@Arnaud
French expat in Vietnam
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French
Lives in Saïgon, Ho Chi Minh City
Speaks French, English
Registration: 24 September 2015
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Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
Give it another month and things will be back to normalA month? I think you're a bit over optimistic. The covid is spreading world wide, and will probably be around for months, maybe years. But I don't think VN can sustain what they're ... Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
The difference is in the comfort of the bed -- mattress instead of bed mat, perhaps larger space, and hopefully better foodAnd... the price? Quarantine centers are free, while hotels and resorts turned into quarantine centers are not free. ... Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
Thanks for providing more details Ciambella. The last point of your comment is correct: register for those accommodations must be made at the airport, but that doesn't mean the request will be automatically accepted.The issue is that it was ... Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
When the last group of college students were quarantined, two buses were sent to drive them to the facilities. One of the busses went to the hotel, the other to the dormitory. None of the group members had any kinkling of their destination ... Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
This article, in VN, fresh from yesterday. https://m.thanhnien.vn/thoi-su/nguoi-cach-ly-o-resort-khach-san-tra-khoang-10-trieu-dong-cho-14-ngay-1199608.html It even mentions the price. It says that one guy is isolated in Phuong Nam resort and pays ... Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
What I heard is that hotels and resorts volunteered to be turned into quarantine centers, and then it made it to the news. However it seems that the government never approved such thing. So it turns out to be kind of fake news. We also heard that ... Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
As we were told in the airport, no foreigner is allowed to enter the country anymore, starting March 22. I was among the last ones: https://m.sggpnews.org.vn/national/vietnam-halts-entry-to-all-foreigners-starting-at-zero-on-march-22-86153.html Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
My wife asked around but she was told that it was not possible, that they don't offer this option. Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
Arrived at the dormitory. Run down and dirty, no need to say more. Most of the people that were in our batch won't even have a room anyway, they will probably sleep in the hall until they're sent somewhere else. Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
Hey guys, So I decided to go back to VN and give myself 2 weeks of holidays in a random dormitory. Leaving Australia was not easy: tigerair canceled our internal flight Melbourne-Sydney at the last moment, we still managed to be in Sydney on time, ... Read More
Anyone entering vn these days? by Arnaud
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ...
> If you don't have to leave Australia for any reason Well I'm supposed to go back to work, same for my wife. If we stay in Australia it's unpaid leave, and we burn cash paying for accommodation... Read More
Anyone entering vn these days?
Hey all, I live in Vietnam, I've been in Australia for two weeks, and I'm supposed to go back this Friday. To the best of my knowledge, there's no reason I'll be quarantined as I don't come from Shengen area. But I'm ... Read More
Can't deposit cash into my account? by treesahquiche
I was told by Vietcombank that I couldn't deposit cash into my account because I'm a foreigner, and I could only do account-to-account transfers. Apparently only my employer is allowed to deposit money into my account. I'm not really clear on the ...
Starting 5th of July, 2019, Timo requires foreigners to have a 1 year visa to open a bank account. https://timo.vn/en/blog/regulations-for-foreigners/ Read More
Can't deposit cash into my account? by treesahquiche
I was told by Vietcombank that I couldn't deposit cash into my account because I'm a foreigner, and I could only do account-to-account transfers. Apparently only my employer is allowed to deposit money into my account. I'm not really clear on the ...
@raymerjacque thanks for sharing your tip, but can you deposit foreign currencies in Timo? Read More
Can't deposit cash into my account? by treesahquiche
I was told by Vietcombank that I couldn't deposit cash into my account because I'm a foreigner, and I could only do account-to-account transfers. Apparently only my employer is allowed to deposit money into my account. I'm not really clear on the ...
A quick reply regarding cash deposit in a foreign currency, let's say you want to open a USD account and drop some cash there. I've been to many banks these days, here's what you'll encounter, from the most common to the less ... Read More