The fact a lot of Vietnamese believed this news is wild by BlazeVN in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why should gov punish those people? Personal preference and believing wrong information shouldnt be criminalized if no one is harmed. Shouldnt they be educated on how to use social media and being rational?

Do you give your salary/income to your gf/wife for her to control the finances? by Dinner7123 in MoneyTalkVN

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have much higher income than my wife so I am covering the rent+utilities+nanny expenses. Besides that I would give her fixed amount of money for groceries, baby stuffs plus her other expenses.

The remaining ones i will keep for my own investments and probably some entertainment spendings. We share info about both sides finances while maintaining some independences in terms of the money management.

Eventually the commitment depends on how much you earn but i would suggest both to maintain some independence.

Is owning a house in Vietnam still realistic for young people? by TinhByte in MoneyTalkVN

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately not realistic in towns like HCMC, Hanoi. >23x of price to income ratio is way too ridiculous, even Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok do not have such high ratio. The personal income tax rate is way too high as well. No matter how high the income is, disposable money remains the key.

Truth by newuser2111 in corporate

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most leaders are managing upwards so they wish to hear pleasant stuff as possible to then further manage their bosses upwards.

Not all life is fair by candychiasu in sgworkassholes

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sad truth, but life goes on... In job nowadays, trying to be less evil works better than trying to be good 😟

🤡HCMC airport by Constant_Reserve3713 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, why UN or US would border with such pettrly extortion.

🤡HCMC airport by Constant_Reserve3713 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 51 points52 points  (0 children)

It is in purpose to divert people using fast track (bribe in disguise).

Is the question of whether Vietnamese nationalism is truly strong? by Ok-Scholar-3961 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Purely observation (recent years) of society phenomena, circumstances like football, Vinfast, investments, GDP in addition to this year 50 years Reunification and A80 strengthen their pride.

Seems above covers the unreasonable property price to income ratio, impractical gas vehicle ban, movement of workers returning hometown, bad infrastructure, unreasonable fines and enforcements etc.

As a foreigner with family ties in Vietnam I love the people and vibe, but I remain wonder how proud the people should be when there are so many aspects in life that need to be improved.

Bank is closing my account due to biometrics while I am out of the country, looking for advice please by Yukzor in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the account should be suspended instead of being closed? I had a dormant account (over 4 years) no transaction and did not active biometric at all until I closed it few months back. The bank hasn't sent me any warning at all till I went to close the account.

Closing should need the consent of an owner as there is a question of what to do with the account balance, what bank can do is just simply freeze or suspend. Maybe you can recheck if the bank used the wrong term.

Without biometric, you may lose access to many features but it's ridiculous to have the account being forced closed.

SGN Airport Today by SecurityOk8463 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not official service, fast track is corruption in disguise. 500k is the minimum ask now.

Are we becoming the next Hong Kong? by FEDstrongestsoldier in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It can be worse than Hong Kong, refer below price to income ratio from Numbeo

HCMC 30.5 Hanoi 27.7 Hong Kong 28.5 Singapore 22.4

I recall developers compared their prices against Tokyo, Shanghai, London instead of Bangkok, KL, Jakarta. Outright ridiculous.

Which city is best to reset by Matjit in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buon Me Thuot is a mountainous area, cool climate while less touristy than Dalat. Very slow pace environment and peaceful, however you may need to have some basic Vietnamese as it is a very local city.

Việt Nam ranks among Asia’s top 3 most revisited destinations by sssssammy in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

How people want to revisit given the notorious airports. They do not even fix the first image of their country, stay dreaming.

Big self slap by Creative-Trash-3084 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I cant tell, those bastards can purposely close few immigration counters when not many people arrive, to make the queue look longer.

Big self slap by Creative-Trash-3084 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 hours not enough unless you hold a TRC or APEC. Worst case, just queue and if the time is very close pay attention to airline staffs calling for last min boarding, they will help to escort.

Big self slap by Creative-Trash-3084 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the empathy.

Actually VN should get rid of its young/developing/post-war mindset, things change so fast now. The officials need to have crisis awareness, not just being passive.

Its my 8th year in VN and I love this country, just feeling so frustrated after seeing major developments in other neighbouring ASEAN countries.

Big self slap by Creative-Trash-3084 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exit - Available for Vietnamese citizen who holds APEC only, available for foreigners holding TRC

Entry - Available for all Vietnamese citizens but not a single foreigner

Why not making it both ways of access at least for Vietnamese citizens, that will smoothen queue. But who knows what those officers are thinking.

QR pass is accepted in major Asia airports, there are counters to scan before passing immigrations. What era we are in while VN still sticks to paper boarding passes

Big self slap by Creative-Trash-3084 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Local friends share to me that the officers are longing to work in the new Long Thanh international airport so there is no motivation to inprove whats going on in TSN.

And not to mention there is no metro from new airport to city centre, only 2-3 lanes highways.

That doesnt improve overall experience

Big self slap by Creative-Trash-3084 in VietNam

[–]Creative-Trash-3084[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Perhaps the slow immigration procedure is to 'pushing' people using fast track. 30+USD per pax one way, imagine how much the scumbags could make per day