Vietnam

[Negger]

Hi all, just checking, does the airport sells data sim card like those you see in Taiwan. A sim card with few days worth of data? Thanks! =)

 

[kitkat2]

Hi all, just checking, does the airport sells data sim card like those you see in Taiwan. A sim card with few days worth of data? Thanks! =)

yes, go look. some stalls might try to quote you tourist price. dont pay more than 100k or wait till you get to hotel.

here are the plans and pricing for vinaphone data-only sim. go do translation youself.

http://3g.vinaphone.com.vn/wap/index.php/ezcom/goi-cuoc-ezcom

 

[vintage_avatar]

For free & easy travellers, try this free map app called MAPS.ME....really good. It's based on GPS alone, so no data required or any Telco service required. After install app, go download country you required and off you go. It'll real time track your location anywhere.

second this tips. i have been using this offline map whenever i take taxi to places which i pinned. just show the taxi driver and they hieu. hihi..

 

[vintage_avatar]

You can't really do much at airport alone with 3 hours, so why change VND? There is also nothing much at TSN airport....pretty small and boring.

for short 3 hours, i will go up to the foodcourt and eat their pho and drink cafe sua. got wifi to keep the rest of the time occupied.

 

[vintage_avatar]

anyone traveling from 15 dec to 6 jan, hit me up! im going alone. starting from hanoi all the way down to HCMC. likely to spend more time in the northern part

i'm be at Duc Linh during the x'mas period

 

[vintage_avatar]

Is HCM a good place to shop for polo shirts? Compare to bangkok

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i saw many chiong branded clothings at An Dong plaza (ground floor of windsor plaza hotel). but i believe the price is not so competitive for tourist and if we just buy 1 or 2 pcs. mostly i see the vietnamese go off in big black bags with their motorbike

 

[vintage_avatar]

Yup, bought a new 2-storey landed semi-D type house for my in-laws in Nov 14 somewhere near D7. It's cheap, only S$43K.

As Bus 19 approaches the theme park, you can actually see the park on your right side, but the bus attendant will also shout out the name. When you going back, you need to cross a bridge to other side to take Bus 19 back to BT.

looking at property near Crescent mall. which part of D7 did you buy?

 

[MrTheROCK]

i saw many chiong branded clothings at An Dong plaza (ground floor of windsor plaza hotel). but i believe the price is not so competitive for tourist and if we just buy 1 or 2 pcs. mostly i see the vietnamese go off in big black bags with their motorbike

Then it's a challenge. Lol

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[kitkat2]

just found out on somebody's blog.

there are gold shops along Ha Trung Street in Hanoi's old quarters that double as money exchangers. try bringing your SGD there and hope they give good rates.

 

[Negger]

thanks Kitkat2!!

 

[invisible999]

looking at property near Crescent mall. which part of D7 did you buy?

Careful. One expat living in Vietnam for years told me - 'buying real estate in Vietnam is like playing in casino... but with casino you at least have a chance to win.'

 

[Desmond_]

Careful. One expat living in Vietnam for years told me - 'buying real estate in Vietnam is like playing in casino... but with casino you at least have a chance to win.'

if house name under VN wife then should be ok...

 

[koala2004]

looking at property near Crescent mall. which part of D7 did you buy?

Phu My Hung is pretty premium, apartments/landed not cheap, not ready to put so much there as I think returns not so great. Also dun want to go thru the hassle of admins and foreigner only allows 50yrs ownership (subj to renewal) As I mentioned before, I have more liquid, short term, higher returns investment here. The landed house I bought is mainly for my ILs as their old house is really run down and far from city. It's at Le Van Luong Nha Be, not in D7, as then it'll be much more exp. It's at outskirts of D7 and pricing more for locals.

 

[invisible999]

if house name under VN wife then should be ok...

Well, I already have one wife and Singapore law does not allow to have more than one...

 

[qhong61]

Well, I already have one wife and Singapore law does not allow to have more than one...

lucky u unable to put house under viet wife's name else it may not be yours finally.

 

[koala2004]

Well, I already have one wife and Singapore law does not allow to have more than one...

One sinkie, one vnb...where got 2 in one country...LOL

 

[koala2004]

lucky u unable to put house under viet wife's name else it may not be yours finally.

Ha ha....maybe. The one I bought currently under my ILs name. Will transfer to my wife's and my name next year when we go back. Now baby too young to travel.

 

[invisible999]

One sinkie, one vnb...where got 2 in one country...LOL

I think the right idea is to have one wife per country. If you travel fairly often should not be a problem.

There was a news several years ago about a con man in US. He had fake colonel's uniform and managed to marry to six different women in different states and living at their places and moving from one to another. it was going on for several years.

 

[qhong61]

I think the right idea is to have one wife per country. If you travel fairly often should not be a problem.

There was a news several years ago about a con man in US. He had fake colonel's uniform and managed to marry to six different women in different states and living at their places and moving from one to another. it was going on for several years.

can afford to buy each of them a house in each country?

 

[invisible999]

can afford to buy each of them a house in each country?

The smart guy would marry to a woman who already has house and her own income...