Understanding Vietnamese Life Partner

[SingViet]

For bros who are wondering how much gold cost in Vietnam, like what i mentioned earlier about property prices.

Gold prices rise

The Saigon Jewelry Company (SJC) said Wednesday its gold price increased to VND17.95 million (US$1,027) a tael (1.2 ounces), VND200,000 ($11.4) per tael higher than Tuesday’s price.


The domestic gold price is now about VND300,000 ($17) per tael lower than the global price, which also rose on the market Wednesday, gaining $19.6 an ounce from Tuesday to $864.4 per ounce.

An SJC representative said the increase of gold prices encouraged a rush to sell, with nearly 5,000 taels sold Wednesday.

The Vietnam Export-Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank, said the global gold price had risen due to a less optimistic view of the US economy.

Reported by Thanh Xuan

[ekemono]

Originally Posted by SingViet

For bros who are wondering how much gold cost in Vietnam,

Recently I just collected our wedding ring from Vietnam. Though they are using 18K, but it is as least 60% cheaper for a similar size in SG.
Thanks to my gal I save alot. Important for poor son-in-law like me. hehehe

[SingViet]

Originally Posted by ekemono

Recently I just collected our wedding ring from Vietnam. Though they are using 18K, but it is as least 60% cheaper for a similar size in SG.
Thanks to my gal I save alot. Important for poor son-in-law like me. hehehe

If you take a closer look, it should be not as shiny as Singapore's gold. I think if you take the 24k, u will be quite shock as its not very shiny. I was told that the purer the gold, the less shiny it will be

[Honey Boon]

meaning two "strangers" or no relationship can't be joint owner of the land in Vietnam? One vietnames and one foreigner? Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by SingViet

If not officially married, cannot buy la. But i know foreigner can buy houses from projects, but its STRATA DEED , meaning the land belongs to the developer but the developer sells to you. Next time u can sell back to developer. (if i am not wrong)

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by Honey Boon

meaning two "strangers" or no relationship can't be joint owner of the land in Vietnam? One vietnames and one foreigner? Thanks for the help.

Alot of countries had the same rules...

[richie4]

Vietnam to open legal matchmaking center, change adoption laws
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem has ordered government agencies to make plans for opening the nation’s first matchmaking firm in order to prevent the abuse of Vietnamese women by foreigners.


He has also asked the Ministry of Justice to suggest revisions to the law on adoption of Vietnamese children by foreigners.

More governmental control over marriage and family issues concerning foreigners was necessary “to protect Vietnamese residents’ legal rights,” Khiem said in a statement on the government website Wednesday.

He asked government agencies to prepare a project for opening a matchmaking company in Ho Chi Minh City and submit it to the prime minister by the end of June.

In Vietnam, individuals and organizations have to date been legally forbidden to broker marriages for fees. Matchmaking can only be conducted by non-profit centers run by provincial women’s associations and charities.

The deputy prime minister has also required Vietnam Women’s Association to increase cooperation with international marriage consultancy agencies in Southeast Asia and nearby countries and territories.

The Ministry of Justice will submit measures to improve the processing of adoption by foreigners to the prime minister by the end of March and amendments to regulations on adopting foreign children by the end of June, according to the website statement.

The Foreign Ministry will direct Vietnamese agencies abroad to protect Vietnamese citizens in their familial relationship with foreigners, in accordance with local and international laws.

Meanwhile, city and provincial People’s Committees nationwide will run campaigns to help residents arrange legal marriages with foreigners, the statement says.

Several studies by the Institute for Human Studies under Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences have revealed that the number of Vietnamese women marrying foreigners, mostly from East Asian countries, has surged in the past decade.

Many of those marriages result from the women’s desire to have a better life overseas and help impoverished families back home. The marriages are typically arranged through unauthorized matchmakers.

Social scientists have said that there is a high risk in such marriages that the women do not get what they hope for and that their children would also suffer.

This can become a human development challenge for Vietnam in the next five years, they have warned.

Source: TN, Agencies

[papillon30]

Originally Posted by SingViet

If you take a closer look, it should be not as shiny as Singapore's gold. I think if you take the 24k, u will be quite shock as its not very shiny. I was told that the purer the gold, the less shiny it will be

24K SJC tael is not only not shiny, it's also very soft. Now, the price of physical gold in Vietnam is cheaper than the world price. Physical gold on the world market is trading at a premium to spot price, but in Vietnam, it's trading at a discount. The beauty of it all - when you deposit your gold with the bank, you get almost 2% interest( not too long ago was 5%). Just imagine
the bank pays you interest to safekeep your gold bars.

Trung tam giao dich Vang - Asia Commercial Bank

[papillon30]

Originally Posted by SingViet

Bro, Tien Giang will pass by Long An but not Can Tho. I am confused, Tien Giang need not 2.5 hrs from HCMC la, around 1 hour plus (if got a bit of traffic jam) can reach roi. If you talk about another GIANG that passes by Can Tho, then its An Giang. But An Giang needs around 5 hrs to reach.

u imagine, Long An's land value increased by 10 folds (1000%) for the past 2 years, and tien giang is just after Long An. . From my last knowledge of land value in Tien Giang's main road, its well over US$1000 per m2. any land in that area of Tien Giang but not on main road is also going above US$650 per m2. But the thing is, buying properties in VN is by Taels of Gold. If you buy at a time when gold prices are high, then you will pay more. But gold prices in VN is always higher than world gold prices. So depending on how many taels of gold the land going for, then take the market price for one tael of gold mulitply by the number of taels of gold the owner asking for.

Please also do note that Padi fields tend to fetch prices around 20% to 30% lower than normal land.

Just my limited knowledge. If others know, please share share also.

"From my last knowledge of land value in Tien Giang's main road, its well over US$1000 per m2......."

I believe the price likely to be US$1000 per metre ngang(metre width) with
the length as long as 100m.

Project residential land in KDC Binh Hoa, Binh Thanh district, HCMC, is asking only 15 million VND/m2.(US$857/m2)

[SingViet]

Originally Posted by papillon30

"From my last knowledge of land value in Tien Giang's main road, its well over US$1000 per m2......."

I believe the price likely to be US$1000 per metre ngang(metre width) with
the length as long as 100m.

Project residential land in KDC Binh Hoa, Binh Thanh district, HCMC, is asking only 15 million VND/m2.(US$857/m2)

When it comes to vietnam properties, you can trust papillion30. Bro, u based in VN for property firm huh?

[slaughter]

hi all,

would appreciate if anyone can help me translate the following:

"hi em. an com chua? anh rat nho em. dang voi mot ban. ban dang buon chuyen con trai. anh nghe roi cung buon cho ban ma ma cam on ong tro 2 minh that su thuong ngiao."

many thanks in advance.

[Darkstorm]

Originally Posted by slaughter

hi all,

would appreciate if anyone can help me translate the following:

"hi em. an com chua? anh rat nho em. dang voi mot ban. ban dang buon chuyen con trai. anh nghe roi cung buon cho ban ma ma cam on ong tro 2 minh that su thuong ngiao."

many thanks in advance.

My viet language is lousy.

But I will try to help you translate a bit until the experts here can tell you more.

The translation is (She says):"Hi. Have you eaten? I miss you a lot."

I am not sure about this part, so probably I am translating wrongly: "I am with a few of my friends. When you are bored or sad, you can tell me"

[KangTuo]

From someone who PM me

Hi just need some advice after reading some threads from u, i believe u have a viet girlfriend and about to settle down soon , so thats why ask u.

i happen to venture into little vietnam during one of my bonking adventures. So one day decide to go joo chiat geylang area pubs with friends. Sometimes just rubba the girls and go home liao. Manage to get a few viet girls numbers initially, and started to go out with a few after bonking them. But just going out with them for fun only. Only lately i met up one new girl i am serious with.. went out a few times, so in the end as u know la become bf and gf. But i sometimes find abit hard to understand her behaviour.. at times she like me to fetch her home from the pubs, but most of the time she prohibit me to go to the pub to find her. Now i realise whenever i sms her during work time , no replies , like complete bo chup. Then we meet up like long lost lover, anh yeu em yeu here and there. Recently we also talk abt money cos i mention i can take care of her if she dont work, she actually ask me how much i want to give her a month. Sounds so direct and shocking to me. Is that normal??? Is her behaviour abit strange also??? Come to think of it, I havent fuck her yet also. For most of the guys who married viet girls from the pubs, is it common they pay and fuck the girl in the hotel first before later stages becoming bf and gf eventually? Enlighten me

Cheong too much and bonk many gals but sometimes you will find someone you had some feeling with.... this i understand. Seasoned cheongster sometimes also kana love potion.

If you had been cheoning viet scene, you should know that becoming bf and gf with the viet gal is very easy. Fetch her out few time, be her chuffer and treat her few meals, she will say she like you liao.

You say you are serious with her, makes me worry. You got to stand back and observe her. You also need to think if you can accept her for who she is and what she had done before. Else you will be hurt big time.

1) She prohibit you from going to the pub she work becoz she dun want you to see how she work. You may be hurt if you see and she may not be able to concentrate.

2) at times she want you to fetch her, so sometime she do not want you to come right? it means 2 possibility. She got customer ask her out after work or she dun want to tired you.

3) no replies when sms during work time. your work time or her work time? If it is your work time, she is probably sleeping after a tiring night. If it is her work time, she may be busy entertaining customer on the sofa or bed.

4) you are trying to burn a hole in your own pocket by saying that you can take care of her. Talk about anything with the viet gal is okay but not about money issue. As what all other bro with viet wife have been saying "we are poor son-in-law" Taking care of a viet gal means taking care of her family, her relative, her good friends... (Read this thread and you will know more)

5) She ask you how much, so did you commit an amount? She already hit her target/goal. You will be ONE of the few who give her monthly allowance.

6) what is normal? To me, it is normal to ask a person how much he/she can give if that person say wanna feed me and give me $. Nothing is strange... It the STANDARD SOP for the viet gal working in pub.

7) pay and fcuk first or become gf/bf than fcuk is not important for a true relationship.

Lastly, you say you bonk most of the gal 1st than bring them out so you are only having fun with them. What i deduce from your PM is that it is becoz you have not fcuk her, that is why you got alot queries. You are also playing a 'courtship' game with her. So as to stop all these queries, do you know what you must do?...

Bring her to hotel ... or just stop seeing her and move on to have fun with other gals.

Any bro would like to provide your thinking and enlighten this guy?

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by KangTuo

Any bro would like to provide your thinking and enlighten this guy?

Follow birdie.... next ba xa pls.

Birdie tio boh???

[casannova03]

Originally Posted by KangTuo

Any bro would like to provide your thinking and enlighten this guy?

To the bro who PM-ed bro KT.....

hmmm, although i do believe in WLs to a certain extent, i must say this case is a bit fishy...but we would never know cos its you who is dealing with the girl...you know her more than us ..so you have got to be objective and look at the whole issue.

Normally, I would say money is the most tricky part in any relationship...what's more a relationship with a WL(who come here to work for money). So you have to be careful with your own money
and see the situation and do as you deemed fit.

But my own opinion is:

"I dun quite like the fact that she ask you how much you can give her per month"

I dun know how she put it across to you but if its very direct and straight to the point then its not very ideal...but if what she ask is "how much do you earn per month and can you afford to feed both you and me if we are together".....then its a different story altogether already...

I guess its better to err on the side of caution here since you do not have much information about her and her background and friends....find out more if you need to...No rush brother.....If its yours, its yours...if its not yours, no need to bother insisting....

cheers!

[SingViet]

This same story line keeps repeating itself. Its a man's ego to try to keep his gal away from other man, thus this bro offered to feed the gal, so that she will not need to entertain other guys. let me share with you this real life story that i came across.

One Singaporean man in HCMC. Met a viet WL, love at first sight. Viet gal went out with him a few times after 1 ST, only dinner and no more fuck. But Singaporean man so much in love that he asked Viet WL not to work, he will FEED HER. Viet gal asked how much he can give, he said loudly ` i can give you 10 million VND a month' KNN, he thinks a lot. The gal is a high class WL, US$100 ST, US$150 overnight. She has quite a lot of customers. She will work for 5 out of 7 days a week. Normal weekly routine involves 5 to 7 ST and 3 overnight a week. So its around US$500 + US$450 = US$950 a week. So in one month, she can earn almost US$4000. That Singaporean man is only earning S$4500 a month, based in HCMC. The gal's one week income is much higher than the guy's one month income. So how to feed her?

I feel the gal is being practical to ask the bro the question, yes its direct, but its sensible. But if the bro has not bed her yet, its still too early to indicate that he wants to feed her.