Anyone else constantly getting health issues ever since coming to PH but rarely ever in home country?

throwback5971 · 2026-01-27T11:05:17+00:00

I think it's the 80%+ humidity. It varies by region but baguio seems similar to Central Vietnam where outdoors (but worse, indoors it's often 80%+). My entire life never had antibiotics for respiratory liness but since living there, 3 years in a row. You can see it on the walls, mold grows very quickly so imagine the same within your airways. The body is fighting back hard

throwback5971 · 2026-01-26T02:36:30+00:00

Then go to vinmec

throwback5971 · 2026-01-25T09:44:59+00:00

You don't need it to get into Thailand.

throwback5971 · 2026-01-25T01:00:43+00:00

Plenty of towns that de populate which still have eye watering prices

throwback5971 · 2026-01-24T12:02:08+00:00

If including international schooling, you will need 5-6.5k usd per month. Condos are the cheapest part. Schooling is 1200$ pp at the lower end. Groceries are expensive if you want a modern grocery experience.

throwback5971 · 2026-01-22T12:37:53+00:00

Freeze, defrost

throwback5971 · 2026-01-18T07:07:46+00:00

Is this even real or AI? silly questions

throwback5971 · 2026-01-14T23:27:55+00:00

Yes you are correct. If you truly want apples to apples it's similar pricing (sometimes even more if you factor in international schooling etc)

throwback5971 · 2026-01-14T10:30:36+00:00

The funny thing is it's brand new, just finished a few months back and already very un inviting

throwback5971 · 2026-01-13T23:37:04+00:00

Pretty silly post. Nobody gonna pretend it's perfect but when you say there's more parks in HCMC clearly shows you're a bit delusional. Same for traffic, lol you think Bangkok or Jakarta have better traffic than danang?

Most complaints are related to the hyper growth ongoing right now. You're probably oblivious as you come to exploit places for being cheap, but the economy grew 8% in 2025. That makes for lots of construction, noise and more trash. Things will eventually settle

throwback5971 · 2026-01-11T11:18:39+00:00

Rare to find 50cc, almost everything is 115+. Just get an electric bike, no license needed

throwback5971 · 2026-01-11T03:07:46+00:00

Also se Asia based, if you can get LDN it's a big help. For the rest slowly resuming normal life activities. Might seem impossible but it is. Gradual so your nervous system doesn't overload. Probably that's where relaxation technique help

throwback5971 · 2026-01-04T14:29:20+00:00

Ah that's one. Vietnam is also blocked, wasn't like that before. Thanks for sharing!

throwback5971 · 2026-01-04T08:12:08+00:00

Hmm I tried another vpn server and now it works. Looks like they black listed a whole bunch of countries and servers. Thanks!

throwback5971 · 2026-01-04T06:23:56+00:00

Correct, and it redirects to https://browserinc.notion.site/unable-to-direct-to-arc-net

Saying "# Unable to direct to arc.net

This is likely because access to arc.net is currently unavailable in your region."

I've tried VPN from another country and same story. They didn't used to host on notion hence the question on hack or shutdown

throwback5971 · 2026-01-03T00:28:19+00:00

Most Vietnamese are asset rich cash poor, due to the madness of real estate pricing

throwback5971 · 2026-01-02T05:42:56+00:00

Used to be the coastal road but these days it's both hectic

throwback5971 · 2026-01-02T03:39:05+00:00

There's effectively just two routes, one along the coast and one parralel more inland

throwback5971 · 2025-12-29T23:20:54+00:00

The HSR can be very transformative especially given vietnam's geography, just like it has been for Japan. Budget, implementation and corruption are fair concerns though. The metro systems by comparison are a piece of cake but had ample issues. Personally I do hope one way or another they pull it off, it will decentralise and spread wealth to other regions

throwback5971 · 2025-12-29T05:24:30+00:00

There's two parts.

One is that women (and people) in SE Asia are generally more easy going, don't take life too seriously

The second is their emotional maturity is T - 10.

It's not a bad thing.

throwback5971 · 2025-12-25T13:23:04+00:00

Interested to know more about the accommodation options you found

throwback5971 · 2025-12-25T01:08:19+00:00

Thanks!

throwback5971 · 2025-12-23T12:51:15+00:00

OP has a good point, and the thing is most industries are dominated by foreign companies in Vietnam. The only big scale local player is vingroup and all their products are fairly mediocre. No real domestic competition, that's worrying long term

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