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Why more expatriate families are choosing Vietnam as their home?

Why more expatriate families are choosing Vietnam as their home?

When Marissa Goldstein accepted a three-month business trip to Vietnam nine years ago, she never imagined it would see her family leaving the U.S. permanently.
Frenchman’s passion brings Vietnamese fish sauce to fine dining

Frenchman’s passion brings Vietnamese fish sauce to fine dining

Foreigners pitch in for typhoon Yagi relief work

Foreigners pitch in for typhoon Yagi relief work

Operation Babylift survivor’s 25-year search for birth mother continues

Operation Babylift survivor’s 25-year search for birth mother continues

After surviving a plane crash during the 1975 Operation Babylift, Odile was sent to France, but her Vietnamese roots enticed her home.
September 4, 2024 | 02:32 pm PT
Foreign men’s culture shock when dating in Vietnam

Foreign men’s culture shock when dating in Vietnam

After six years in HCMC Joe, 29, has adapted to the local lifestyle but remains surprised by some dating norms like his girlfriend's parents’ 9 p.m. curfew for her.
August 19, 2024 | 09:12 pm PT
Foreign students find much love from Vietnamese mothers

Foreign students find much love from Vietnamese mothers

For lunch one weekend Phuong Anh cooked a meal for seven people, including her three children and four Laos students in HCMC whom she considered her own.
August 18, 2024 | 12:16 am PT
Quiz: Can you name the Southeast Asian country that is the most affordable for expats in 2024?

Quiz: Can you name the Southeast Asian country that is the most affordable for expats in 2024?

The country is ranked as the most affordable for expats, leading 53 destinations in terms of personal finances, according to an InterNations survey.
August 15, 2024 | 03:54 pm PT
Foreigners marvel at Vietnamese tradition of ancestor worship

Foreigners marvel at Vietnamese tradition of ancestor worship

Tim, 30, vividly recalls the surprise he felt four years ago when he first saw people burning paper money, clothes and cars as offerings to their ancestors.
August 12, 2024 | 05:07 am PT
HCMC monthly cost of living for 4: over $1,700

HCMC monthly cost of living for 4: over $1,700

The average cost of living in HCMC for a family of four is VND44.2 million (US$1,750) a month, excluding rent and assuming no child is in private school.
July 28, 2024 | 11:26 pm PT
Mundane in Vietnam, double-take by expat

Mundane in Vietnam, double-take by expat

Josh Waston, who has been living in Vietnam for several years, cannot forget the first time he saw a crowd gathered to watch an accident on Saigon Bridge.
July 28, 2024 | 02:56 pm PT
Vietnam the most affordable country for expats: survey

Vietnam the most affordable country for expats: survey

Vietnam is the most affordable destination in the world for expats this year, according to the Expat Insider 2024 survey.
July 8, 2024 | 05:00 am PT
American woman adapts gently as Hanoian daughter-in-law

American woman adapts gently as Hanoian daughter-in-law

Several times a week, Brooklyn’s “heart pounds and legs shake” as her Vietnamese husband teaches her to ride a motorcycle in an empty lot in Nam Tu Liem district.
July 5, 2024 | 03:29 pm PT
My foreign boss's 'die poor' mentality surprises me

My foreign boss's 'die poor' mentality surprises me

It baffles me that my foreign boss does not indulge in houses and cars, opting to rent or live in employer-provided housing, despite having a sky-high income.
July 1, 2024 | 05:10 pm PT
Foreigners find world of difference in Vietnam office culture

Foreigners find world of difference in Vietnam office culture

Englishman James Brown, 33, resigned from a media company in Thu Duc City after just two months, unable to endure the “unfathomable silence” that characterized the office.
June 16, 2024 | 03:06 pm PT
Cultural quirks that become norms for expats in Vietnam

Cultural quirks that become norms for expats in Vietnam

Upon arriving in a new country there are numerous unique cultural oddities that contrast one's own culture and this can often be alienating yet exciting.
April 12, 2024 | 06:12 pm PT
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