Hi,

I'm just wondering if I'm alone here.

Anyone else working in Ho Chi Minh City?

Cheers!

not working there but what are u workig as? hows the pay and lifestyle there?

I'm working as an Engineer here on the Metro Project.
Pay is good, enough for a luxury life here. But this is subjective and depends on individuals....
My luxury could be your norm, and could be ridiculous for others, so it really depends.
I'd say what i earn here will allow me to live my life 3 times better than in KL.

kasi intro job there hahahah bored of malaysia

What's your area of expertise?

Been working in financial services, currently in foreign bank.

writting business case, credit review and analysis.

guess it would hard for me to explore to vietnam aik with banking experience.

Unlike engineering like you

But i dont mind to jump into another field lar haha

This post has been edited by N900rocks: Apr 24 2019, 10:40 PM

many msians working there

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

I guess they are not active in LYN then.

jumpercable is in vn but a bit far

I see. Are you in Vn too?

back in kl for the time being

btw started learning tieng viet yet?

This post has been edited by hightechgadgets8: Apr 25 2019, 11:05 AM

Nope, not at all....Hahaha
Sign language

get a vietmoi teach you

Nah, not planning to learn. Not a very useful language outside Vietnam.
I don't plan to be here for very long, planned for 2 years, hopefully can be shorter than that.

lets see, maybe after few months you may have a different point of view

I work in HCM for 10 years already .....huhuhu

Yet i still cant speak Viet lol and i got another colleague he was here 15 years also cant speak....really fail expat

10 years ago and now i can say that HCM really different .... still remember the cheap days where fast food is luxury, no Facebook, crappy 3G and i had to keep on realod my phone to make calls back to Malaysia, only 2-3 shopping malls, single lane road. If CNY you gonna cook maggi mee as everything off. Paying and accepting USD instead of VND. Everyday power cut because not enough electricity

Now no more ..all had change

This post has been edited by cofin: Jul 22 2019, 01:34 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.

er, i can say a few words.

but still the same, cannot speak yet.

will VN overtake ASEAN countries?

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.

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

Bro, do you have lobang for me?
Recruiter, want to work in HCMC

Also not my field bro, tarak lubang.
Can you speak Vietnamese? If you do, dual language is very sought after here.

Ahhh, what engineering industry you are?
I am learning Vietnamese, you can speak well?

Railway/Metro

I...cant' speak at all. Hahaha

wow, they transferred you from Malaysia to HCMC?
Will you stay there for long? Your accommodation provided by the company?

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.

I see, how long have you been there?
I am going there this weekend, hopeful have time to have a coffee

Not too long, just 7 months.

Sure, gimme a buzz when you are around.

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

This post has been edited by cofin: Aug 28 2019, 11:58 AM

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.

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

This post has been edited by cofin: Aug 28 2019, 12:35 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.

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

Ok, anything that's best suited for your usage

what is the platform to apply work there?

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

you will be surprise, many korean there.
don't worry, you will like their lifestyle

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.

now many Taiwanese and Japanese

ok ......so its not true after all

thanks

I've heard about it, i'm not sure how it works.
I was also informed by the bank, i can only transfer the same amount as the money i've earned. Nothing more.
So maybe say your salary 10k/month, after 3 months, max u can send back is 30k.
I think better to check with your bank on their requirement.

Hi, any lubang for a quantity surveyor post in Vietnam? I have been there twice and I kinda enjoyed the laid back culture that they have there. Besides, their coffees are awesome too..would be great to get a job there

Don't have at the moment.

Thanks TS!

Hello everyone,

Do anyone know of any Work visa application agents in Vietnam? Been asked by a client to help apply for the work permit here in Malaysia for an employee going the HCM to work.

Thanks

any website like jobstreet to apply job @ HCM ?

Can't help u in this, mine is done by my company. No idea who and how they do it. Just give my passport, and get it back a week later with the work visa.

I think all the major website like Jobstreet & Adecco have some posting. I got my job from word of mouth rather than online hunt.

Mine also done by company. As far as i know now its kind of strict as it require you to be a professional in that field with at least higher education qualification. Then get letter of good conduct from Malaysia government ...translate most of the document to Vietnamese. Then go to the Malaysia embassy for interview. Then i think thats all

i got mine from jobstreet like 10 years ago ?

This post has been edited by cofin: Oct 24 2019, 01:27 PM

hi, anyone of you heard about Everwin VN co ltd in binh duong? just wanna know whether the company is reliable or not, thanks.

No idea. hopefully someone else can help u

Hi Sir,

I wanted to make an inquiry about purchasing motorcycle in vietnam and import back to Malaysia.

I'm asking on behalf of my friend since he's really keen into this Honda Winner X. I said to him there's no way unless if we have relatives or friend working there. The major concern is AP.

If its not to much to ask(i might be a laughing stock here for posing this question,please forgive me up front) he would like to open to any Malaysians who are willing to use their AP for a namely price below RM5000 for the purchase of this motorbike.

Regards
Anwar

I don't know about exporting bikes. Hahaha

Sure not a problem at all, i was asking around if anyone could help my friend about this.

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Hi folks,

Just to ask if anyone know when usually the tax refund at VN credit to our account 😅
Done my filling for 2019, now waiting refund excess tax.

how are you?

Alive 🤣

waa yours can file till excess tax .....mine only once refund excess tax

usually very fast i remember the last time they refund my tax

Hi, I would like to start working in HCMC, background as a Mechatronics Engineer.
I am looking in Linkin only, hope can find help.
Anyone can help me start somewhere?