Keith+Phuong
Australian expat in Vietnam
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Australian
Lives in Nha Trang
Speaks English
Registration: 12 August 2020
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
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How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
then you changed the story and insisted that: No, as i said in my post for lunch we just eat pho Bo or something like that or Bun Cha 100,000 -150,000 max for lunch,.You also wrote that you "only eat at normal restaurants", then you ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
More items to add and subtract: 3.5M (pool and utilities) + 1M (levies) + 1.2M (tips) = 5.7M. Let's round it up to 6M. If we subtract 6M from 26M, you'll have 20M left, but if we subtract 6M from 29M, then you'll have 23M ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
Ok, Im confused, what are you spending 40 million a month on. You say your food bill is around 700k a day, so where is the other 19 million a month going?I guess Petrol , swimming pool and Gym fees,( we live on a condotel ,but have to pay levies and ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
No, as i said in my post for lunch we just eat pho Bo or something like that or Bun Cha 100,000 -150,000 max for lunch, We don't eat a lot i am 74 and my wife is a fitness fanatic.Ok, Im confused, what are you spending 40 million a month on. You ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
At a glance, I couldn't understand how you spend 40M (without rent) and still have to watch your money. Then I read again and saw that you spend 550k per meal, twice a day, 30 days a month. Am I correct? If that's the case, then your food ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
Even if you eat out every day, would you and your wife pay 1.1M day in and day out? Most people don't even pay half of that when they eat out two meals a day.No, as i said in my post for lunch we just eat pho Bo or something like that or Bun ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
So let's be clear about the math: Over any 4-year period there is an average of 30.4375 days in a month. So you are spending ₫16,740,625 VNĐ per month just for dinners. Based on other comments you've made, I'm guessing you ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
It looks like i have upset a lot of people, just to make you really unhappy, I have lived in Vietnam for 13 years with just my local Vietnam wife ,no children. I transfer AUS$2100 ,currently about 35 mil when i change it at a gold shop, every month ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
I had to like this post just for introducing us to the concept of kangaroo sausages for breakfast. :DThey do exist. I used to eat skippy about 35 years ago, it was fantastic.Kangaroo meat is quit easy to get in Sydney ,Oz, I like the sausages, but ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
Hi Robbo65, I think to live "well" in Vietnam you will need at minimum 30,000,000, I really do not know how any one can live" well"on 15,000,000 ,yes you can live on 15,000,000, but you would have to get an inexpensive apartment ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
Hi Robbo65, I think to live "well" in Vietnam you will need at minimum 30,000,000, I really do not know how any one can live" well"on 15,000,000 ,yes you can live on 15,000,000, but you would have to get an inexpensive apartment ... Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
We always eat out with the family, meaning always Vietnamese food in mom and pop restaurants, but since I'm partial to good and authentic Italian cuisine, my husband and I go to Luca on Phan Chu Trinh for our dates. The owner is Italian (now ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
The police inspect hotel registration books periodically (I don't know how often). In between inspections, it's the hotels' duty to inform the police if they're suspicious of the guests or the guests' passports. If you're ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
Thank you Ciambella: For the great information , My wife is a very clever girl ,but lazy she reads the law and interoperates it for me very well . But most of the time i have to ask more than twice and it often ends in an argument. Read More
How is Quy Nhon as a place to live as a retiree by Dennis Thomas
Hi everyone new member here Retired 65 from USA been living in the Philippines last 4 yrs. My pension is 1400 usd a month. I find I must live in the smaller providence cities here, cant afford Cebu or Manila, that have more to offer. ...
Thirty million is enough to live well anywhere in VN as long as you're not extravagant as Colin said above. Aside from personal obligations, my husband and I live on 20M - 23M -- and we don't skim on anything. But same as Colin, we ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
You don't need to register while travelling (including camping and staying with friends for a couple of nights -- except during the first phrase of Covid) because you're already registered at your temporary residence. Hotels, however, have ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
You register once for the period of legal stay as indicated in your passport. When your TRC indicates that you can stay for 3 years and your passport stamp shows the same validity date, then you register once before that period ends. If you move ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
Again, no one uses agents for VEC extension unless he thinks 3 short visits to Immigration is too much of a hassle. You could even shorten future visits to twice each time if you buy more than one copy of NA5 at your first visit, or print out extra ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
I may have misread you (or not.) Did you intend to apply for the TRC while in AU, or simply to get all the paperwork together? I know that logic seldom has much function with immigration, but doesn't it seem reasonable that you must be ... Read More
"A Great Country for Old Men"? by OceanBeach92107
What do you think? [url=https://ampe.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-remains-a-great-country-for-old-men-4215940.html]Vietnam remains a great country for old men - VN Express[/url]
I am confused. :/ Was this addressed to particular person or to some generic 50+ woman.He's 74 and talking to himself! Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
Even if he's Vietnamese Australian, he's still a foreigner and wouldn't have his name in the family book at all. I have a feeling that his relatives never registered his stay. If they did, he would've had a stamped form showing the ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
i forget the exact differences, but to my recollection, there were pluses and minusesShorter term for TRC (2 or 3 years depending on the province where you apply) vs. 5 years for VEC. However, TRC has no 6 month border run (or extension) ... Read More
Dangerous theft in my apt room by Adam2005
I want to get expat feedback about a very bad experience. Last month professional thief climbed up the building and entered my room through sliding window at around 3:45am, took away my cellphone, laptop, and handbag while I was sleeping. In my bag ...
Tristanriabo , Carrying your passport on your person at all times ,would have to be less safe than leaving it in your home or Hotel room surely! , Especially if you are still in "the city of thieves" as Naples is know as, I have been Rob ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
You're allowed to extend your VEC (it's a Visa Exemption Certificate, so technically, it's not a "spousal visa") without leaving the country the same way as it was before Covid. You'll need to show that you're ... Read More
Temporary Residence Card ??? What is it good for ???? by findvietnam
Hello Every Body I hope your guy is winning !!! my joke What are the rules , thoughts and reasons to get a Temporary Residence Card for Vietnam ???? Can you work ?? Health care options ?? More hassle less hassle ?? I am just asking , I am ...
You're allowed to extend your VEC (it's a Visa Exemption Certificate, so technically, it's not a "spousal visa") without leaving the country the same way as it was before Covid. You'll need to show that you're ... Read More
"A Great Country for Old Men"? by OceanBeach92107
What do you think? [url=https://ampe.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-remains-a-great-country-for-old-men-4215940.html]Vietnam remains a great country for old men - VN Express[/url]
May be i exaggerated about Private Hospitals being five star hotels, what i meant was they look good compared to Vietnamese hospitals for locals. i have lived in Vietnam for 13 years in Hanoi and Nha Trang, The first Hospital in Hanoi i went into to ... Read More
Transferwise by sgndep
Hi guys, A question about transferwise. Is it possible to receive a payment from Europe in euro and then send to my local bank. Or safer to let my Vietnam partner do all the admin and then transfer to her account. She's a Vietnam national. ...
The banking system here is anti foreigner. They claim its to stop money laundering, what a friggin joke. There are a 1000 locals here to every expat and they are worried about us.We know the fears and the real reason the government worry about ... Read More
"A Great Country for Old Men"? by OceanBeach92107
What do you think? [url=https://ampe.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-remains-a-great-country-for-old-men-4215940.html]Vietnam remains a great country for old men - VN Express[/url]
Thigv ,Difficult situation for you, but you make a lot of sense, I personally from experience don't rate the private hospitals in Vietnam, they are just five star hotels, the better doctors are in the locals hospitals ( i call their Hospitals ... Read More
Transferwise by sgndep
Hi guys, A question about transferwise. Is it possible to receive a payment from Europe in euro and then send to my local bank. Or safer to let my Vietnam partner do all the admin and then transfer to her account. She's a Vietnam national. ...
Sorry honem ,i meant to attach this to your message ,but messed up. I do not understand ,have you tried to put dollars or Dong into your Transferwise account from Australia or from Vietnam?. I know nothing about NAPAS, but many years ago i had an ... Read More
Transferwise by sgndep
Hi guys, A question about transferwise. Is it possible to receive a payment from Europe in euro and then send to my local bank. Or safer to let my Vietnam partner do all the admin and then transfer to her account. She's a Vietnam national. ...
Hi All as a comparison , I normally transfer Aus$2000 from my ANZ bank in Sydney to my Vietcombank Australian dollar account , It cost me Aus$23 at the ANZ bank, The money is in the Vietcom bank next morning every time, ,Vietcombank take about ... Read More
Visa extensions by Guest2023
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Thank you THIGV for your information and insight, i thought along the same lines as yourself , thanks again for easing my concerns, always liked what you have to say. BTW I have been on Expat for many years not since August 2020 as my profile ... Read More
Visa extensions by Guest2023
Latest information. [url=http://news.chinhphu.vn/Home/Free-stay-permit-waivers-extended-until-November-30/202010/41962.vgp]Extensions[/url]
I to wonder!, I am here on a VEC, i have lived in Vietnam for 13 Years, i am 73 and do not even like getting on a domestic flight in Vietnam at the moment . I will be the first in Line with my Vietnamese wife for the Pfizer, Moderna or Astra Zeneca ... Read More
Is the vietnamcupid dating site legit by HenryJo
I joined yesterday. Today, found my inbox swamped with messages 'from girls'. Have a slight suspicion that not all the messages may be legit. Perhaps, to temp me in to signing-up for the paid subscriptions? Can anyone using the paid ...
Hi All ,I too met my wife on Vietnam Cupid 13 years ago , it is a very good site in my opinion .Sure you meet girls with hidden agendas and prostitutes . Just like in the bars and clubs and in life in general . And like many men on this topic, i ... Read More