Foreign pensions won't be taxed. 😊

Is this actually a new trend - people leaving Thailand? Do you have any actual statistics on the matter?

Vietnam is more Capitalist than most so-called Capitalist countries. It is, however, a one-party state ruled by a Communist party that follows Capitalist economic principles.

COMMUNIST is your stupid brain

i actually saw you taking this video ,cos I was there too exchanging some money in one of those jewlery shops you were walking by .

Stupid title, Communist country. How do you define Communist country, ypur are recording freely and not catch bu police. Is it different from your country ? You are so downward....lousy KZbinr

in fact When I was there , I didn't feel like it is a communist country , walking on the Bui Vien street ..

sorry to be blunt but there is no communism there. it's free market / capitalism system. do you really think that circle K is a communist circle K? no. obviously it's owned by a corporation.

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For thousands of years , vietnamese dynasties took legitimacy from fighting foreign invaders , aka the Chinese empire , or any other form of Chinese like Mongol Yuan dynasty . Vietnamese first and foremost , is nationalists. Vietnamese choose communism , because in the war against foreign invaders like France , the Americans , the British and the entire west were backing France, while the Soviet Union were the only country supporting vietnamese independence and self determinations . And communism is a great idea , everybody is equal , the comradery .ect.. in practice , it doesnt work , but in ideology , it is extremely appealing when you were just colonial slaves of foreigners with no human's rights harsh exploitations subjugation ... it is kind of similar in Russia where they had serfdom or technically slavery before revolutions. But ideologies aside, Vietnamese are nationalists first and foremost , we have no problem fighting Chinese communists if they want to invade or puppeteering Vietnam.

Thailand have very large numbers of tourists . Thailand tourism 18% of GDP , vietnam on the contrary tourism only make up barely 2% , and western tourist probably make up 1 or 2% of that 2% , because the vast majority of foreign tourists are Chinese and South Koreans, so technically they looks exactly the same as Vietnamese too. not many people in Vietnam speak English , so the western tourists feel truly like foreigners than in Thailand , it could be inconvenient at times, but it give you more of that chilling excitement .

Communism helped Vietnam defeat the superpowers France, Japan, and the U.S. Thats why it is very proud and patriotic. Compared to other communist countries like China, North Korea, or Cuba, Vietnam is relatively free since it is no longer officially communist. The frequent comparison to Thailand doesn't sit well with me: Thailand was never colonized, never experienced a war like Vietnam, and didn't endure a similarly challenging history. I love Thailand, but it should be much wealthier than it is today and should be compared to Singapore, Japan, or Korea, given that it hasn't faced a war in the past 100 years. Also Thailands government is less stable than Vietnam. Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines and Indonesia demonstrate that "democracy" isn't always the right system to establish a stable state and achieve wealth.

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Vietnam is a socialist country led by the Communist Party. It has a market economy regulated by the state. Vietnamese people have every freedom to do anything to pursue prosperity and happiness. The level of freedom is even greater than in many Western "democratic" countries. Vietnam's economic development rate is among the top in Asia.

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Woow handsome! Thank you for video😂 2:14

As long as you are not criticized the government and thier relative nothing happen😅😊. If you protect like pro 🇵🇸 or some shit like that u duck😂❤😅

😢😅 it's not good but if only you are the real communist. Come to the north and you know what is the communist 😂🎉.

Let me give u a clear mind Hồ Chí Minh definitely a commie but Sài Gòn is not 😂😅😊❤🎉

🥰💛💚💜 Vietnam emerges as one of the fastest-growing emerging markets in the world, with a forecast from 2024 to 2029! Based on forecast data published by the IMF’s World Economic Outlook in April 2024, it shows that developing countries have the highest growth projections until 2029. As the third smallest country in South America by land area, Guyana is projected to be the world’s fastest-growing economy from now until 2029. Then there’s Vietnam, the only Southeast Asian country to break into the top 10 with a projection of 6.4% from 2024 to 2029.

Hi Jarod, by asking for your viewer input about 'communism', you are letting yourself being more objective and willing to hear other's inputs. That is quite refreshing. I hope you will not be offended from what I have to say here. Objectively speaking, 'Communism' or 'Capitalism' or 'Monarchy' are just different forms of government. Whatever form of government one particular country chooses is up to that country, their people and based on their culture and ethos. No country should dictate what form of government any country should have. It's up to that the country and its people to decide their form of government and their future. Look at communist China, China has miraculous transformed into the highest GDP country in term of PPP and second highest in nominal GDP. China has lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty. Of course, you won't hear these achievements much from Western media other than the usual smears 'Xinjiang genocide', 'ruthless communist oppression', ect... I am Vietnamese American and have lived both in Vietnam and the US long enough to know that most people are being overwhelmingly brainwashed day after day that 'communism' is hell and that in 'communist countries' there are no 'freedom and democracy' and what have you. That is totally fear-mongering and untrue. Let me explain to you and your viewers. First of all, whatever you can do in the US, you can do the same in Vietnam. In term of 'freedom of speech' for example, sure in Vietnam you cannot say 'Fxck you General Secretary Trong' out loud on social media because you might be subject to being arrested as comparing to the US where you will not be arrested by saying 'Fxck you Biden'. However, 'freedom of speech' is only warranted when what you say have some affect on government policies. In the US, the media is comprehensively controlled by the ruling class and what you mouth out about your grievances are mostly ignored. So the difference between Vietnam and the US in this regard is just the same. In term of 'democracy', Vietnam selection of leaders every 5 years is decided by voting within the party's politburo(highest echelon of power). In the US, it's one man one vote which at superficial level seems to be ideal. However, the reality is that 'campaign donation'(a nice term for legalized corruption) in hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into each party, each candidate at all level of governments. Whose interests do you think the going-to-be-elected officials will cater to once they are in office? Of course, the interests of those lobbyists will be at higher priority then the interest of the common people. Where is the democracy in that ? In term of 'corruption', I have to admit to you, Vietnam has a widespread corruption problem but that's not unique to 'communism'. It's a widespread phenomena worldwide including the West. The purpose of reading news is to understand what's going on and most importantly, to see the bottom of the truth. In other to find the bottom of the truth, we have to read alternative sources, listening to contrarian viewpoints and enjoy different perspectives. I found out that the vast majority of Western media exists only to mind-conditioning people using their vast media apparatus. When I say Western media, that comprised almost 97% of world media including, but not limited to, KZbin, Facebook, X(Twitter), Fox, NBC, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Politico, BBC....and countless various others. For me personally, I look for contrarian viewpoints on KZbin. I read alternative sources from www.rt.com of Russia, www.chinadaily.com.cn of China to get what they have to say and come up with my own conclusions. I have very much shied away from western mainstream media long time ago and never miss it a bit. Hope this helps.

The 1 party system is Communism. People R not given d freedom to vote 4 their representatives with different policy[ 1 that value freedom of choice].

Saigon is my favourite city in the world, unfortunately this happens sometimes, I've been there 6 time's and I get so excited every time I go there, really enjoying your video's, keep up the good work 👌

You portray communist like it is a good thing . If you where born in a communist country you would not be over there with your strong dollar making those poor ppl do your dirty work . Your click bait sucks

If u really want to experience full communism u should go to china or North Korea. They censorship everything . Not everyone in VN is a communist. A lot of people have to live under a communism regime. But their mentality is not. U r young and u need to learn to choose ur words wisely.

A bad communist country like N Korea is different than Vietnam 🇻🇳.. I would give my left nut for a chance to do a motorbike trip from the north to the south of Vietnam 🇻🇳

Only wealthy Capitalists hate communism, because they cannot exploit the people and steal the country's wealth for themselves.

💗There is no communism anymore, there is only a one-party system, Vietnam is now very capitalist.💗

We are not actually a communist country but a socialist country. It is kind of the same kind of at some point, yet it is not strict compared to communism (in which everything is controlled by the government and the government will give everyone the same thing); communism is just an idea, a philosophy that we want to move forward to. As a Vietnamese, I have to say that I quite like my country and how the government governs the country. We only have one party, and they control all aspects, which means we don't have too aggressive right and left sides that we have to choose when there is an election; also, as one party, they can continue doing what they planned to do for an extended period, compared to other countries, the leading party can demolish everything the prior party are doing/ trying to do. Of course, there are drawbacks in terms of bribing, yet our leaders are trying really hard to eliminate that, and the people are happy with the actions. In terms of being free to do something, we are more accessible than "developed" countries; you can sell anything you make, and it's easier for you to live, honestly. I'm studying in the UK right now, and if you make me choose, I'll choose Vietnam to live in because of the government. Also, safe to say that most of Vietnamese like the government :)

Đảng CS nắm toàn quyền, được cho là đảng uư việt nhất và thiết lập chế độ 1 đảng duy nhất trên đất nước, việc bầu cử theo từng cấp, chứ không bầu cử toàn bộ. sắp xếp nhiệm vụ là nội bộ lãnh đạo đảng. nói chung, mỗi chức danh lãnh đạo đều là bầu cử nội bộ đảng. Đảng Cộng Sản sẽ tự giải thể nếu đạt mục đích xóa bỏ hoàn toàn phân biệt giai cấp và nguồn lực kinh tế đủ vận hành xã hội mới. (theo lý thuyết).

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This video is unhelpful, and only adds to the misinformation about the tax topic. New rules, laws, whatever, NEVER EVER end up working out as foreigners imagine that they will. Often that's because tourists rely on barstool advice rather than reality.

Loving your vlogs. Would be interesting to see you catch a public bus.

Your video isn't very interesting. Because you take too many pictures of your face and people get bored. Viewers want to see what life is like in Vietnam. not your face

Really good how you show a real scammer, we learn to see the red flags, together withe these comments that is very valuable.

Thailand want to grift as much money from foreigners as they can. Theyre incredibly money hungry.

Thailand has double tax treaties with many countries. If you pay taxes in one country you don't pay them in another.

everyone 😂😂 only guys who can not afford or are too weak

it IS OK to compare countries, like Vietnam to Thailand. Very useful for us. Many people are tired of thailand. For many reasons.

The Russians have the money 💰 to buy upscale property in Jontiem etc. I have also heard that Russian tourists are obnoxiously & extremely rude ! Yuck

If you love the vibe of some cafes, I recommend going to the old apartment at the junction between Ly Tu Trong street and Dong Khoi Street (chung cư 26 lý tự trọng) with many cozy cafes looking out to the city center and it also has a high stair behind that you can see such a distinct view. Moreover, coming to the old apartment in Nguyen Hue walking street is also a good idea. Cheers.

A cute South African boy in Saigon.