lolpol8912
English expat in Vietnam
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50
Contacts
17
About me
English
Lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh
Speaks Swedish. (fluent) English. (fluent) Vietnamese. (not much)
Registration: 31 January 2016
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New members of the Cambodia forum, introduce yourselves here - 2018 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Cambodia forum? Don’t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on ...
Hello! My name is Samuel and I am on this site to keep in touch with the expat community of Cambodia. I am also here to promote my business, selling coffee in Phnom Penh and Cambodia in general. I am looking for any way to network and market and ... Read More
Coffee in Vietnam by GuestPoster0215
I left Vietnam when I was young and inexperienced with Vietnamese coffee. Settling back to Vietnam, I find myself intrigued and perplexed by the local coffee culture. I haven't really gotten used to it (again?) I guess. Coffee used to be a big ...
I know this post is super delayed (in regards to the rest), but what the hell. I get all my coffee from Pleiku, Gia Lai. The thing with Vietnamese coffee is that you do need to select your roaster carefully. I always buy from trusted sources that ... Read More
Need friends by Leila0925
Good morning! I'm a new comer in hcmc spent my first week here. I found there are lots of things to enjoy in this city and at the same time, I thought i need someone to enjoy them with. I'm extrovert, enjoying life, energetic and dare ...
A pretty girl saying "let's do some activities". That is a perv-bait. You look sweet, probably don't mean it.. Just saying be careful. Read More
ESL center question: Universities, Public Schools or English Centers? by Cinda001
Hello, I'm considering a move to HCM this summer and I'm doing research. 1 I hold a BA, TEFL, some ESL experience, 13 years professional work history. 2 Visited Vietnam several times, a total of about 9 weeks there (laughable to some of ...
Find a highschool outside of the city centre. These schools sometimes have enough money to fund a program with a foreign teacher and often do not have any requirements or any curriculum that you need to follow. This might sound like a bad thing. For ... Read More
ESL center question: Universities, Public Schools or English Centers? by Cinda001
Hello, I'm considering a move to HCM this summer and I'm doing research. 1 I hold a BA, TEFL, some ESL experience, 13 years professional work history. 2 Visited Vietnam several times, a total of about 9 weeks there (laughable to some of ...
Depends on the school! Read More
Coffee (and other things) -shipping business by lolpol8912
Hello, I am not sure if this is in correct category or not, but I wanted to post and see if I can gain some useful feedback. I want to start a small venture, selling coffee of the sorts that is not often selected for export. The local favourites ...
Also, about DHL. They seemed to require a company-registration from me. I don't have that, so I didn't apply when they called me up. I just don't want to go through registration for a small-scale business that might not ever be ... Read More
Coffee (and other things) -shipping business by lolpol8912
Hello, I am not sure if this is in correct category or not, but I wanted to post and see if I can gain some useful feedback. I want to start a small venture, selling coffee of the sorts that is not often selected for export. The local favourites ...
Haha! I am mostly interested in promoting the coffee of my wife's home-town, Pleiku. I am looking at importing to the UK. Mostly through contacts! My brother came and plugged my product without me even asking to a bunch of gym-freaks that love ... Read More
Coffee (and other things) -shipping business
Hello, I am not sure if this is in correct category or not, but I wanted to post and see if I can gain some useful feedback. I want to start a small venture, selling coffee of the sorts that is not often selected for export. The local favourites ... Read More
E-commerce export by lolpol8912
Hello, I am looking to start a business which sources coffee and other typically Vietnamese products internationally. However, as many will find, the hard part is finding cheap shipping opportunities. Preferably on an ad-hoc basis. I am looking to ...
Thank you very much! "Aliexpress" seems to be down at the moment. I have tried twice on two different occasions and the website is giving me errors that hint that the website is not working. Which sucks, as I can assume that this is ... Read More
E-commerce export
Hello, I am looking to start a business which sources coffee and other typically Vietnamese products internationally. However, as many will find, the hard part is finding cheap shipping opportunities. Preferably on an ad-hoc basis. I am looking to ... Read More
Purchasing a Motorbike Questions (yamaha Nouvo) by villanova
Dear all, Greetings. I'm moving to Vietnam next week and will be there for a year or so. Looking at buying a cheap bike (USD 200+) just to get me to work, a 4.5km ride each way. I'd like to ask, why are Yamaha Nouvos so cheap? Does it ...
Cheap. Not good. Backed up with the fact that locals don't use them. Probably just unreliable. I would assume it's also because of the quality of reparshops? Not sure. Read More
Police Problems in Saigon by ardgirl
Every time the police sees me (blonde foreigner) I get pulled over. I am so sick of this. I paid 200,000 and went on my way tonight but I don't want to keep doing this.
My tips: I have not been pulled over once (except for once in Mui Ne) and I am sooo whiiiiiiiite. 1. I never drive along CmT8 when I drive home to Q12, I always drive on Hoang sa( or is it Truong sa going away from the city). There area literally ... Read More
Interesting things to do outside of clubbing and eating? by Yruhary
What do you guys do out here in Saigon besides clubbing and eating out? Any cool off-the-beaten-path workshops, places to visit, meet-ups, etc? Any intellectually stimulating activities?
I have been looking for poetry and stuff, but there seems to be none. Intellectually, I think that the best you will find is university English Clubs. It's actually quite fun. Other than that, I have completely failed to find more than that. To ... Read More
Purchasing a Motorbike Questions (yamaha Nouvo) by villanova
Dear all, Greetings. I'm moving to Vietnam next week and will be there for a year or so. Looking at buying a cheap bike (USD 200+) just to get me to work, a 4.5km ride each way. I'd like to ask, why are Yamaha Nouvos so cheap? Does it ...
Simplest tip ever: Don't get a Nuovo. Get the one that most locals drive: Honda Wave or Future. -- Yeah, do what the other guy said. Go to an expat-friendly dealer. Steves bikes, I think one is called. Thai guy, seems nice and sells medium ... Read More
Support for teachers in Vietnam by lolpol8912
I have been teaching in Vietnam for a while. Vietnam has an abundance of teachers. Some are good, some are bad. Yet, there is little to no support for teachers that want to advance their knowledge outside of expensive official channels that ...
Yeah, well the problem is paying those trainers. There are plenty of students that have just graduated from university in the West that would gladly take the opportunity to spread some methodology. I bet there are also many experienced teachers (not ... Read More