Will be living in HCMC for 6 months

Member since 21 December 2023

kimlegMember21 December 2023 22:54:16

Hello, my name is Kim Lê. I’m going to HCMC for five months and a half starting January 2024. I will be there for my studies (engineering school).

I am French, but half vietnamese (I can talk but not read or write). Just signed up on this website to find some useful informations !

THIGV ViP

Member since 26 September 2012

THIGVViP22 December 2023 00:39:49

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I can talk but not read or write.

-@kimleg

I expect that you will be reading before long. Just riding around on a motorbike exposes you to a lot of commercial signage. I know that I fairly quickly learned a fair number of words that I have no idea how to pronounce, but you will figure them out right away. It's pretty much a list of nouns. but for you it should expand quickly. The University of Hawaii teaches a one semester course in reading just for second generation young people like yourself. Before long you will be writing letters to your parents in Tiếng Việt.

By the way your English skills seem pretty solid too. You may find the fellows in HCMC fairly persistent but it's likely that they want to speak English with you and not French. One of my English teachers was a Viet-French young lady who found it easier to find work teaching English. Good luck in school.

<--- I think that's a boxing glove for you.

Bhavna Team

Member since 01 June 2015

BhavnaTeam22 December 2023 02:09:25

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@kimleg

Hello and welcome Kim Lê !

I have created this new thread on the Ho Chi Minh City forum from your post so that you may interact with members. It might ease your search for info.

All the best

Bhavna