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@Lennerd Wow, that is a lot of stress reading that..lol  I need to ask my bank if I can use my sisters address since she will be signing an affidavit or equivalent to having access to my account in case of fraud or needing a new card, etc. So ... Read More

@jrharvey I get money out of my WISE account at ATMs in TP HCM pretty much every week. - @Lennerd There were glitches at first: it’s a savings account . . . I had to select that as that is not the default on the ATM screen. Read More

@jrharvey I get money out of my WISE account at ATMs in TP HCM pretty much every week. Read More

@callaway4000 I don’t know what the limits of inactivity are because I transfer funds at least once a month! Read More

@callaway4000, I don't KNOW the ins and outs of every banking situation.I was told that if I get a WISE account in Vietnam I wouldn't get an ATM card with the account. Thus, I was advised to get a WISE account in the USA, which I did. Conveniently, ... Read More

@callaway4000, I can't tell you what the best thing to do is; I can only tell you what I do and that it's working for me.I have all my income direct-deposited into a Schwab account in the USA. I transfer money as I need it to a WISE account for ... Read More

@Mac68 There are multiple stories on VN Express about terrifying flooding, storm related. Ít is widely acknowledged that the typhoons that rake Philippines often go on to hit the mainland of Central and Northern Vietnam and Southern China ... Read More

Hi @Donald Sawatzki, I am living in Ho Chi Minh City.You don't say what the level of disability you're living with, so like Aidan in HCMC I can't give you maybe the exact piece of information you're looking for.I am in my third year of living in Ho ... Read More

This article says similar has been seen in Vietnam, including in the South. Yikes.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/world/asia/laos-wasp-attack-father-son.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zE8.qR2K.TyZP4qlccVLU&smid=url-share Read More

@dlewis516I have done that visa run to that location twice now. The first time I waited ~3 hours. The second time I waited 2 hours and 20 minutes and paying close attention, too.Between drinking coffee, chatting with fellow travelers, and reading my ... Read More

A priest, a politician, and an engineer are condemned to death and are queued up by the guillotine.The priest is slated to go first and the exchange goes like this:Executioner [to priest]: Would you like to go face down or face up?Priest: I want to ... Read More

This is an absolutely useless and waste of time thread. It wouldn't matter what answer anyone gives here, the response would be a "what-about-ism".This is the kind of senseless thread that develops on this forum when someone is looking for a way to ... Read More

@OceanBeach92107Kinder, wiser words have not been spoken. I'm referring to our guy who, by his own admission, sat on the front stoop drinking as the neighbors feed his wife the truth about what a deadbeat he is.My $0.02 worth.First, those 90 days of ... Read More

I know its a long shot but is anyone at all aware of a US registered notary living in Saigon. Im selling my home in the US. I know the US embassy is an option but I have closing documents that require a wet seal and notarization from both myself and ... Read More

This is an absolutely useless and waste of time thread. It wouldn't matter what answer anyone gives here, the response would be a "what-about-ism".This is the kind of senseless thread that develops on this forum when someone is looking for a way to ... Read More