chalface
Irish expat in Vietnam
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13
About me
Irish
Lives in ho chi minh
Registration: 28 July 2012
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5 months of overstay - 2 passports - SO MANY QUESTIONS!! ^_^ by -jag-
Hello. I am in quite a sticky situation and was wondering if anyone here could answer my questions... My tourist visa expired about 5 months ago. At that time, I was supposed to exit and re-enter the country when renewing it, but I didn't have any ...
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Looking for best place in HCMC for American family of 6 to live by joneslb
Will move my family from the USA in the next month and a half. Would be interested in advise on the best place for an American family to live. Want to be in a multicultural area, but with large US contingent. Husband and wife + a 19 year old, 14 ...
"multicultural area, but with large US contingent" good to see you plan to get into the soft yet gritty underbelly of vietnam...LOL phu my hung is for pussies with money who cant handle saigon proper....lots of well heeled asians with golf visors ... Read More
Top notices for Vietnam visa by vietnamvisaexpress
Getting a Visa to Vietnam is now easier than ever before. However, it is better to get yourself well prepared under any circumstances to avoid any unexpected problems you may face. Here are a few tips that should be taken into account before ...
My experience in vietnam is you just take whatever shit the powers that be throw at you and grin and bear it...i doubt you are going to get anywhere trying to get that 30 day thing changed to a 90 day thing. Just put it down to experience and the ... Read More
Top notices for Vietnam visa by vietnamvisaexpress
Getting a Visa to Vietnam is now easier than ever before. However, it is better to get yourself well prepared under any circumstances to avoid any unexpected problems you may face. Here are a few tips that should be taken into account before ...
Actually mate it used to way easier to get a visa about 4 or 5 years ago. back then you could get a 6 month multiple entry visa for 45 dollars and extend it as many times as you wanted no questions asked. Last vietnam visa i got was 3 months ... Read More
Import tax for used bicycles by sygon
Hello I will be moving to HCMC soon, and was thinking of taking a used bicycle with me. Does anyone know if I will have to pay import tax, if I take it on the plane with me? How is the tax calculated? Would I have to pay import tax if I post the ...
yeah sorry..i know vietnam makes bikes as well...martins and such I was sort of trying to say most bikes available in vietnam arent very good quality...and not being very good quality sort of makes me think of china..thus i said "crap from ... Read More
Import tax for used bicycles by sygon
Hello I will be moving to HCMC soon, and was thinking of taking a used bicycle with me. Does anyone know if I will have to pay import tax, if I take it on the plane with me? How is the tax calculated? Would I have to pay import tax if I post the ...
Hi, I think that any baggage does not have any tax. Every time I go, I bring the maximum weight in my suitcases full of gifts for my wife's relatives. Anyway, you can buy bicycles in Vietnam anyway. They are cheap, and if they break, then you can ... Read More
Import tax for used bicycles by sygon
Hello I will be moving to HCMC soon, and was thinking of taking a used bicycle with me. Does anyone know if I will have to pay import tax, if I take it on the plane with me? How is the tax calculated? Would I have to pay import tax if I post the ...
my 2 cents worth... whenever anyone sends me anything from abroad to vietnam I get a bus to cambodia to recieve it, then bring whatever the aforementioned stuff is back as personal luggage. A guy sent me a 30 kilo box with a whole manner of crap ... Read More
DRIVING: Proof of vehicle rental/owner's consent needed NOW! by Jaitch
Any person, including Foreigners, driving a vehicle of which they are not the registered owner will be not fined under a new decree, provided they can prove they have rented or use such vehicles with consent, the Ministry of Public Security has ...
The government ought to know that traffic fines are usually an unofficial 100,00 or 200,000 fine that goes in the policeman's own pocket, not in the governments pocket..i know cos its happened to me twice. I thinks its much more for cars. The ... Read More
Saving Cat tien National forest by Giangle
Hi All, A part of Cat tien national park near Ho Chi Minh city is going to be destroyed for the hydroelectric project. If it is built, it surely destroy the animals'inhabitant and neighboring people, HCMC is also affected. we are now trying to ...
13 nuclear power stations planned eh? its great to see vietnamese have learned from the yukashima and chernobyl examples...great stuff guys....no one can accuse you of blindly copying the west in any way shape or form,..a truly independant ... Read More
What do expats think about Vietnamese? by kelly_middlenice
Hello everyone, I am a Vietnamese. I am working in a multinational company. I am creating this topic to hear from you guys-the expats. What do you think about Vietnamese?Some may feel bad,some may feel good. Feel free to raise your voice. We are ...
vietnamese people are okay in general...i do have a problem with people borrowing money and not paying it back..i am owed over 100 million in total and even now people ask me to borrow money and get angry when i explain that i am already owed 100 ... Read More
What do expats think about Vietnamese? by kelly_middlenice
Hello everyone, I am a Vietnamese. I am working in a multinational company. I am creating this topic to hear from you guys-the expats. What do you think about Vietnamese?Some may feel bad,some may feel good. Feel free to raise your voice. We are ...
For example...One time I was talking on yahoo with my VN friend. She is only 23, she speaks perfect English, has a very nice University degree, has a very nice job as well, all-in-all a well-educated girl and very smart too. At that time we had ... Read More
Having packages sent to VN. by Buzzer
I ordered a sensor cleaning kit for my camera (bout $100 worth of a good kit) and naturally, it arrived about two hours after my plane set off for HCMC. I'd be getting it sent from Ireland, just wondering what it's like getting packages sent to ...
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Having packages sent to VN. by Buzzer
I ordered a sensor cleaning kit for my camera (bout $100 worth of a good kit) and naturally, it arrived about two hours after my plane set off for HCMC. I'd be getting it sent from Ireland, just wondering what it's like getting packages sent to ...
i find recieving stuff in vietnam to be a pain in the ass and now prefer to run across to cambodia to recieve packages. I just dont like being treated in a substandard way and i take offence at strangers opening my stuff and poking around in ... Read More