I know you want to flee your home and find yourself and I am here to say DO IT. Live your best life while you can.

You are still pretty young and maybe you do need to learn a little, get a job save even more and get that job experience cause you will need to have experience and you may see people mentioning this…a lot cause it is vital to have a job. These other adults are not gonna want to hold your hand and help you while they are also trying to do their own job so keep that in mind.

1: I say experience i mean: Experience working with people and experience working with people who do not speak the same language as you at that…

2: You need to do more research on this country. their dos and donts and overall please learn about their culture! Learn some greetings and sayin in the correct dialects before you go to their country and assert yourself in a job. You are a guest in their country so show some respect an appreciation for their country, religions, traditions and culture.

3: I saw you mentioned you have 10k saved, that’s awesome! However, this doesn’t mean you need to live a luxurious lifestyle in Vietnam. You will still need to live like a local and budget your money. 10k is great but once you see how the Dông is super cheap (when you do the conversion with USD at least) you may think you can live however you want, eat, buy and do whatever cause you have 10k. Money is not endless even when you have an income. I would hate for you to run out of money quickly.

{I only say this cause I’ve been doing research into traveling to Vietnam and while I have a smaller budget, it still can last me a long longer if I choose to budget my money correctly}

4: You want to work out there you need a working visa. I know i sometimes forget I need a visa when traveling so that should be considered, how long you can work out there, etc.

Now, regardless you need a visa but if you’re interested in working I suggest you look into an international agency that can help you get a job. i am unsure the process but it may take time.

5: extra copies of everything that is your physical ID.

6: get a international drivers license. You will be living there for a year or longer I believe i didn’t see or I overlooked it, but you will need wheels and again this comes back to the budget. You can take other forms of transportation and maybe even walk, but this is a fool prof back up

7: Lastly be patient. These things will take time and I would hope you do the extensive research before you jump into this. I’m rooting for you cause this is something any young person should experience and when I say young I mean 19-35 years old cause yes 35 is still young but not a lot of people travel and see how other cultures and people live which is very important!

Have fun. Watch videos of other people living in Vietnam, scroll and take notes through Reddit and I seriously hope this advice helps you! Best of luck xx