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cofin
post Jul 22 2019, 04:34 PM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Jul 22 2019, 03:21 PM)
That's quite a drastic change then. I suppose life is much more bearable now?
Would you say it's better now?

I feel that food is still fairly cheap compared to KL.
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hmm what kind of food ?

I can name you a few place that its expensive ... eat at roadside dirty but for me its nice lol

Com Tam Ba Ghien ....they have 2 place ...one at Phu Nhuan another at Nguyen Tri Phuong

Their pork chop rice can cost you vnd55k for normal or vnd85k for ribs add on egg and the meatloaf vnd75k

Thats like RM13 for a food you eat by the roadside ...sometime got hair in the rice somemore lol but it is delicious

Got a Pho also RM8-10 at Phu Nhuan also not bad.

Tourist eating place Nhu Lan beside Bitexco also not that cheap but quality ok ok la.

If you miss malaysia food can eat Satay House but damn sucks and their price damn expensive.
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post Jul 22 2019, 06:18 PM

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QUOTE(cofin @ Jul 22 2019, 04:34 PM)
hmm what kind of food ?

I can name you a few place that its expensive ... eat at roadside dirty but for me its nice lol

Com Tam Ba Ghien ....they have 2 place ...one at Phu Nhuan another at Nguyen Tri Phuong

Their pork chop rice can cost you vnd55k for normal or vnd85k for ribs add on egg and the meatloaf vnd75k

Thats like RM13 for a food you eat by the roadside ...sometime got hair in the rice somemore lol but it is delicious

Got a Pho also RM8-10 at Phu Nhuan also not bad.

Tourist eating place Nhu Lan beside Bitexco also not that cheap but quality ok ok la.

If you miss malaysia food can eat Satay House but damn sucks and their price damn expensive.
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heh....how come so pricey?

roadside food, com tam cost me like 40k for 3 meats & 1 vege. roadside dish rarely above 50k.....
maybe we eat different place
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post Jul 22 2019, 07:46 PM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Apr 25 2019, 10:33 AM)
There are tons of banks here. But i'm not familiar with this field. So no lubang for u.
Even in my line of work, there's no vacancy for expats
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Bro, do you have lobang for me?
Recruiter, want to work in HCMC
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post Jul 23 2019, 09:14 AM

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QUOTE(Jzeez @ Jul 22 2019, 07:46 PM)
Bro, do you have lobang for me?
Recruiter, want to work in HCMC
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Also not my field bro, tarak lubang.
Can you speak Vietnamese? If you do, dual language is very sought after here.
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post Jul 23 2019, 09:21 AM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Jul 23 2019, 09:14 AM)
Also not my field bro, tarak lubang.
Can you speak Vietnamese? If you do, dual language is very sought after here.
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Ahhh, what engineering industry you are?
I am learning Vietnamese, you can speak well?
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post Jul 23 2019, 09:25 AM

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QUOTE(Jzeez @ Jul 23 2019, 09:21 AM)
Ahhh, what engineering industry you are?
I am learning Vietnamese, you can speak well?
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Railway/Metro

I...cant' speak at all. Hahaha
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post Jul 23 2019, 10:12 AM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Jul 23 2019, 09:25 AM)
Railway/Metro

I...cant' speak at all. Hahaha
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wow, they transferred you from Malaysia to HCMC?
Will you stay there for long? Your accommodation provided by the company?
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post Jul 23 2019, 10:14 AM

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QUOTE(Jzeez @ Jul 23 2019, 10:12 AM)
wow, they transferred you from Malaysia to HCMC?
Will you stay there for long? Your accommodation provided by the company?
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Nope, not transferred. Jobless in Malaysia after the axing of all the rail projects.

Hopefully not too long, want to be back in Malaysia when it's possible. Yes, company gives me housing allowance.
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post Jul 23 2019, 01:07 PM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Jul 23 2019, 10:14 AM)
Nope, not transferred. Jobless in Malaysia after the axing of all the rail projects.

Hopefully not too long, want to be back in Malaysia when it's possible. Yes, company gives me housing allowance.
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I see, how long have you been there?
I am going there this weekend, hopeful have time to have a coffee smile.gif
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post Jul 23 2019, 06:06 PM

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QUOTE(Jzeez @ Jul 23 2019, 01:07 PM)
I see, how long have you been there?
I am going there this weekend, hopeful have time to have a coffee smile.gif
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Not too long, just 7 months.

Sure, gimme a buzz when you are around.
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post Aug 28 2019, 11:54 AM

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jitshiong

Just one question ....how does your company deal with your salary payment?

Mine from the old days they try to evade tax then they pay in cash

then government not allow then now we have a useless local bank to bank in useless VND

then a problem with TT salary back to Malaysia ourself

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Just want to know how does your company pay your salary? TT straight to malaysia bank? I not sure why my company dont want to TT to my Malaysia bank maybe they dont want to lose the TT fee and exchange rate? Not right for the government ?

After my complain now they try to TT using their oversea bank because its a joint stock company so they got oversea business account......then i lose a lot on exchange rate as double conversion

Really headache with this company salary payment now

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post Aug 28 2019, 12:25 PM

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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 28 2019, 11:54 AM)
jitshiong

Just one question ....how does your company deal with your salary payment?

Mine from the old days they try to evade tax then they pay in cash

then government not allow then now we have a useless local bank to bank in useless VND

then a problem with TT salary back to Malaysia ourself

...

Just want to know how does your company pay your salary? TT straight to malaysia bank? I not sure why my company dont want to TT to my Malaysia bank maybe they dont want to lose the TT fee and exchange rate? Not right for the government ?

After my complain now they try to TT using their oversea bank because its a joint stock company so they got oversea business account......then i lose a lot on exchange rate as double conversion

Really headache with this company salary payment now
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Mine paid to me straight in my HSBC account in Vietnam. I lose out in forex conversion as well.

Tax paid by the company. I don't have that problem.

I know a friend who gets paid in Cash to avoid tax as well. Still doing so.
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post Aug 28 2019, 12:34 PM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Aug 28 2019, 12:25 PM)
Mine paid to me straight in my HSBC account in Vietnam. I lose out in forex conversion as well.

Tax paid by the company. I don't have that problem.

I know a friend who gets paid in Cash to avoid tax as well. Still doing so.
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damn you also same need to lose forex conversion ..... then i make noise towards my company also no use ...then you TT back to Malaysia using HSBC VN?

Yea...my tax also handle by the company

our vietnamese bank account damn useless ...mine is vietcombank ....our bank account local cant transfer money to us but we can transfer to local. We cant bring cash to bank in to our bank account and only the company can bank in salary to us. We cant register their eWallet (airpay, momopay..etc). I think from last month or this month we cant even do e-Fix Deposit ....really crap vietnam banking

Cash method last time can use but then the government dont allow already ...how he get working permit if he continue paid in cash

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post Aug 28 2019, 01:14 PM

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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 28 2019, 12:34 PM)
damn you also same need to lose forex conversion ..... then i make noise towards my company also no use ...then you TT back to Malaysia using HSBC VN?

Yea...my tax also handle by the company

our vietnamese bank account damn useless ...mine is vietcombank ....our bank account local cant transfer money to us but we can transfer to local. We cant bring cash to bank in to our bank account and only the company can bank in salary to us. We cant register their eWallet (airpay, momopay..etc). I think from last month or this month we cant even do e-Fix Deposit ....really crap vietnam banking

Cash method last time can use but then the government dont allow already ...how he get working permit if he continue paid in cash
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Yes, TT back to HSBC Malaysia is FOC for me. No fees.

I suggest you use Timo by VP bank. PM me, i'll send you the details. It's super convenient, almost all expats use this e-bank.
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post Aug 28 2019, 01:20 PM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Aug 28 2019, 01:14 PM)
Yes, TT back to HSBC Malaysia is FOC for me. No fees.

I suggest you use Timo by VP bank. PM me, i'll send you the details. It's super convenient, almost all expats use this e-bank.
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oh i know Timo ....but Airpay is the best now as Shopee, Foody, Now many having discount on it.

But i use Moca pay by grab is enough ..... collect grab point for more discount

other than that use BigPay ...low conversion
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post Aug 28 2019, 03:54 PM

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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 28 2019, 01:20 PM)
oh i know Timo ....but Airpay is the best now as Shopee, Foody, Now many having discount on it.

But i use Moca pay by grab is enough ..... collect grab point for more discount

other than that use BigPay ...low conversion
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Ok, anything that's best suited for your usage
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post Aug 28 2019, 03:59 PM

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post Aug 28 2019, 04:02 PM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Aug 28 2019, 03:54 PM)
Ok, anything that's best suited for your usage
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One more question ...have you try to TT the amount larger than your monthly salary ?

I was told by local banks that they dont allow to transfer a sum which is larger than your monthly salary....the banking here really funny
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post Aug 28 2019, 04:04 PM

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you will be surprise, many korean there.
don't worry, you will like their lifestyle
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post Aug 29 2019, 09:10 AM

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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 28 2019, 04:02 PM)
One more question ...have you try to TT the amount larger than your monthly salary ?

I was told by local banks that they dont allow to transfer a sum which is larger than your monthly salary....the banking here really funny
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That is what i was told too. But i did transfer more than my monthly salary before. Not an issue. But it is my salary, because it took some time to set up the bank account, so I have accumulated a few months of my salary. So my 1st transfer was more than my monthly salary.

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