely Vietnam is not retiree friendly..Come to Panama instead!!
Panama is EXPENSIVE.
Have to point out that you show some scenes in Taiwan, not Vietnam. From about 4:30 - 4:56, that sea of motorbikes coming down from the overpass is from Taiwan. Lots of clues give it away. 1) These are scooters, not motorcycles. In Taiwan, the majority of motorbikes are scooters, often the Kymco brand that you see in this video. Also, there is even one Gogoro electric scooter I saw in the video, which is only in Taiwan. 2) The helmets are mostly 3/4 helmets or even full helmets, which are a bit more common than the 1/2 bowl style helmets in Taiwan. And in VN, you see more of the 1/2 bowl style helmets and less 3/4 or full helmets. Not zero, but I would say majority. 3) The dress of the riders looks more typical of Taiwan. 4) The city scene looks more like a Taiwan city, than VN. 5) After googling other videos of Taiwan scooters, found the same scene in a Taiwan scooter video.
Other than that at least some of the other scenes look like Vietnam. And agree on most of your points about the downsides of retiring in VN. The visa requirements would be a hassle, although same as in Thailand, unless you shell out a lot of money for the 5-10 year Thai visas that are quite expensive . And the foreign ownership restrictions, and only 50 yr lease make it such that I would never buy in VN, nor would I trust that a law couldnt change down the road. And the infrastructure and healthcare are pretty bad, which is important if one is older, as is often the case with retirement. Some hospitals in the upscale or expat areas are a little better, but the general hospitals for the public leave a lot to be desired. Even have visitors sleeping in the stairwells in the hospital. There are some, but not that many Karaoke places in HCM in the areas that I saw, and out of the many I have gone past, never heard music from the outside. Have gone inside with some locals and sang in one, and it was ok. Didnt seem like they were that popular among locals, as I never see any groups going in or out, when I have been there or gone by them. Karaoke seems more popular in Taiwan. What is popular in VN are coffee shops.
And the conditions with the pandemic highlight the infrastructure and other issues. Hospitals full, many locals are out of work, without money or support from the Govt, and so have no food, other than if there is an occasional charitable group helping to distribute food. Prices in some markets going up, sometimes food shortages in the markets. Can only go to the market once/twice per week and have to wait hours in line. Lots of neighborhood lockdowns with checkpoints and big fines if you are caught out of your area.
There is a growing Russian community near Nha Trang and VN is very popular with Russian tourists, escaping the cold winters. Dalat and Danang are nice to visit, but I cant say I would want to retire anywhere in VN. But, to each their own.
The waterfall looks exactly the same as the Liphi Waterfalls on Don Khon island in Laos.
I have been a Vietnamese, and now I will be Vietnamese again. I have been Vietnam cities, for my relatives are there. However, I do not enjoy life in the city. This video is talking about living in cities. Then, the title would have better been "reasons not to live in Vietnam cities" instead.
i live in vietnam now for over 4 years ,, i am packing my stuff and i am out of here , i had enough
enough of wat
What happened?
elaborate please
been there 5 times and I am considering to retire there one day
Good luck to you..
Vietnam is really nice, spent some time there in 2019 in Da Nang. Great vacation, but yes, visa was a pain in the neck. Remember Vietnam is still a COMMUNIST country and as such the government is not your friend. That said, I was told by locals if you don't mess with the communist party, they generally leave you alone. Also as a larger guy, finding a chair to sit in in many spots was hard. I swear almost every chair in the country were those little plastic lawn chairs for kids.
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+David Radich ..... bring your own chair, lol
It's communist country in your mind, get over it.
We are small people after all :))
Sit on the floor like Japanese.😄😁😂.
New Delhi is the most polluted city.
This is the absolute worst video I've ever seen about anything Vietnam, period, and it's also completely wrong. If you listen closely, the content provider proves himself wrong at the end of every single item out of the 20 he has chosen. He also contradicts himself constantly, like when he talks about average incomes in the beginning of the video and then again later on...$350 verses $150, that's a big difference and the correct answer would be the latter. Then he talks about pollution in Vietnam, but then zeros in on Hanoi, which isn't all of Vietnam. Also, power outages are almost unheard of, and internet is in most places high speed and extremely reliable. Also street food in Vietnam is delicious to say the least and hygiene is rarely an issue. The same with traffic, it's congested in Saigon and other big cities obviously, but not in general throughout the country. This is an annoyingly generic description of a country, and as an example, the infrastructure in Vietnam is as good or better than in many western countries, which this CP even admits if you listen closely. On and on and on, this is completely misleading and obviously only done to churn out more content. It is a poorly researched piece of garbage video, which a lot of people unfortunately will believe and use as a guide for where to travel or retire. And why is everything compared to living in the US... has this guy even been to Vietnam...???
He is Fillipino, what do you expect. FILLIPINOS now have this rivalry with Vietnamese and fear of being overtaken by them so it's obvious that this uploader guy hates Vietnam lol.
@@FreshNFitBoys Thanks, I didn't know that, I've never watched the guys channel before as far as I know. In that case he should simply replace Vietnam with the Philippines in the title, and he'd be right on. The Philippines has a horrible infrastructure compared to Vietnam, and they have constant brownouts (as in no electricity, period), plus completely unreliable slow internet, and uncollected garbage everywhere etc etc etc., all of which is rare in Vietnam. What a moron, and he's doing it only to get viewers/clicks, and most won't know this is a complete lie and just a way to trash Vietnam. I hope eventually TH-cam viewers will realize that 50% of the content they're watching is completely wrong and just a way for the content providers to make money and beg for 'donations' via Patreon. How sad, but it'll be a very long time before the Philippines come even close to reaching Vietnam's overall quality of life for expats and it's own citizens. Be well, cheers.
Y’all just stupid honestly. The video is extremely informative and as a Vietnamese, I agreed with everything. Hygiene is ALWAYS a big issue, Vietnamese people always talk bout hygiene in food when mentioning a restaurant. Everything he says are talked bout among locals
I'm Vietnamese and I agree with the video. You are spreading misinformation.
Nha Trang
If the government allows foreigners to come and spend retirement here vietnam would probably become too expensive for locals to live. It’s like in tourism places, only some businesses could earn benefits but a lot more locals have a more difficult life. As a local who likes to live in a warm tropical land by the beach, I prefer the policy to keep random foreigners away from living/property ownership in Vietnam. I Iike only some foreign specialists coming here open/invest businesses or work in high skilled/technology fields to help the country to grow better.
What if the Western world keep Vietnamese from living/property ownership as well? Would you agree? What if the West applies the same investment rules? Not one country in history (with China possibly as exception due to its immense size) has become rich by closing its borders and limiting trade&investments.
@@cookiedad6056 I think the western countries should protect their own citizens at first. And do the best things they believe are good for their people the taxpayers. I like fairness and I don’t bias anyone because they are Vietnamese or non Vietnamese.
I find the way western countries have been destroying their societies by using their citizens for improper immigrants/foreign buyings are really stupid and the country will pay the price in near future for that mistake. And I feel pitiful for their people. But c’est la vie what can I do?
@@cookiedad6056 I don’t deny international trade and investment as that’s my job, but it needs doing with wise policies and a lot of caution. For me the policy to select immigrants and protect locals is important. What’s good about economic growth if the locals’ lives are worsened?
@@cookiedad6056 : utter rubbish ! I don't know what school you did go to but foreign retirees living in Vietnam or the absence of this has nothing to do with international trade between Vietnam and the world. The absence of foreign retirees in Vietnam doesn't mean foreign direct investments are not allowed nor does it mean borders are closed to foreign traders. Some foreigners from the West think they are smart when they decide to go to countries like Thailand to retire to double or triple their purchasing power and therefore become the upper middle classes. In their owrn countries, with their meager retirement pension they can only live like poor fellows trying to make ends meet by collecting recycleable bottles and cans from trash bín. In reality, they are evading taxes in their own countries by living abroad and not paying taxes
@@MrPip9999 Many questions. I did Cornell University, what about you? My reference to closed borders was in regards to landownership and actually any restrictions on investments. Not being able to fully own a company, nor own property will deter many people from investing.
As far as retirees concerned (not me, maybe you?), if they are now enjoying their retirement abroad, it means they will have paid into their local security and tax schemes. Now they spending money in your developing country, paying a lot of taxes (ex. VAT) to your corrupt regime. You should be happy instead.
Now talking about incorrect use of social funds and taxes, I recall we took in tens of thousands poor little Vietnamese and provided them with shelter, for free. And no, my country was not involved in any war (am not from the USA). The comments here makes me wish we never welcomed your fellow family members, and never did allow them to open their shops and buy their houses.
Ah well, some are more racist and and selfish than others.
The USA has more road deaths every year. One example 2018 over 38 thousand in the US, 22 thousand in Vietnam. This list is rubbish