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Peeweeaz1 wrote:

I like this plan

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Nielsen Flute wrote:

Yes, the country is quite great.

People are friendly and polite.
No terrorism and relatively low crime rate.
Affordable
Relaxed vibe
Country has a lot of character and charm
Good food which extends itself well to international selections
Good enough choice of medical if you are retired
Flexible visa scheme

However, looking for a decent partner here is challenging and imo the tradeoff for all the positive things about Vietnam. The women here are visibly less easygoing than women in neighboring countries to the point where I have to ask myself what is the appeal compared to places like Thailand, PI, Malaysia, etc.

I have seen few westerners make it work here which is why I suppose it's not a popular retirement choice compared to PI / Thailand and why expats choose to hole themselves in a slum on Luzon / Visayas.

I pretty much agree with this assessment, except the part about the food, which is a disappointment about 75% of the time, both local and international.

Anyway, on the one hand, living in Vietnam is quite pleasant and easy but on the other hand, it's also incredibly boring. Unfortunately, other countries in the region aren't progressing as well as Vietnam and so, don't really provide very good long-term options.

Of course, if you choose to stay聽 in VN, it's vital to stay positive and make the best of it. Regular trips to other countries in the region are also helpful.

johnross23 wrote:

Nielsen Flute wrote:

Yes, the country is quite great.

People are friendly and polite.
No terrorism and relatively low crime rate.
Affordable
Relaxed vibe
Country has a lot of character and charm
Good food which extends itself well to international selections
Good enough choice of medical if you are retired
Flexible visa scheme

However, looking for a decent partner here is challenging and imo the tradeoff for all the positive things about Vietnam. The women here are visibly less easygoing than women in neighboring countries to the point where I have to ask myself what is the appeal compared to places like Thailand, PI, Malaysia, etc.

I have seen few westerners make it work here which is why I suppose it's not a popular retirement choice compared to PI / Thailand and why expats choose to hole themselves in a slum on Luzon / Visayas.

I pretty much agree with this assessment, except the part about the food, which is a disappointment about 75% of the time, both local and international.

Anyway, on the one hand, living in Vietnam is quite pleasant and easy but on the other hand, it's also incredibly boring. Unfortunately, other countries in the region aren't progressing as well as Vietnam and so, don't really provide very good long-term options.

Of course, if you choose to stay聽 in VN, it's vital to stay positive and make the best of it. Regular trips to other countries in the region are also helpful.

Dissapointed by the food 75% of the time? By day 30 in Vietnam, a year ago,聽 I had a roster of restaurants both intl and local, and and food stalls that do not, I assure you, dissapoint. I would suggest befriending some locals to find good Vietnamese foods. If you are too introverted ( hey, I can be very guilty of this myself, I travel alone, live alone, work alone) look for super busy restaurants , or stalls with police eating at them. I will agree I got some bunk meals my first two weeks, haha. A suggestion? Use a Vietnamese name on your grabfood acct. The portions will be larger and the food comes faster. I received pho from one of my favorites 20 mins away, and it was still so hot it burned a hole on my foot when I spilled some. Buy a rice cooker, get the best rice, start it when ordering grabfood. It pays for itself shortly and will make the meals more enjoyable.

Canman63 wrote:

I stay away from Saigon and Hanoi, rat race. The smaller places are great.
People friendly, great food, reasonable cost of living.
Woman are gorgeous, but are not like woman in thailand(trashy) looking to hook a falang with sex.
If you put your time in, you can find a wonderful woman.
No it's not Thailand or the PI.
Vietnamese woman still have morals and values.
Never had an issue with crime, don't u derstand a previous post.
Beautiful in the north, weather is fabulous.
International airports.
Relaxed life.

Yogis worried about you Canman.馃槼

Yogi would like to suggest some counselling......

What鈥檚 wrong with 鈥渢rashy鈥� women. ??聽 聽 聽You know what your gunna get.....and there鈥檚 not a chance in hell聽 you鈥檒l be seen buying them a house, motorbike or bank rolling the families debts.

Aim low canman.

Canman63 wrote:

Nothing is wrong with trashy woman, but after several hundred聽 of them, the novelty wears off and I am getting old. Perhaps it's time to find something of the keeper sort. What about that yogi?
Even a bear needs something to hibernate with long term. To keep me warm in the den in the winter months, not leaving me in the den and trying the next boar.

WHAT.......鈥漵everal hundred of them鈥�,,,,,took a while for the novelty to wear off馃槅馃槅馃槅

Aah...so your looking for a 鈥渒eeper鈥�.聽 聽 Sounds like she better be in good shape.

As for Yogi.....I move around a lot within the region,but have a good long term friendship with a lady here.

Yogis figured out how to stay warm without getting too close to the fire.馃��

Yogi007 wrote:

Canman63 wrote:

Nothing is wrong with trashy woman, but after several hundred聽 of them, the novelty wears off and I am getting old. Perhaps it's time to find something of the keeper sort. What about that yogi?
Even a bear needs something to hibernate with long term. To keep me warm in the den in the winter months, not leaving me in the den and trying the next boar.

WHAT.......鈥漵everal hundred of them鈥�,,,,,took a while for the novelty to wear off馃槅馃槅馃槅

Aah...so your looking for a 鈥渒eeper鈥�.聽 聽 Sounds like she better be in good shape.

As for Yogi.....I move around a lot within the region,but have a good long term friendship with a lady here.

Yogis figured out how to stay warm without getting too close to the fire.馃��

Yes Mr Bear, there are actually some very wonderful woman in Vietnam. Even you make sink your claws one day!

Yogi007 wrote:

However.....the聽 鈥渒icker鈥� was witnessing a grown woman sitting around all day playing 鈥� hello kitty鈥� on a phone.

Mine was "Angry Bird" but same idea

Canman63 wrote:

Perhaps look in different places.

Perhaps, if I might make a wild suggestion, stop looking.

On the hunt for casual sex works and you tend to get a sex (assuming your personality doesn't make girls vomit), but going on the hunt for a wife tends to get you well and truly sexed, mostly financially, but also in terms of stress levels.
On the other hand, not looking for a wife tends to mean you eventually meet a nice lady, probably not in a bar, more likely at some social gathering, or at a bus stop, outside a McD in Kuala Lumpur, or whereever.
My use of an indefinite article works if you consider synonyms.

vndreamer wrote:

I am curious, is this talk about cohabitation etc. on or off topic about why Expats love VN?聽

In fact it may not only be on topic, but the central element.聽

Fred wrote:

... or at a bus stop, outside a McD in Kuala Lumpur,...

This seems like an odd suggestion, Fred.聽 Is this how you met your other half?聽 聽

Yogi007 wrote:

Actually I鈥檝e never had to look......

If you keep your nose clean, don鈥檛 sh#t in your own nest & stay away from the disheveled Expat drunks.....it鈥檚 easy.

My lady friend ( I鈥檝e known for ages) actually said to keep away from the drunken , broke assed losers around here. 馃槅馃槅馃槅

Her family doesn鈥檛 want the shame of their daughter hanging out with the Expat bogan Swill. 馃槅

There鈥檚 another thing yogi likes about this place.......it鈥檚 getting classy.

never had to look myself grizz man, when a ruggedly handsome Canadian gentleman makes his entrance in a place, the aura that surrounds him makes it almost possible for the viet ladies to control themselves. Coupled with a fabulous personality, wonderful smile, it's no wonder Canadians are loved throughout the globe!
I'd offer you advice Grizzly Adams, but you seem to have it figured out as well.
PS, if you see a crowd of ladies surrounding a man in Danang, it's not brad Pitt, it's can man, come over, I'll share, u can buy us all dinner.oh, and a few Saigon beers!
And yes , it's so much different here in Vietnam, classy ladies, in Thailand the gals swarm the broke ass expat bogan swill.thats why they are all there!

THIGV wrote:

Fred wrote:

... or at a bus stop, outside a McD in Kuala Lumpur,...

This seems like an odd suggestion, Fred.聽 Is this how you met your other half?聽 聽

Aah ....gotcha Fred.

If that鈥檚 the Maccas in KL near the Bukit Bintang monorail...........guess what鈥檚 virtually next door.

Canman63 wrote:

Yogi007 wrote:

Actually I鈥檝e never had to look......

If you keep your nose clean, don鈥檛 sh#t in your own nest & stay away from the disheveled Expat drunks.....it鈥檚 easy.

My lady friend ( I鈥檝e known for ages) actually said to keep away from the drunken , broke assed losers around here. 馃槅馃槅馃槅

Her family doesn鈥檛 want the shame of their daughter hanging out with the Expat bogan Swill. 馃槅

There鈥檚 another thing yogi likes about this place.......it鈥檚 getting classy.

never had to look myself grizz man, when a ruggedly handsome Canadian gentleman makes his entrance in a place, the aura that surrounds him makes it almost possible for the viet ladies to control themselves. Coupled with a fabulous personality, wonderful smile, it's no wonder Canadians are loved throughout the globe!
I'd offer you advice Grizzly Adams, but you seem to have it figured out as well.
PS, if you see a crowd of ladies surrounding a man in Danang, it's not brad Pitt, it's can man, come over, I'll share, u can buy us all dinner.oh, and a few Saigon beers!
And yes , it's so much different here in Vietnam, classy ladies, in Thailand the gals swarm the broke ass expat bogan swill.thats why they are all there!

Mmmm,,,,you have the same issue,,.the ladies can鈥檛 control themselves ......yes , Yogi understands this phenomenon.聽 聽

I鈥檝e found the easiest way to disperse the crowd is to Pay the bill.聽 聽 They鈥檒l soon get out of your way.

I hope your not hanging by the balls waiting for Yogi to shout that pack of moochers a free feed .馃槅

I鈥檓 generous but not stupid.

Canman63 wrote:

The gals I hang with INSIST on paying half.

Well, I've been eating pop corns all evening reading this interesting thread, being swayed away by stories of zillionaires spending only 5% of their monthly money to live da life in Asia, to stories of out of control Vietnamese ladies desperately wanting a piece of some foreigner's meat, but the story of a Vietnamese woman insisting on paying half just can't be computed by my brain. It's a concept beyond my comprehension and if I keep on trying to make sense of it it might leave a permanent left hemisphere scar.

That being said, I agree that Canadian men are irresistible and no other man from any other country can compete with our cutiness. Australians certainly don't stand a chance because they've got that weird accent, Americans voted for Trump and English men drink tea with milk.