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Dekadan · Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 95

rpayvin, when you're travelling through, keep your eyes open - and maybe resume ready! Who knows? You might fall in love with a place and want to give it a shot. You don't hear too much on this board about other places besides the big four (HCMC, Ha Noi, Da Nang and Hai Phong, and not much on the last two), but perhaps there's a market out there. I just passed through a place called Dong Xoai, but it was charming and I was tempted to check it out some more. Pay is likely to be lower, but then the cost of living should also be lower.

Best of luck!

snollygoster · Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 478

Some of the out of the way places offer the most life enriching experiences. Whilst pay is generally lower, the experience is worthwhile.
Example Vinh City- No one goes there really, but it has a great beach, well laid out city, low cost of living, and work is definately available.
Con Dao Islands- not much work, but paradise.
Some of the smaller centres in the Mekong offer great lifestyles and sustainable pay rates.
Lots of places around Hanoi- Viet Tri for example- No one ever heard of it, but it has big Universities.
Some of these places wont make you rich, but the life style is well worth it.

VietCanada · Joined: 30 Nov 2010 Posts: 590

rpayvin · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 22

Sig, in response to your question, I am so willing because that is what is required of one in a foreign country trying to negotiate a corrupt and third world bureaucratic system. Anyone that expects otherwise is in for a treat, as many have implied here. I haven't been to VN before, but I have lived in several developing nations here and there for a good part of my life, which taught me such tempered expectations.

Wow, this has been a lively thread, and in a positive way, without too much yapping at one another. Thank you everyone for contributing, Vietcanada, thanks for the advice regarding Canadians.

Cheers!

sigmoid · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 1276

Well, as long as you have some idea of what you're getting into.

It will interesting to see how you feel in a few months. Please keep us posted as to your progress through the corrupt and third world bureaucratic system.

thornby · Joined: 09 Feb 2012 Posts: 5

Hi everyone

I'm planning to come to Vietnam shortly and have tried to get my Canadian criminal record check in advance. But when I went to Vancouver Police (on Cambie) to fill in a form, they said I needed to have the employer's name first. I don't have a teaching job yet. Is there any way (or a different branch) where I can get the criminal record check without having a job lined up first?

Thanks for your help.

Ali

VietCanada · Joined: 30 Nov 2010 Posts: 590

That is not true AFAIK. Try again and avoid the person who gave you that info.

thornby · Joined: 09 Feb 2012 Posts: 5

Thanks so much, VietCanada. Very helpful. I'll go there again today and try again. Apologies for posting the question in two places, but I thought it had got hidden at the bottom of this thread!

Cheers

Ali