Can You REALLY Live On $1000 A Month In Vietnam? Cost Of Living in Vietnam

In this video we talk about the cost of living in Vietnam with a detailed breakdown and many examples of prices in different categories. 📕 Teaching English in Vietnam salary & start-up costs guide: ninjateacher.com/free-guide
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Vietnamese food restaurant prices
3:49 Grocery shopping
6:50 Accommodation
12:26 Transportation
15:08 Gyms
15:52 Mobile phone
16:34 What I spent in a week on food
23:06 The “Budget” budget
24:19 International food restaurant prices
24:57 The “Balanced” budget
27:01 The “Baller” budget
29:00 Summary
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  • @AlphaSniperAcademy
    @AlphaSniperAcademy3 ай бұрын

    Having been through the Ninja Teacher process and living in Vietnam, I can safely assure you, no matter what you earn you will NEVER go hungry. The variety of tastes and the affordability of the food is exceptional and to this day, there is no other place in the world I return to more often than Vietnam. Thank you, Alex

  • @ninja.teacher

    @ninja.teacher

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear that! You're most welcome.

  • @giaole5532
    @giaole553211 ай бұрын

    As a Vietnamese living in the US, I miss Vietnamese food very much. The Vietnamese food in US is not as delicious as the food in VN. I pay 15$ for a bowl of Pho over here but it tastes nothing compared to a 2$ Pho in VN.😮‍💨

  • @TRAN_HOANG_DUY_TAN_1995

    @TRAN_HOANG_DUY_TAN_1995

    11 ай бұрын

    Phở 0,8$ đô thôi =20k vnd là giá trung bình thường gặp

  • @kaitlynthaopham4106

    @kaitlynthaopham4106

    11 ай бұрын

    😱

  • @pl640

    @pl640

    11 ай бұрын

    @@TRAN_HOANG_DUY_TAN_1995phở ở đâu 20k?

  • @hoangphung86

    @hoangphung86

    11 ай бұрын

    @@pl640 chắc mua phở gói ăn liền + nửa lạng thịt bò

  • @TRAN_HOANG_DUY_TAN_1995

    @TRAN_HOANG_DUY_TAN_1995

    11 ай бұрын

    @@pl640 à chắc tao nhầm phở giá 2 triệu chứ làm gì có phở 20k đâu nhỉ😏😏😏

  • @udishomer5852
    @udishomer585211 ай бұрын

    Great video, very informative. A few additional costs not mentioned here: 1. "Stuff": clothes, shoes, a mobile phone, a laptop, household items, etc. For me its ~$800 a year on average (~$70 per month). 2. Home country/family visits: Even if you only go once a year its quite expensive. Roughly $1,000 for me (~$80 per month). 3. Health insurance: If you're young and healthy, maybe $50 per month, if you're in your seventies it may go up to $500 per month, maybe more. 4. Home internet (fiber/broadband) 5. Toiletries and cleaning products. In my case I also pay someone to clean my apartment once a week. 6. Cable/Netflix/Disney+/Amazon Video/Spotify etc 7. Vacations: If you ever go on vacations it will add up. You can stay in Vietnam as it will be cheaper, but many people will also want to visit Thailand, Cambodia (Angkor Wat), Korea, Taiwan, maybe even Japan.

  • @fs5775

    @fs5775

    11 ай бұрын

    very helpful additional info, thanks

  • @ravenlorans

    @ravenlorans

    8 ай бұрын

    You Forget that even Your List is Your List.. 1. "Stuff" is As Needed!, 2. Not everyone there has any there. 3. Health Insurance, Not everyone Needs it or it's provided to them by the VA and they pay for it. 4. Agree because I Refuse to Own a Cellphone. 5. As Needed. 6. If you have Internet, ALL Movies are FREE! If you know what you are doing and IS Legal... So NOT Needed. 7. You are On Permanent Vacation. Unless like Him, you bring your work with you.. and Why would you do that? His List is for Living in the City, Live Outside the City and these Costs could be Halved and have a Better Life doing so.. I live in Florida on a Budget of $555 a Month because I OWN My Land, Truck, Motorcycle and MY Bills are MY Bills Not my Neighbors who are paying Well Over that and are also Single like me.. If I live In Town, My Costs Goes Up by a Good $150+ a Month.. No Thank You!

  • @gulfstream7235

    @gulfstream7235

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ravenlorans Calm down dear....

  • @user-sf2xd2np5b

    @user-sf2xd2np5b

    4 ай бұрын

    Hospital costs in Vietnam are cheaper than buying life insurance

  • @drakausdromgatti58
    @drakausdromgatti589 ай бұрын

    I lost my wallet in the ocean of Vietnam once... I lived for free for one month. I met a wonderful Viet family took me in that didnt have much. They absolutely refused payment when the time came. If my father didnt get sick with cancer I would have never came back.

  • @samuri2011

    @samuri2011

    3 ай бұрын

    🥺🥺🥺💚💚💚💚

  • @Jack_the_rider

    @Jack_the_rider

    2 ай бұрын

    That must be a once-in-a-lifetime experience❤

  • @ocmanga5685

    @ocmanga5685

    Ай бұрын

    Luôn có một gia đình chờ bạn trở về. Khi bạn cảm thấy mệt mỏi hay chán nản, hãy đến Việt Nam. Mảnh đất này không phải mảnh đất cho bạn niềm vui, nhưng nó chắc chắn mang lại hạnh phúc, giá trị tinh thần.

  • @leigh7507
    @leigh750711 ай бұрын

    Very easy to live on around 20 million a month here. The only months where I've spent 30 million is the months when I went eating at western places and drinking more than 3 times a week. Home cooking or eating local will save you an absolute fortune over the course of the year.

  • @linhtaquang4098
    @linhtaquang409811 ай бұрын

    street food so healthy here with alot of greens and herbes. You can eat 3 times/day outside for 3S/day 5$ with cold drinks. So 3*30=90$/month for food, no need to cook yourself. You can save that cooking time to enjoy another stuffs.

  • @ptiaptia7347

    @ptiaptia7347

    23 күн бұрын

    That is so truth!!

  • @guitarist192
    @guitarist19211 ай бұрын

    Cost of living in HCMC is subjective for locals vs foreigners. You spend more when you make more money. a) When I was a student, the living cost in Tan Binh, HCMC for everything was around 3.5M VND ~ $150. I rent a new small room (3x3m) with a small mezzanine in Tay Thanh, HCMC for just $50 a month. Shared internet cost me $1-2. I cooked the food myself. No doctor, no medicine, $2-5 on clothes... Sometimes, I could live on $100 a month ($50 renting, $50 on everything else) b) When I was working as a software dev, I rent a very good apartment with 2 bedrooms (3x3.5 m each), 2 toilets, and 1 big master room in Au co street, Tan Binh for 5,5M VND. The address was: "QJPV+9V4, Khu Bàu Cát 2 Đường Số 1, Phường 10, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam" - We had 3 people shared the apartment. So, it was 5,5M VND ------ $232/3 = $77 (The renting price now is less than 7M VND ~ $295/3 people = $98) - Food / Eating out: 100k * 30 days = 3M VND --------------------------------------------- = $126.76 (If you can cook then it will be way more cheaper) - Entertainment: 1M VND ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- = $42.25 - Drinks: 30K * 26 days = 780k VND ------------------------------------------------------------- = $32.96 - Shopping (Sometimes): 500k VND ------------------------------------------------------------ = $21.13 - Gasoline: 300k VND ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- = $12.68 - Internet FPT 300k VND (1Gbps/s) ---------------------------------------------- $12.68/3 = $4.3 - See a doctor (Sometimes): 70k ------------------------------------------------------------------ = $2.96 - Medicine (Sometimes): 180k VND ------------------------------------------------------------- = $7.61 So, the living cost of office workers in Saigon is around $328. A junior software developer made from $300 - $900 NET in HCMC. A senior software developer made $800 - $3000. Everything is cheaper if you are a Vietnamese :) It could be more expensive for foreigners because they don't know how to bargain when renting a room

  • @goldenhippie1984

    @goldenhippie1984

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @tulongvuong6879

    @tulongvuong6879

    4 ай бұрын

    Review đỉnh

  • @Just_passing_through23

    @Just_passing_through23

    4 ай бұрын

    Plus maybe we foreigners come with money from their country so they don’t have to budget everything, they want a more relaxed lifestyle and they don’t mind paying

  • @user-sf2xd2np5b

    @user-sf2xd2np5b

    4 ай бұрын

    Việt Nam mình ham vui ồn ào nên thích thuê ở chung chứ người nước ngoài họ thích riêng tư yên tĩnh nên thuê ở riêng một mình một căn

  • @fs5775
    @fs577511 ай бұрын

    Your most valuable video yet !! This is definitely what I needed before my move there. THANK YOU !! Beautifully produced video, too. Very professional production.

  • @jodimuse18
    @jodimuse1811 ай бұрын

    ❤ after 2 years in, I ate western 5X. 5 regret. I don't eat Vietnamese because of budget. I don't need to. I eat it because it's one of the best cuisines on the globe! I've shopped the markets, I've been blessed by my local friends to show me how to cook it. ❤ I'm back in Canada 🇨🇦 now and I'm dying😂 it's a food desert compared to VN❤❤❤

  • @TrungNguyen-ul8gm

    @TrungNguyen-ul8gm

    9 ай бұрын

    Me too! But I concluded V food is very good! no need to try world food!

  • @namtrng8479
    @namtrng847910 ай бұрын

    1000$ ~ 23 mil VND, that's a dream salary for a lot of Vietnamese. Workers take home around 300$ a month is pretty common.

  • @hongdang4630

    @hongdang4630

    6 ай бұрын

    Your are absolutely right.

  • @AlphaSniperAcademy

    @AlphaSniperAcademy

    3 ай бұрын

    Indeed. My teaching assistants taught me a lot about living like a local. They showed me where they eat and shop. My costs were decreased significantly. However, at times you do feel really guilty when you earn as much as you do as a teacher. I was clearing around 40 million VND or more most months but I would happily give them a "performance bonus" when I worked with them. Hardest working people I have ever met.

  • @joehavermann7729

    @joehavermann7729

    25 күн бұрын

    @@AlphaSniperAcademy Interesting, and very kind of you. How much would you give them as a bonus?

  • @AlphaSniperAcademy

    @AlphaSniperAcademy

    25 күн бұрын

    @joehavermann7729 about 1 million a month is what I could afford at the time depending on how many lessons I did with them. When I earned more, and could secure more lessons, I raised it to 1.5 million

  • @jennyle9435
    @jennyle943511 ай бұрын

    I have a friend who live on USA but he lie ti his boss that he live in USA but working from vietnam for 6 months and get big salary from his company live like a king in vietnam 😊

  • @leongregory8428

    @leongregory8428

    29 күн бұрын

    Haha smart man

  • @MinhTran-od3dy
    @MinhTran-od3dy9 ай бұрын

    Wonderful, so informative, lots of research and editing, big thank.

  • @CullenTravels
    @CullenTravels2 ай бұрын

    Your travel tips are invaluable for anyone planning their own journey. Thanks for being such a helpful guide!

  • @Facts.Are.Straight
    @Facts.Are.Straight2 ай бұрын

    Very valuable info to encourage one becoming decisive. Thank You!

  • @livelife1899
    @livelife18997 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this informative video! I just returned to the states after two weeks in Vietnam (and experiencing withdrawals). Loved all of the food & hospitality there!

  • @sheepshearer2705
    @sheepshearer27056 ай бұрын

    Great information. Really appreciate your hard work making these videos. ❤🙏👍

  • @mattg9085
    @mattg908511 ай бұрын

    This video was exactly what i was looking for. Thank you!

  • @fs5775

    @fs5775

    11 ай бұрын

    me too !!

  • @bookrampage
    @bookrampage9 ай бұрын

    Amazing video. Very informative.

  • @ossian11
    @ossian119 күн бұрын

    Great information. Thanks for all your detailed work.

  • @apassionfortravelling3280
    @apassionfortravelling328011 ай бұрын

    Fantastic video. Greatly appreciated

  • @SelamawitTsegay
    @SelamawitTsegay2 ай бұрын

    that was amazing job bro... i really needed this video, thanks

  • @caucasianasian4111
    @caucasianasian4111Ай бұрын

    That was an AMAZING video! Thank you so much, it was very HELPFUL!🙏❤️🙏

  • @LamNguyen-qb4ic
    @LamNguyen-qb4ic11 ай бұрын

    Thank you Alex. I plan to apply teaching in Vietnam next year.

  • @leehnguyen7427

    @leehnguyen7427

    10 ай бұрын

    Seeing that but the truth is not so. The leadership is very bad and dirty, you can prove that the places I go to the cities, the street corners are unhygienic, the food I don't dare to eat because of the food processing toxic chemicals, people who just came to live they don't know but after living there for a long time, now they know..that’s all i can say it is not what i heard.

  • @John_DaMan
    @John_DaMan11 ай бұрын

    Do more of these types of these videos, also i like the new editing style

  • @fs5775

    @fs5775

    11 ай бұрын

    it's super professional

  • @NathanDuong2023
    @NathanDuong202311 ай бұрын

    Ninja Teacher - Thank you for your video - informative.

  • @lidvids
    @lidvidsАй бұрын

    Great Information David

  • @shahzadkheros
    @shahzadkheros11 ай бұрын

    great video!

  • @davidj7516
    @davidj75162 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your time and posting.

  • @mikem3789
    @mikem37893 ай бұрын

    Great video! Very informative

  • @georgeschahoud7160
    @georgeschahoud71606 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot for this wonderful video.

  • @phuongngo1062
    @phuongngo106211 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Very informative indeed. Much, much cheaper than staying with my relatives 🙂.

  • @charlesstanfa3969
    @charlesstanfa39694 ай бұрын

    Excellent video, I am a new subscriber 😊

  • @George-ux3qd
    @George-ux3qd11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for that good Video.

  • @gymrat9072
    @gymrat90723 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video I enjoyed it.

  • @aaronaround
    @aaronaround11 ай бұрын

    Yes you absolutely can! I did. 👍

  • @cigar401
    @cigar40110 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Very informative

  • @owitYcom
    @owitYcom9 ай бұрын

    awesome video!!!

  • @sairamkatam2534
    @sairamkatam253411 ай бұрын

    excellent video !

  • @jeffpope7811
    @jeffpope78112 ай бұрын

    Well done smart & intelligent! ❤

  • @LiftedJourneys
    @LiftedJourneys5 ай бұрын

    Very informative video! Soon, I will also travel to Vietnam and am already curious about the costs of gyms 🤔:)

  • @SlowlyMotivate
    @SlowlyMotivate11 ай бұрын

    Good video

  • @granger9967
    @granger996711 ай бұрын

    A good video.Thank Alex😂

  • @legitgirlbabe
    @legitgirlbabe10 ай бұрын

    Thank you for laying everything out and categorizing Budget vs Baller so we don’t just question other people’s estimate!

  • @martingarcia3787
    @martingarcia3787Ай бұрын

    Amazing 👏

  • @justinenglish3660
    @justinenglish366011 ай бұрын

    Seriously in-depth professional video - best in class!

  • @ninja.teacher

    @ninja.teacher

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @johnnyray777
    @johnnyray7778 ай бұрын

    Nice job

  • @samuelevawere7136
    @samuelevawere71363 ай бұрын

    Nice video

  • @xtnguyen7760
    @xtnguyen77609 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for a well informative cost of living nowadays in VN. I'm living in the US currently and very much interested in teaching English in Vietnam, please advised me where to started. Once again thanks so much and hope to hear from you.

  • @georgep1358
    @georgep135810 ай бұрын

    Great and informative video Alex. Are there job options in the real estate world there?

  • @dzuyle2000
    @dzuyle20009 ай бұрын

    Wuz upp... great video sign me up Scotty

  • @jonwear9791
    @jonwear97913 ай бұрын

    Living a simple life that is easy, affordable, and stress-free.👍💖

  • @vietnammg
    @vietnammg9 ай бұрын

    Some other nice things: - Many banks have free overdraft protection, and with no minimum balance - Zero fee money transfer for all banks - It doesn't cost you to receive messages and phone calls - Airport luggage carts are free - All utilities are sold by the government (scarcity exists, but there won't be any price hike)

  • @WanderingWolf365
    @WanderingWolf3656 ай бұрын

    Locals live on $75-$100 USD a month so of course you can. - WW

  • @noahdoesgaming21
    @noahdoesgaming213 ай бұрын

    Family and I are moving there in a year or so cant wait.

  • @fallenf1owers
    @fallenf1owers11 ай бұрын

    Living there for that long, any plans for learning to speak the language. I’ve watch many KZreadrs living there only a couple years and speaking very well, it’s hard at first but you will be amazed how quickly you can learn. Also once you speak the language, you will be surprised how you can blend in with the locals and have a friendly interactions. Cheers

  • @ninja.teacher

    @ninja.teacher

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes, I’m taking lessons again recently. I’ve been running our TEFL academy so it hasn’t been my top priority but I agree with your points about the benefits so I’m making an effort again.

  • @dannyboi7572
    @dannyboi757211 ай бұрын

    I am loving your videos so much. They are really helping me make the decision to start teaching and moving over there. I'm from South Africa and this is really the time to make the move. Is there any way I can make contact with you to ask questions.

  • @ninja.teacher

    @ninja.teacher

    11 ай бұрын

    Helping people start teaching English in Vietnam is what we do. :) You can check out ninjateacher.com to see the options we offer to assist people with getting started and you can get in touch there too.

  • @HogbergPhotography
    @HogbergPhotography2 ай бұрын

    Me and my partner live on around $1500 TOGETHER in Sweden. In Vietnam you should be able to live a good life on $350-$500 per person easily. Your priorities must be really off if living cheap is the goal..

  • @YourLocalBomber
    @YourLocalBomber2 ай бұрын

    literally said you would compare food in 3 categories and only did one haha was waiting to take notes

  • @ChrisBGramz4u
    @ChrisBGramz4u28 күн бұрын

    As a minimalist, I am living nicely in Vietnam on $500 dollars a month. I rent a small house with a large yard in the country for $50. Housing outside the cities is much less.

  • @delfin7461
    @delfin74619 ай бұрын

    Alex, is that veggie buffet in Saigon or Da Nang??? Looks great!!!

  • @heathmcintyre8900
    @heathmcintyre890011 ай бұрын

    Thank you SO SO much for the effort and detail you put into your videos!! Can I ask how good the online shopping is in Vietnam? Like is there a version of takealot?😄 I would hope to buy an Airfryer for example!:)

  • @ninja.teacher

    @ninja.teacher

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes! There are several options like Lazada and Tiki that offer online shopping with fast delivery times.

  • @heathmcintyre8900

    @heathmcintyre8900

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ninja.teacher ah amazing thank you so much!!

  • @alannatolentino5513
    @alannatolentino551328 күн бұрын

    Thank you for a very detail break down! My 70 years old dad is retired and wants to move back to VN, a friend said he won't make it with $800/M. I'm more comfortable letting my dad make the move after watching your video, my dad and his siblings have 2 houses in VN so he doesn't have to pay rent, and can live of his little retirement income. Thanks again!

  • @coachdms
    @coachdms8 ай бұрын

    In Vietnam : the high budget would go a a decent /safe areas rental lodging - other than that groceries/local market/street foods are super cheap (the price of McDonald's , Chic fil A , Starbucks ect. would afford you a entire day of food in VN )

  • @timpham3200
    @timpham320011 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Alex. Very informative. What about health insurance and medications expenses?

  • @giaole5532

    @giaole5532

    11 ай бұрын

    In some rich international schools as where I worked in SAIGON, they offer you free accommodation and round tickets every year to visit your home country. Every year you have 2 new year holidays, the TET Vietnamese new year in end of January and the Western new year from the end of Dec to January like in US. I recommend you apply to international schools rather than English Centers because they can offer you good paid, paid holidays, and accommodation included.

  • @thuytruong-do7xr

    @thuytruong-do7xr

    11 ай бұрын

    If you stayed in VN long enough ( over 6 months ) and your age is under 60 ,you can purchase a VNese health insurance package with cheap price ( 100-150usd for in/out -patient per year) or you can choose international health insurance up to 500usd per year. If you don’t care of health insurance , you can visit doctors with 500k per visit ( 22 usd) , for MRI service it costs 3milks ( 130usd) . It is some basic information to you.

  • @Steve-O-Resident-Expert
    @Steve-O-Resident-Expert8 ай бұрын

    I was in Danang two weeks in October 2022. The real answer is no; you can not live there on $1,000 per month unless you do not spend money on anything except food and lodging and minor entertainment. There is the VISA problem - it takes at least a one year VISA to escape the expense and disruption caused by having only a 30 day VISA - and to work full time there doesn't make any sense. $1,500 to $1,800 is what it takes or do not go, you will run out of money. I kept detailed records daily, of what I spent and this is reality. Now if you want to live in squalor or in a non modern dwelling - then be my guest, try living there on $1,000 - I give you two months maybe three including 3 VISA runs before you throw in the towel. My advice - do not go without a long term VISA - for starters

  • @KB3TLE

    @KB3TLE

    8 ай бұрын

    So true - better off in Cambodia next door. Especially over 55 have it made !

  • @machinmon.

    @machinmon.

    6 ай бұрын

    Now vn has 90 day visas

  • @retiredandhappy9258

    @retiredandhappy9258

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes, the ninety day makes it easier 🎉

  • @travellingtascha

    @travellingtascha

    5 ай бұрын

    @@machinmon.Still not long enough to get a lease for home. You’ll still be in more expensive Airbnb’s

  • @twoweeledsoto6072
    @twoweeledsoto6072Ай бұрын

    haha wow. Worth looking into for sure. Super great info! I quickly noticed portion size different from my normal fat ass portions. I end up closer to normal price after multiple plates ordered. Gyms are at least as high as here. Starbucks is still crazy in Vietnam. LOL! I skip them here and I'll skip them in Vietnam.

  • @chautiendung
    @chautiendungАй бұрын

    Great information. Thanks.😊

  • @stevenhull5025
    @stevenhull50254 ай бұрын

    I live on 1,000 in the UK let alone Vietnam.

  • @GolfdrillsNet2015
    @GolfdrillsNet201511 ай бұрын

    Great video amigo! How do most people stay legally in the country? Do you have a person to help with long term visas? Or are these apartments all month to month?

  • @matrices3987
    @matrices398711 ай бұрын

    I like your calm and non-American style.

  • @fs5775

    @fs5775

    11 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣

  • @keilnirby
    @keilnirby10 ай бұрын

    HCM is actually one of the best places in the world to be a foodie because if you want something like Turkish, French (Cocotte), Brazilian, etc. you're basically paying 1/3 of what you would in another big city. Some purists will say well it's not like XYZ back home, but there are definitely places that would be damn close and a fraction of the price you'd pay in London, New York, etc.

  • @delfin7461

    @delfin7461

    9 ай бұрын

    I lived in Saigon for 4 years and have been back in Chicago (a really good food city) for 2 years and I have to say that some of the American food I had in Saigon was better than some of the food I have had here -- I have only had Vietnamese food once because I cried about paying $14 for a bowl of mi quang and $6 for ca phe sua da!!! Coming back to Da Nang in November and can't wait for my 20k dong banh mi!!!

  • @vietdang6554
    @vietdang65548 ай бұрын

    Hi Ninja I heard the food is great and cheap but would you do a research about GMO & how they feed livestock? I watched investigations about seafood at VN they use a lot of chemicals and antibiotics so how the food safety for your health? I’m just a curious George please make another video about food safety if possible thanks

  • @warmad2596
    @warmad25968 ай бұрын

    Have not watched the video yet but when I was with my ex I was not allowed to do any shopping with the family, nor was I allowed to be around them when looking at stuff to buy until after they bought something so they didn't pay foreigner prices which was noticeable at times. If not all the time. lol

  • @Eph_2_8-9
    @Eph_2_8-911 ай бұрын

    Since this $1k is net, the actual salary will have to be higher to include taxes. So if your employer covers health, life, dental, vision insurance and offers a 401k match; you'd have to make 32M or $1,350/mo to be able to match the balanced budget and cover taxes, 5% savings, 5% 401k and a little for charitable giving. This also doesn't include any room for unexpected expenses, shopping of any kind other than food, trips, etc. Realistically this means the minimum is $1500/mo gross if you just want to live and not save or invest for the future. Long term sustainable living then becomes $2k and up... So short term, yes you can live conservatively on $1k/mo as a single person who doesn't care about travel or long term investment.

  • @SportsEntertainment.12

    @SportsEntertainment.12

    11 ай бұрын

    health care is cheap, u pay prolly 5 dollars a month. Saving account there is 7 8 %. We dont pay taxes there

  • @nocancelcultureaccepted9316

    @nocancelcultureaccepted9316

    11 ай бұрын

    Spending $1K/month in a third world slum country is outrageous.

  • @Eph_2_8-9

    @Eph_2_8-9

    11 ай бұрын

    @@nocancelcultureaccepted9316 Lol you must have either really high standards or have never been to HCMC. The quality of life there is substantially higher than in the US in a lot of ways...

  • @nocancelcultureaccepted9316

    @nocancelcultureaccepted9316

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Eph_2_8-9 Higher than in the US? Over 80% of Vietnamese would kill to migrate to anywhere else rather than Vietnam. If you happen to be a foreigner who isn’t familiar with the facts of Vietnamese culture and you live in your own bubble, you may think it’s fine. But the Vietnamese know it sucks to live in their own society because of 2 reasons: garbage and stealing.

  • @thuytruong-do7xr

    @thuytruong-do7xr

    11 ай бұрын

    @@nocancelcultureaccepted9316 I though you don’t have much time for news.

  • @van-hieuvo8208
    @van-hieuvo82082 ай бұрын

    Unless you were renting an expensive climate-controlled multiple-bedroom apartment, $1,000 is excessive. That literally lasted me four months straight.

  • @quantumeyes8546
    @quantumeyes854611 ай бұрын

    Of course you can.

  • @chautiendung
    @chautiendungАй бұрын

    No tipping required.👍😊

  • @nickgrace5363
    @nickgrace53636 ай бұрын

    $600 total U.S. dollars I think my total cost was for hotels and food everyday . September to October 2023 was for 29 days

  • @heavenlylegaspino7187
    @heavenlylegaspino718711 ай бұрын

    Mine is half of that as an expat living in VN

  • @tylerowenfit
    @tylerowenfit11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting this Alex. Had my call with Jarred and am awaiting my passport appointment before I make a deposit for the in person program! How common are calisthenic parks with pullup bars and dip bars in Hoo Chi Minh City? Do you see quite a few of them?

  • @ninja.teacher

    @ninja.teacher

    11 ай бұрын

    Nice, see you in Vietnam soon then! Some of the parks here have pull-up bars and dip bars if I remember correctly.

  • @tylerowenfit

    @tylerowenfit

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ninja.teacher Nice! And yes see you soon sir! Enjoy your day and weekend!

  • @jrok177
    @jrok1777 ай бұрын

    ofcourse you can live in vietnam with 1,000 dollars. Im sure because i'm living in New york city with 1,000 expenses a month. 500 dollars for rent and 500 dollars for food and other bills..

  • @tdm1828
    @tdm182810 ай бұрын

    Lived and worked there for 25 years. They are many great things, but the toxicity in food, water and air have driven many conscious expat family away. Hope the government will start cleaning that up soon to make it one of the most attractive travel destinations in Southeast Asia. Look at the reports and stats from the WHO on the health conditions of the people in Vietnam. My heart goes out to them. Too many silent killers.

  • @thecheekymonkey8785

    @thecheekymonkey8785

    7 ай бұрын

    Air, ground water and noise pollution is just getting worse. The country and its economy is developing at an incredible pace, but at a great cost to the environment. After 7 years I'm leaving as I'm feeling the negative effects on my health. I wouldn't recommend Vietnam to anyone to live long term. It might be cheap to live here, but the negatives far outweigh the positives.

  • @pathkris2984

    @pathkris2984

    5 ай бұрын

    @@thecheekymonkey8785 Where are you moving to? or what alternatives are you considering? Thanks.

  • @thecheekymonkey8785

    @thecheekymonkey8785

    5 ай бұрын

    @@pathkris2984 I have a shortlist of countries that I'm considering at the moment. Argentina and Romania are high on the list.

  • @pathkris2984

    @pathkris2984

    5 ай бұрын

    @@thecheekymonkey8785 Thank you for the info. Noticed Romania and Bulgaria are joining Schengen in March 2024. That makes it harder to choose these countries in the future I believe.

  • @user-we6bk8kt1s

    @user-we6bk8kt1s

    4 ай бұрын

    I have heard many stories about toxic food or how they processed food, cook it....even how they grow veggies (Rau muong for example). Once they had food poison episodes, many people ended up in ER and that is scary.

  • @dathoang2692
    @dathoang26928 ай бұрын

    holy then i am set, i retired from military $4000/mo child support 1k. my 3k is golden.

  • @pauljh6478
    @pauljh64784 ай бұрын

    Can you provide a link for the Vietnamese restaurant at the start of the video please?

  • @OhShunz
    @OhShunz10 ай бұрын

    Very interesting video. Vietnam has been high on my list to immigrate to from the USA to retire early. I liked your breakdown of the three possible lifestyles. I’d like the baller but not the food. I’d prefer to eat local food everyday if it were my choice. Still blows my mind how incredibly affordable when compared to typical western life costs.

  • @JayandSarah

    @JayandSarah

    6 ай бұрын

    It's not affordable. It's only affordable because you have foreign money. Not sure why it would be mind blowing. The incomes in western life are 10 times higher. It's probably more expensive to be fair to live in the west income to expense, than almost any other area.

  • @ares9195

    @ares9195

    6 ай бұрын

    @@JayandSarahthat’s why it’s good to live as a Westen guy in Vietnam. I’m living here 6 months and in Europe I spend on average 7000€ a month. In Vietnam I spend maximum 3000€ a month and I eat in restaurant every day

  • @JayandSarah

    @JayandSarah

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ares9195 $3000 euro a month in vietnam for 1 person? That is insane. Should be less than half that.

  • @NiklasLarssonSeglarfan
    @NiklasLarssonSeglarfan11 ай бұрын

    Agree with your survey.. I spent about 7,5 mil/month for a studio apartment in D7 (15 minutes from D1), no balcony though. And on average over 9 months i think i spent about 1000usd/month for just about everything. Sure miss being able to get streetfood outside my apartment building for 1 usd..

  • @keilnirby

    @keilnirby

    10 ай бұрын

    D7 has street food but it's tightly regulated somehow. The street that ends at Paris Baguette, Ku Pho Huong Phuoc 3, or it might be one street over, has the vendors come at after 5 I think.

  • @NiklasLarssonSeglarfan

    @NiklasLarssonSeglarfan

    10 ай бұрын

    @@keilnirby well, in some of the more fancy/western areas it might be like that 😅 but large parts of the district is very classic Vietnamese style.. I had plenty of street vendors and 'mom n pop' shops on my street, but yeah, around FV hospital and crescent mall and the Sky Garden area it was much 'cleaner' and empty in that way 😅

  • @leehnguyen7427

    @leehnguyen7427

    10 ай бұрын

    Seeing that but the truth is not so. The leadership is very bad and dirty, you can prove that the places I go to the cities, the street corners are unhygienic, the food I don't dare to eat because of the food processing toxic chemicals, people who just came to live they don't know but after living there for a long time, now they know..that’s all i can say it is not what i heard.

  • @NiklasLarssonSeglarfan

    @NiklasLarssonSeglarfan

    10 ай бұрын

    @@leehnguyen7427 sure there are some dirty places, and sure some bad food too... But literally millions of people eat it daily with no issues...

  • @leehnguyen7427

    @leehnguyen7427

    10 ай бұрын

    @@NiklasLarssonSeglarfan if you go to the hospital called market field ‘Chợ Rẩy’ in District 5 to visit the patients, you will understand what I'm saying.

  • @ThienNguyen24
    @ThienNguyen247 ай бұрын

    USD1k is more than 4x monthly salary of a lot of people in Vietnam.

  • @lanlam879
    @lanlam87911 ай бұрын

    I want to live there!

  • @tuannguyenanh7406
    @tuannguyenanh74063 ай бұрын

    My ninja, thank you. I have been thinking about living 5-6 months in VN a year, the rest in europe. I have some saving deposit in vietnamese bank and I can have around 20 mil vnd (800 usd) a month without job. I also have a small appartment near Hanoi (ocean park 1). Acutally I wanted to double that monthly income, but Im too tired of working 24/7. Maybe I can still live the "baller" way in VN . Anyway thanks for the informations, they are very helpful

  • @user-vl6xt2rt7p
    @user-vl6xt2rt7p11 ай бұрын

    The cost of living in Vietnam is still low compared to how costs are sky-rocketing in the west

  • @jamesquinn771
    @jamesquinn7713 ай бұрын

    the guy at the first resteraunt was legit

  • @booklover555
    @booklover55511 ай бұрын

    What is the name of the restaurant in your intro?

  • @petemorris6475
    @petemorris64753 ай бұрын

    I think the common budget is good but in Baguio we have to buy water which costs me 400 a week for a full tank And we use 5 galls of drinking water every other day My health insurance is Wrlife that gives me 80k USD hospital cover for 100 bucks a month

  • @NTQM816
    @NTQM8162 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @jjconnoway5613
    @jjconnoway561310 ай бұрын

    Seems bit low for the baller budget. But thanks for the video now I have some measure to compare to

  • @Astar-AoK
    @Astar-AoK9 ай бұрын

    Hi there, what was the pay like out there? I haven't seen it?

  • @farmgirl768
    @farmgirl76811 ай бұрын

    With that same amount you can also live comfortably in Manila

  • @luminouslink777
    @luminouslink7777 ай бұрын

    Any rent apps, sites and agents to recommend in Hanoi?

  • @SnaOzyrk
    @SnaOzyrk11 ай бұрын

    Hi Alex, I know you have your own company so talking about another program may be a little ridiculous but I really want to ask you this. I'm coming to Vietnam with Aiesec in two months to Ho chi minh city and I would like to know if the place we rent should be in certain areas for security and rent vise and is it difficult to send money back to our home country? I love your videos thank you in advance 😊

  • @ninja.teacher

    @ninja.teacher

    11 ай бұрын

    I’d recommend living within 20 minutes from where you work to avoid a long commute and Ho Chi Minh City is safe practically anywhere. You can send money back home if you have a valid word contract to show the bank.

  • @tensecondbuickgn
    @tensecondbuickgn11 ай бұрын

    Where's the tiny blue plastic chairs lol? Those crack me up every time I visit

  • @ninja.teacher

    @ninja.teacher

    11 ай бұрын

    It's not a proper Vietnam video without them 😂