WHY Foreigners Get SPECIAL TREATMENT in Vietnam 🇻🇳

[@skyetran]

Have you experienced any perks or disadvantages as a foreigner?

[@AnthonyEvans-gf8fd]

Generally speaking we definitely get an easier ride but I would also say that we stand up for ourselves (basic rights) in ways that would be unimaginable to your average Vietnamese, and those dealing with us seem desperate to make the situation go away, so we can get what we want that way...and of course this would just further enhance Vietnamese stereotypes of Western Privilege.

[@Atricapilla]

Scandinavian here. I generally experience positive attitudes but I make an effort at behaving well and being polite. I don't get drunk and behave disorderly. I have nonetheless experienced passing Grab drivers who spat at me for no reason and a taxi driver who threw a cigarette butt at me, also for no reason. So clearly some Vietnamese dislike foreigners. Mostly the experience is positive. If it wasn't the foreigners would not stick around like we do :)

[@SapienSpace]

The perk is, when I go to the ATM machine in Vietnam, I feel like I'm a millionaire with 100,000 bills coming out of the machine, like I hit a jackpot at a casino, then the disadvantage is, when I go to spend these incredible humongous 100,000 bills, I suddenly feel like I'm no longer a millionaire 🤣

[@hellodddd33134]

@@Atricapilla I am black and act just as good as you do. However I get treated like shit. I tried to stay positive but had to go home early due to how bad I was getting treated by Vietnamese people... yet they treat white people with respect

[@R-sn1ty]

Getting scammed and ripped off with jacked up prices. There are pros and cons but overall Vietnam is a great country 👍

[@Eonwe]

This is a really interesting conversation.

[@Kushal-v8b]

Foreigners are treated well in Saigon and Hanoi especially well. My experience as a foreigner in Vietnam was very good experience and locals hospitality was very best 😊

[@skyetran]

They are very welcoming to their guests who visit

[@pedrojulio1960]

And the Africans with no jobs in Hannoi?

[@hadorado]

08:04 I’m also German and that’s one of the best descriptions of Germany I have heard in a long time! 😂👍

[@michaelg6641]

Wow..

[@PeterViet]

Really good interview. I can really relate to most of what Demi said 💯🫡

[@skyetran]

What resonated with you Peter?

[@petkoandreev7869]

Vietnam more modern than Germany? Dude.......are you for real? :)))Saigon is a unique combination of poverty and luxury. You have a luxury store in D1 and a small shop owner behind the corner grilling chicken feet and drinking with friends on the street....So stop the cap.This guy as German as I am Japanese :)) Vietnam is amazing I will be going back soon.

[@ductritran8637]

Vietnamese treat white tourists better than theirs own , if they see white guy with broken motor bike they stop and help to fix it for him but not Vietnamese . They smile and try to made friend with the white peoples but not with a stranger Vietnamese … I’m expat live in Australia and visit VN , the Vietnamese are keep distance from us , lots of places we’ve been charged more than local , there 2 price one for local and one for expat but not white peoples . I can see the discrimination towards expat Vietnamese but very friendly to white people .

[@garychopping2184]

Spent a month with a farm family in Phu Loc no matter where i went everyone so polite young and old , went to the local village gym the cost was 10,000 dong i only had a 50,000 note a young lad paid for me with a big smile . the aunties always smiled and ask me to marry their daughter but they always laughed when i said no no single man here :) been there 4 times and love Vietnam never had a horrible experience . going again next year.

[@waterbug1135]

You do understand I assume that yes marry my daughter, but you will never be part of the family. You are bringing resources and a passport for your kids. Yes they're very nice. They also treat their pigs very well too so they will be more tasty.

[@Clazers]

I've loved this interview.

[@SkinnyDavid123]

The most talkative guest! He feels right at home in front of the camera.

[@lidvids]

Very honest and thoughtful commentary

[@skyetran]

Alot of awareness

[@jromxx]

Yes, there is certainly a foreigner priviledge. Personally, it humbles me and pushes me to be the best version of myself in Vietnam.

[@jonathanpicket124]

Thanks for the great insights! I can't wait to finally visit Vietnam one day! 😅

[@DomiTravels]

Lets see if someone wants to argue a point ! :D ! I'm here in the comments ready!..

[@herewego9939]

It’s disheartening to see how foreign privilege is still prevalent in Vietnam, where locals often seem to be treated as second-class citizens in their own country. This dynamic is deeply unfair and reflects poorly on both the culture that allows it and those who benefit from it without question. While I appreciate the open discussion, Skye, I urge you to be more mindful of the narrative you’re setting on your channel. By casually addressing these issues without critique, you risk attracting an audience that may exploit or feed into this inequality. That said, it’s encouraging to see that many young people in Vietnam today are developing greater self-respect and no longer giving undue importance to someone being foreign. To those who come here to take advantage of Vietnam’s hospitality and kindness: shame on you. Vietnam’s warmth should inspire mutual respect, not exploitation.

[@Mike_ICP]

Cool video, skye so pretty. Great insight.

[@skyetran]

bless you, thank you

[@binhlevu5653]

the answer is pretty much yes in most cases and the most expats I have met are pretty chill people so I see this as a win on both sides

[@skyetran]

Hello, how would this be a win from the locals perspective?

[@phanhuyduc2395]

​@@skyetranwell they have the habit of ripping off new expats😂

[@binhlevu5653]

@@skyetran from a psychological persepctive, foreingers are often more considerate, at least in my own experience. They tend to give compliment to servers and be more engergetic and positive at any given moment, which gives off such a down to earth, cool vibe. From a material perspective, they tend to tips more heavily and even don't ask for change in some cases. These elements create a certain expectation that turns into a feedback loop of which the expats often fulfil their role pretty consistently.

[@yamuiemata]

Basically what he describes being wrong with Germany/Frankfurt...is the description of Europe as a whole

[@Hexane]

SO INTRIGUING and insightful! Wow, great interview... I was so shocked to hear students get their news off "TikTok" of all things... kinda scary!

[@TerrySharp-y1r]

So neat meeting ppl who love to travel, a buffet of knowledge regarding different countries. Thank you Skye, enjoyable! Interesting how color is a priority for education. From what he says, there must not be any black teachers in Vietnam. I experienced that same antiquated complexity in South China Shenzhen. Weird! But it is what it is.

[@skyetran]

What was your experience in Shenzhen?

[@SteveSmith-zz4ih]

Great info, honest guy, Vietnam is looking heaps better than Thailand (they seem to make it harder), i just want a place with easy access to good food, cheap accommodation and golf coursea, no hassle visas etc etc

[@petkoandreev7869]

Sorry dude, I love Vietnam and people are great but Thailand is just a more developed country. It's a fact

[@chrishamlin5863]

I visited Frankfurt in 2018 and thought it was a lovely city. Has it changed since then?

[@rhardey]

Great vid and a lot of info to take in but..how much coffee did he have?? 😅

[@tonepoem4438]

I would love to be my own bank and go to these countries like a Vietnam to do Humanitarian work. But as of now as it stands my investments haven’t come to fruition. So the next best thing is to support someone or perhaps others in the same community in Vietnam on their KZbin channels. Basically from supporting and subscribing to these Rural Vietnamese communities, you get to know their everyday routines and lifestyles. It’s amazing to watch these rural communities, because it seems that everyone are engineers and farmers. You get to see that financially the income of their KZbin channels provides them with material items for equipment and services for building materials, it also supports other local suppliers of cement and concrete materials, bricks and mortar materials, delivery services and machinery.

[@Ed-xv4sy]

Vietnam is off my list then.

[@ViktorOddy]

If you’re look wise a 3 in Europe you will be very well a 9 or a 10 in Vietnam, that’s a big plus

[@bradleyb.425]

Vietnam sounds so pleasant, and Skye is so pretty! I'm reading that it is advisable to always be respectful and humble in Vietnam, which sounds like an amazing culture. I am only beginning to learn about Vietnam, but already I think I MUST visit soon. I am a serious Christian, also a former U.S. Army Infantry Captain / combat veteran. I'm reading that Christians are persecuted in Vietnam, and that they're second class citizens. Does the government consider foreign soldiers / Christians a threat or a problem? Would it be possible to find a Christian wife among the Vietnamese and live there together as Christians?

[@chippooutdoors5325]

wife///what did you just say husband speak viet/// the sky is blue wife/// no YOU NOT SAY that

[@Drifterteetea]

The upside of being a foreigner in vn is being treated well, the downside is getting charged more than locals. Tourists are aware of this but find it hard to deal with imo which is why vn has such poor return tourist numbers compared to neighbouring countries. However, VN is an amazing country that steals a piece of your heart. Once you apply effort to understand the culture, history, language it just gets better and better. It's just hard to break the surface in that sense on a 2 week vacation.

[@name128ewa]

uh huh ... except 99% of tourists never bother to learn the language, and 5% of them return back to Vietnam (mostly over seas Vietnamese returning home visiting family) - i honestly like Vietnam cause of less expats. expats have ruined Thailand through and through.

[@phanhuyduc2395]

Yes not good for tourists but very good if you are am expats . I've seen some foreigners have better bargaining skills in Vietnamese than me lol 😂😂

[@EVITPOF]

I see that your video has a lot of editing - who does that for you and how long have you worked on this vid?

[@skyetran]

I do the editing…are you an editor yourself?

[@EVITPOF]

@@skyetran I´m in the process of learning / looking for someone that can do it for me or teach me

[@skyetran]

@@EVITPOF DM me on IG @theskyetran for an editor

[@ghplatt]

He needs to update his views on manufacturing in Asia in general...EV's, advanced chips, design, and entertainment are today's manufacturing from Asia...you start making what others order and then you innovate...that's Asia!

[@Clazers]

Hey, did he say he extends his visa on a two hour trip out of the country?

[@Clazers]

Hey, if so, hook me up with him, please. If come to Bali just to try it out, and to extend my passport. I get my cash from overseas, but for long term stability, agents are telling me all kinds of stuff. Ferocious prices, and stipulations. For instance, for instance, I want to make a KZbin channel to teach Indonesian's how to speak like a native speaker in six months by studying one word a day for ten minutes, and they say oh, no you can't put your face on KZbin. I'd do it for free, but they say oh no you can't do that. And they want to charge me between 4-7 thousand dollars a year for a visa. I've been here for 30 years in schools.

[@Aavp72]

You are a very attractive lady Skye. I love your mannerism and expressions.

[@agentbey]

It's interesting when I hear people speak about how cheap Asia is and not how the West is taking advantage with inflation and taxation systems of its citizens.

[@Hazezon01]

I'm moving to Vietnam in about 6 months on the business visa. Canada is going down the toilet fast.

[@skyetran]

where in Vietnam? What's been going on in Canada?

[@Hazezon01]

@@skyetran Probably somewhere to the North West of Hanoi where it is cooler. I am a polar Bear after all. Canada is facing multiple crisis's caused by our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Housing, employment and cost of living. Most people can barely pay for the bare basics of living and children are out of the question completely.

[@name128ewa]

@@Hazezon01 ok white man, enjoy leaving your friends, family, and job to move abroad to some foreign, remote country where you can't speak the language.

[@pete79602]

I am learning Vietnamese read write all of it (I have a wonderful Vietnamese teacher and she is native to Saigon and she speaks wonderful English btw ) I can read write and speak the Mexican dialect of Spanish pretty well. I think if a person lives in a foreign country they should know the language or be actively learning it the best they can… I expect it here so I would be quite the hypocrite if I didn’t do it myself , regarding Americans getting jobs speaking English. Well it’s their mother tongue. Why wouldn’t they be hired before others. No disrespect to the German man, but his English is tainted with a heavy accent. Now your students have to overcome that or learn English with that accent and your English is very good, but I even heard the small mistakes. I’m sure you’re a wonderful English teacher. I’m not taking that away from you at all , however It would be like me getting hired to teach Spanish in Mexico over a Mexican . I speak Spanish very well, but not as well as somebody from there. and his comment about Germany is sad and one of the big reasons why I would never travel in Europe he’s not wrong about that. I I prefer the friendliness of the Vietnamese people over the Europeans

[@jduncan48]

Source of funding?

[@skyetran]

A money tree 🌴 💸

[@TeeKay-x8p]

i noticed Sky is either not too interested in what he's saying or adhd or mind wandering 😂

[@Ryan-qq9qe]

I noticed this too 😂

[@0...00..19]

Nah this guy is just professional talker

[@0...00..19]

This guy knows how to talk lol

[@sonnyh.8212]

Bro talks a lot, didn't get a chance to let Skye speak, lol...

[@alexxenaosas2416]

Hey girl , I will tell after I stay in Vietnam :)) , I come to Vietnam in December , start a new let say journey , new beginning ! . I was thinking to start a channel also , the sad part is I like privacy :))) , cya around byeeeeeeee !

[@skyetran]

where in Vietnam?

[@alexxenaosas2416]

@@skyetran North Vietnam , Yen Ben District ! , countryside :)

[@skyetran]

Beautiful

[@pete79602]

Get ready a KZbin channel the enormous amount of work but good luck

[@alexxenaosas2416]

@@pete79602 thank you Pete, is not my main focus but I will give it a try , at least I will have something to watch when I'm old ! XD