@Stylostar
Australian expat in Vietnam
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Lives in Ho Chi Minh City
Registration: 06 December 2012
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Good shop to buy laptop by iMap
Hello, Can anyone recommend a good laptop shop in ho chi minh that has good track record of selling authentic brand new items? Items for sale should have genuine Windows 10 installed or at least sells them too. I'm looking to buy a brand new ...
I have a friend (true, with no financial advantage to me), who is senior at the Thien Hoa electronics store. Their laptop range isn't great, nor high end models (not like Phong Vu), but she will ensure it is genuine and may be able to get other ... Read More
Vietnamese learning English by Stylostar
A VN friend is looking for a good English school. She is well-paid and professional, and doesn't want to be bothered with a dodgy school with inexperienced teachers. She is around 5 on a real IELTS test now, with writing worse than ...
Khanh She wants to further English for the opportunities to study and work OS. She is a successful professional and wants to move on. Plus she likes to do something well if she is doing it at all. She speaks better than reads, because she has done ... Read More
Vietnamese learning English
A VN friend is looking for a good English school. She is well-paid and professional, and doesn't want to be bothered with a dodgy school with inexperienced teachers. She is around 5 on a real IELTS test now, with writing worse than ... Read More
Need Urgent Guidance Information on Vietnam Criminal Record by janin
Hi Friends If One has stayed for more than 6 months in Vietnam he has to get Vietnam Criminal Record from HCMC Deparemtent of Justice in HCMC. Is it true. And, if yes, what is the address. Someone said it is on Pasteur Street. One of my ...
Hi I got one last year for my time up to then in VN and it did take a stamped letter from the ward police. The usual fee to facilitate it via my landlord - that is when a good VN landlord is like gold as he would do that stuff. Then a visit to ... Read More
Record stores by Natalie0204
Hi guys, I have been in HCMC for quiet a while now and, as much as I love it here, I'm starting to miss being able to go out a buy music and enjoy gigs. I realise that there are a lot of club nights and acoustic nights however what I really ...
I know what records are and am sympathetic to your implication ... I am old enough to remember vinyl, in fact kept most of it and added to in the pre-back in fashion years ( I did sell some high value stuff which I regret now...another story). It ... Read More
Record stores by Natalie0204
Hi guys, I have been in HCMC for quiet a while now and, as much as I love it here, I'm starting to miss being able to go out a buy music and enjoy gigs. I realise that there are a lot of club nights and acoustic nights however what I really ...
You should still be able to find racks of pirated CDs in the Pham Ngu Lao area. Be warned - the quality is very poor and even playing once is too much for some. Like for DVDs, there may be better quality CDs available in boxes from China (most ... Read More
WARNING- Be careful with your mobile phone by tintinmiami2013
To all expats and friends living in VN. This is the 2nd time I've heard from a friend in the last month that their mobile phone was STOLEN while walking with it in HCMC. I just want to let you guys know that you need to be extremely vigilant when ...
It's a timely warning because petty theft is rife. No denying it. Friends and colleagues are always saying 'be careful, be careful'. And I say it back to them... But some implication above that it is aimed at foreigners is wrong eg Tran Hung Dao. ... Read More
So I'm opening my own coffee shop by Just A Guy
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Yes, good luck. Read More
So I'm opening my own coffee shop by Just A Guy
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Very near my place... Might drop in for some Aussie English, although you do have plenty of competition nearby and my friends have their Quan PN preferences already. Read More
Anyone fancy a drink/meeting up? by AlexSarah
Hey, Actually going crazy staying inside and my PC has just crashed and lost loads of uni work so I need to escape. Anyone fancy going for a drink/food/explore round the city? I'm currently bike-less but I get taxi/bring my helmet if you wanna ...
Just for a friendly chat and maybe a Vietnamese lesson, Mark? Read More
Why does Budweiser taste so terrible in Vietnam....? by johnnywastaken
Dang....!! .... had a few tonight and even though they were ice cold.... reminded me of Ole Milwaukee...or even worse...Pabst Blue Ribbon....there must be Clydesdale's turning in their graves somewhere in Kentucky....
Heineken is McBeer. It's become universal and OK, but bland. Probably a foreign thing in the imported beer, because VN things are not prestigious to the VNese (generalisation). But Heine is not that prestigious now - it is Sapporo, especially in ... Read More
my teacher is american by lylyly
hello everybody, my teacher is american, he is teaching is duong minh school, and he teach so much, if anyone want to learn with him , 750000/1,5 hours, connect my skype: lan.lysong
He better be good, because that isn't a cheap rate. Read More
good dentist??? by swendig
Anyone have a good experience with a dentist in HCMC?? I have a cavity, but I'm scared to let someone touch it unless I have a recommendation... Thanks!! Casey
whatclinic.com or the like can get you started on a list of some posh Western-focused ones. Of course, this isn't even all the fancy dentists available and some may be more expensive by virtue of being online and prominent. A cavity shouldn't be ... Read More
The Marriage Party by ancientpathos
In vietnamese culture, can someone explain to me the marriage party. Why is the cost of the party the expense of the groom? Why is there an agreed to sum of money paid to the parents? Why does it seem that every relative has a sick buffalo and ...
Actually it can be up to 3 wedding parties if applicable - one in HCMC, and one each in the bride and groom's home town! But to generalise, the usual VN style is if you have it, flaunt it, including an expensive wedding. I work near a limo place ... Read More
Does anybody know a reliable/affordable xe om driver? by AlexSarah
Hey guys, I'm currently staying in D2 (massive thanks to this forum, I have a home again!) but I need to travel to D3 and back twice/three times a week.. I'm not really confident enough on my bike yet to drive in the dark and taxi's are too ...
A rule of thumb is 10 000 per k for xe om. It isn't true that foreigners necessarily pay more, only those who go along with it. D1 (and D2?) etc might be more expensive or at least the riders will ask more. Remember there is one on the next corner, ... Read More