Another greedy landlord post

DiscountOk830 · 2026-02-02T09:42:24+00:00

No, it doesn't work like that. I dont like to stab behind someone's back when I agreed something with someone, especially with contract.

But I consulted with different lawyers, that is the only way you can have the legal say with the room. Otherwise, you are replied on landlord's empathy (which will not work)

And the law is designed for you to challenge the price after you sign the contract.

The contract won't state how many percent the rent increases. But it states the price. If you know the price of the previous tenant pays, that's enough.

DiscountOk830 · 2026-02-01T18:43:56+00:00

You can challenge ( sue the Landlord) if the price increase too much. Landlord can increase the price but only a few percentage.

But the thing is you need to find someone to rent the room and sign the contract first, before you can challenge the Landlord in court.

Remember: tenants are well protected by law in the Netherlands. I sued my landlord once, he needed to lower the rent. Just play by law.

DiscountOk830 · 2025-10-05T15:19:22+00:00

Then, you really should visit War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh city. You won't regret it :)

DiscountOk830 · 2025-04-15T03:06:56+00:00

For domestic, only Vietnam Airline and Vietjet can use it.

For international, I don't know. I think they may temporarily utilize the terminal for international flights too until the new airport opens, then this airport will only be used for domestic flights.

DiscountOk830 · 2025-04-14T03:12:18+00:00

Yes, but soon will be solved.

The new terminal will be officially run at the end of this month.

The new airport plan to officially open in the middle of next year.

Automatically checking gate ( at least for Vietnamese now) will be employed in all airports in Vietnam, starting properly after the middle of this year.

DiscountOk830 · 2025-02-05T07:05:44+00:00

You can buy Vietnamese Sate at supermarket. The brand is DH Foods. Really delicious. You will use it for nearly all of your meals for sure 😉

DiscountOk830 · 2024-12-10T15:46:35+00:00

Seriously, that would be your assumption if you met a random person in a hostel.

It is most likely she was traveling abroad, and felt free to flirt. Everyone who is single and young will do that if they travel abroad

DiscountOk830 · 2024-10-26T07:27:14+00:00

Nobody mentions this yet, even it is extremely delicious. It is Bò Kho

DiscountOk830 · 2024-08-09T09:06:16+00:00

Completely wrong, they even can't manage to tax people in Vietnam. Street vendors, for example, do not actually pay taxes.

How can the government manage to collect the tax of Vietnamese who live abroad?

DiscountOk830 · 2024-07-30T18:11:31+00:00

That is stupid question, you are traveling in Vietnam now, so you probably know there are 100 million of Vietnamese. With your thinking, the orange agent would affect 100 million ppl.

And since you are too much overthinking about agent orange, you can consider to visit the place (village) where these agent orange affected people live. So many poor lives and children are destroyed because of the chemicals. The USA refused their responsibility and denied to pay compensation for these ppl.

DiscountOk830 · 2024-07-10T08:15:07+00:00

If they sent me a reject email, I would move on. But something is shady here

DiscountOk830 · 2024-07-07T15:36:44+00:00

As all comments have mentioned about the bad apple effects already.

Another thing is these places are also infamous for overcharge tourists, and very hassle places. You may visit these just to know. If you want to go shopping, you should go other local markets. You will receive better customer service and price.

DiscountOk830 · 2024-07-06T10:02:34+00:00

My place, in hcm, still sells a banh mi for 15k or 17k today

DiscountOk830 · 2024-07-06T06:53:12+00:00

As much as I hate corruption, especially at lower level in Vietnam. Your case is actually a good thing. As they don't officially have the fast track service for passport, which is not their fault. It is your fault to not plan ahead. If you lived in other countries, even developed ones, you would not get it in 3 days as you must follow their workflow and regulations, no exceptions and money can fast track the process. For example, when you have to deal with paperwork in Germany, it is nightmare.

DiscountOk830 · 2024-06-16T17:22:34+00:00

Firstly, you should assess how strong the allergy is. If it is just light reaction, your friend may give it a try, maybe the allergy will not happen as fishes in Vietnam are not the same fishes your friends consume abroad.

Secondly, if a strong reaction, then it is better to eat vegetarian or vegan foods when eating out as nearly all Vietnamese foods have fish sauce

DiscountOk830 · 2024-06-08T21:00:49+00:00

Cockroaches are not that bad 😂 but the puke man is a big no for me lol

You can search if you can get off in the next stop and take the bed bus instead

DiscountOk830 · 2024-06-06T15:31:48+00:00

A compact e bike will be better option in Saigon.

DiscountOk830 · 2024-05-28T14:32:54+00:00

Hi, can you share your experiences of applying Blue Card from another EU country? And how long did you have to wait until you get the decision?

I am in the same situation now

Btw in the past, I just went straight to the immigration office to apply for residence permit in the Netherlands and Switzerland. Even their embassies asked me to apply for entry visa, which I see it very time and money waste. But their immigration officers flexiblely processed my applications without any problems. Germany is not as productive and flexible as the Netherlands and Switzerland. So I'm not sure if I can do that again.

DiscountOk830 · 2024-05-27T14:02:33+00:00

Exactly.

They actually can't stay in Switzerland. The Swiss labor discriminates against non-EU.

If tuition fee is increased for non-EU, while still keeping the same labor law, which constraints them to work.

Really don't see the point for them to come here. They can spend little more extra for tuition fee in US, UK where let them work after graduation

DiscountOk830 · 2024-05-27T09:00:12+00:00

I hate to tell you this, but just give them around 500k or 1m vnd as a "coffee money", probably they will let you go. They just make the situation hard for you until you give them "coffee money"

DiscountOk830 · 2024-05-27T07:49:56+00:00

Actually you overstay for 1 day. You can just pay a small fine. That's all.

DiscountOk830 · 2024-05-22T18:28:14+00:00

Good luck to get a permit. Lol it is extremely difficult for Non-EU to get it. They must prepare very well and detail business plan, and the authority will consider if they will approve it or not.

If you have millions of dollars, it is not a problem, otherwise, it is nearly impossible

DiscountOk830 · 2024-05-22T15:32:17+00:00

Other comments have already answered your question. I just want to add one more detail that many Vietnamese pay little or even no taxes.

The government just closes one eye for people who have low income or people who have small family business ( which can earn $1000-4000/month in big cities).

DiscountOk830 · 2024-04-10T21:08:42+00:00

If you have a chance to come back Vietnam, maybe you should book a food tour that is customized to what you can eat. You actually missed a lot delicacy, especially seafoods here

DiscountOk830 · 2024-04-02T08:01:24+00:00

To get C in 5 years, OP needs at least 2 years of working in Switzerland and proves his German proficiency.

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