Gambling, Culture, Living, Traveling, Food, all things Vietnam and South East Asia

[flyingillini]

Short story is he’s paying a guy under the table for decade temp residency.

There are different ways foreigners are allowed to be here long term.

1.I started a company. I pay taxes here and my company is registered, that gives me residency. It is heavily monitored and checked regularly because it is 100% foreign owned so they check it. It is a 2 year residency card which I renew, I never have to leave the country if I did not want to.

2. Most people are here on a tourist visa, in the past depends on your nationality, it was 3 months to a year. Now every country only gets 30 days which can be renewed but you have to leave the country, no way around that. That will change in the future.

3. Marry a Vietnamese woman and you get a 5 year visa exemption which can be renewed every 5 years as long as you are still married.

4. Get a job with a company and you will get a work permit and residency card, to get this you must have a degree and the qualifications for that job. You will get a residency card for two years and you can renew it as long as you are with that same job. If you work at a different job and are caught, it will be revoked and possibly could be deported.

Vietnam does not offer any kind of retirement visa at all. Other countries in SEA are very very easy to stay and much more relaxed but then you have all the western trash living there, for example Thailand, it is just disgusting, it is near here but you have a different type of foreigner there. Complete trash of people. Cambodia is one of my favorite places in the world but lots of scum there. Laos and Myanmar are great but are 20 years behind Vietnam. Singapore, Malaysia are great but wouldn't want to live there. Vietnam is a complicated country but once you figure it out, it is paradise. So many Americans live here, it is unreal, they feel the same way I do, they are never leaving!

 

[teacher10]

When I was in my twenties i traveled to Vietnam not knowing I needed my visa approval letter. i missed my flight. luckily we were able to book another flight leaving 5 hours later for only $80. i love vietnam mostly the northern part of Hanoi. i've done the train from hanoi to ho chi minh stopping along all the cities along the route. it was a great and inexpensive summer. i try to go back every few years but i just love thailand.

food in vietnam > bangkok
cost of living in vietnam > thailand
girls in thailand > vietnam

 

[flyingillini]

Are you able to tell us a price range? I'm curious b/c I would love to retire in South East Asia when I get old. With my retirement money, 401K and pension I'll be living like a king compared to a peasant if still in the states.

I can't answer that because it depends on your lifestyle. You can come live in Vietnam for $100 rent to $10,000 a month rent, depends what you want You can eat meals for $1.00 a meal or $70 a meal, you can drink beer for $.10 on the street or $12, it is all what you want. I will give you an example. This is where I live. I live on the top floor, two bedrooms. two swimming pools, starbucks in my building, hundreds of shops, restaurants , clubs, hospitals, massage places, hookers, anything and everything you want in walking distance. Extremely nice. Hundreds if not thousands of huge high rise buildings .everything is new and modern. Vietnam is a hidden gem
this is an apartment in my building

 

[flyingillini]

When I was in my twenties i traveled to Vietnam not knowing I needed my visa approval letter. i missed my flight. luckily we were able to book another flight leaving 5 hours later for only $80. i love vietnam mostly the northern part of Hanoi. i've done the train from hanoi to ho chi minh stopping along all the cities along the route. it was a great and inexpensive summer. i try to go back every few years but i just love thailand.

food in vietnam > bangkok
cost of living in vietnam > thailand
girls in thailand > vietnam

Everyone is different. I go to Thailand but it does not compare to Vietnam in my eyes. I could never live there. If you take away the sex industry, Thailand would be a ghost town. It is ruined by that. However, the sex industry is booming in Vietnam and the girls are way better than Thailand, cheaper, but it is different than Thailand not out in the open and they don't speak English like in Thailand

 

[flyingillini]

Anyone want to go to the game tonight with me? I have one extra ticket!! My Dinh stadium is going to erupt today. Vietnam soccer is unreal here, craziest and most passionate fans I have ever seen. I can't wait for the game!

 

[BobbyFK]

Anyone want to go to the game tonight with me? I have one extra ticket!! My Dinh stadium is going to erupt today. Vietnam soccer is unreal here, craziest and most passionate fans I have ever seen. I can't wait for the game!

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Can you bet on it? Enjoy the game

 

[flyingillini]

Can you bet on it? Enjoy the game

Of course. You can bet on all games. Billion dollar industry here.

 

[venditto]

I can't answer that because it depends on your lifestyle. You can come live in Vietnam for $100 rent to $10,000 a month rent, depends what you want You can eat meals for $1.00 a meal or $70 a meal, you can drink beer for $.10 on the street or $12, it is all what you want. I will give you an example. This is where I live. I live on the top floor, two bedrooms. two swimming pools, starbucks in my building, hundreds of shops, restaurants , clubs, hospitals, massage places, hookers, anything and everything you want in walking distance. Extremely nice. Hundreds if not thousands of huge high rise buildings .everything is new and modern. Vietnam is a hidden gem
this is an apartment in my building

Some people live on two hundo a month?

 

[JDS]

Some people live on two hundo a month?

Damn once my son is grown, I’m moving there f*** this South Florida budget.

 

[venditto]

Damn once my son is grown, I’m moving there f*** this South Florida budget.

🫡

 

[venditto]

Damn once my son is grown, I’m moving there f*** this South Florida budget.

Getting vigged?

 

[JDS]

Getting vigged?

Yes always getting raped/vigged financially.

 

[venditto]

Yes always getting raped/vigged financially.

Hate to hear that brother man shit stinks

 

[JDS]

Hate to hear that brother man shit stinks

I appreciate your concern. Seriously thinking about moving there with Flyer in 2-3 years.

 

[venditto]

I appreciate your concern. Seriously thinking about moving there with Flyer in 2-3 years.

Could be a sharp move. Too many people in America in massive debt getting scammed doing jobs they hate with no choice. Slavery never ended

 

[JDS]

Could be a sharp move. Too many people in America in massive debt getting scammed doing jobs they hate with no choice. Slavery never ended

Very true Chief.

 

[flyingillini]

View from 3pm AFF game tonight. It’s gonna be insane here. My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi , Vietnam

 

[flyingillini]

Yes always getting raped/vigged financially.

My brother JDS. Christ doesn’t like us to use “rape” in posts like this on the internet. We both know that Patty deserves to be beaten , tortured and humiliated but there are words to use. He judges our internet actions.

 

[flyingillini]

I appreciate your concern. Seriously thinking about moving there with Flyer in 2-3 years.

You won’t want to leave. It has nothing to do with money. Someone could give me a billion dollars. I’m not leaving Vietnam. It’s amazing here. A hidden gem.

 

[JDS]

You won’t want to leave. It has nothing to do with money. Someone could give me a billion dollars. I’m not leaving Vietnam. It’s amazing here. A hidden gem.

I totally believe you pal.