What It REALLY Costs to Live in Ho Chi Minh City

[@skyetran]

What are some tips you have for saving money? 💵

[@thomasschumacher5362]

No

[@雷霆雨露皆是君恩]

Buy from online stores in China

[@johnmcintosh5797]

Great vid! Go to a different market though buddy! Co Bac / Co Giang street by the Nguyen thai hoc bridge has cheaper prices and friendlier too. My experience 😂. Take care nothing but love for ya!!

[@tigeranjelica0526]

Your Vietnamese is so cute, but natural and local-like!! Specially when you bargained at the market, it sounds almost like a native!! Giỏi quá chị ơi❤

[@skyetran]

@@tigeranjelica0526 Cảm ơn em, i appreciate you!!

[@Richcultur]

Vietnam is a great place and is cheap but as a foreigner you will always (most of the time) pay more, sometimes as much as double the price or more, so keep that in mind. If you shop at regular supermarkets you can get local prices. Also before Grab was a thing motorbike taxis always charged rip-off prices to foreigners, I could never get a ride under $2.0 USD anywhere. You have great videos Skye, keep it up :D

[@powercomm]

I know How you feel. I have been there and my experience was similar. A cute lady was selling a coconut on street for $5. I bought it at the airport for just $3.

[@Kushal-v8b]

Vietnam is cheap for foreigners especially

[@Kushal-v8b]

@@Thanosss123a Vietnamese

[@tapandrack]

I’ve been living in Saigon for several years now and I love it here. The people are friendly and the cost of living is very affordable. I know the pho restaurant and Co Op market in your video. We might be neighbors, ha ha… 😁

[@phatle2737]

there are soymilk and fresh coconut vendors everywhere in Vietnam. you should get them fresh and help the small business at the same time, especially the fresh soymilk they cook everyday, it actually taste different than the boxed ones and some soymilk vendor might also carry fresh tofu

[@skyetran]

Maybe I haven’t seen a soy milk vendor yet

[@ThanhNguyen-yp1kx]

Great video ! Keep it coming ❤

[@EsquireUnlimited]

I enjoyed the vlog, thanks for sharing your spending.

[@skyetran]

Glad you found it useful

[@petermai4293]

I went to Vietnam 2 years ago and we spent a lot! It cost as much as in Sydney Australia if you look for the quality stuff. However, if you are willing to accept the low quality stuff that local people are used to, it costs a lot less. Vietnamese who live with high standard foods and quality stuff say the same thing. They find the costs in HCM and Hanoi nearly the same as Sydney Australia. As soon as one looks for quality foods, the price is way up. As all the best fruits would be exported to China, looking for high quality fruits immediately takes the price to the level 2x or 3x the normal prices. Try tp eat some quality beef and immediately the price is 2x the price in the USA in Australia. So, yes, the cost is low, but only if one accepts the low quality products. Only occasionally, one can get a good quality meal for 2/3 the price in expensive places like Sydney Australia. This requires knowing the right places recommended by friends.

[@skysailing4355]

I stayed in Hanoi for 3 mos visiting my fiancé, I bought a good bicycle $100 and that’s how I got around in the city. I think I saved a bit of money on transport and loose some weight. I gave the bicycle to a college kid when I left VN. If you don’t travel more than 3 miles a trip then a bicycle could be good.

[@liarliar1408]

With her Vietnamese, ill charge her double for tourist pricing. When im in vn , i buy local clothing and ill try to blend on in n even try to act like im from the country side mien que or mien tay. This is to get the local pricing and not getting rip off. After my trip, ill give everything in my luggage away including the luggage.

[@ds7363]

Bread is an extra charge too. Definitely gets recycled. They are delicious. The heat of the soup kills any recycled bacteria?

[@skyetran]

The hot broth cooks the rare steak

[@patrickrambeaux9796]

I live in Vietnam, i'm married with a vietnamese lady, it's so amazing 🇻🇳👍

[@simonlebon2022]

2:42: Em ơi, please don't put hoisin and chili sauce directly into Phơ. Hoisin and chili are meant for dipping. A good broth from bones, meat, herbs, and spices should be perfect already. Next time, try tasting the broth first. Cheers!

[@skyetran]

Okay I’ll do that next time…thank you for the tip

[@simonlebon2022]

@@skyetran You are so sweet! Subscribed.

[@joeblow7992]

​@@simonlebon2022 nah u wrong guy. u put the sauce in the bowl guy. sauce for dipping is optional.

[@visionarystyle_]

Can you do a video for monthly expenses?

[@skyetran]

I’ll make note of it

[@yamuiemata]

Surprisingly I'm not the only one who compares the ride price on different apps😂

[@skyetran]

The savings add up in the end

[@edgargabriel6640]

you sre cute. might be we have a coffee in June, when I come back to HCMC next year. Greetings from (currently) Germany. I'm often there, cause my childrens' familiy is from HCMC

[@hoangphuctran9310]

There are some dairy milk products that not included lacoste, you can try them, for example Th true milk

[@blah7745]

There's also Xanh which is much better than Grab for transport

[@skyetran]

I was gonna mention Xanh, but had a few bad experiences with their drivers…but I do appreciate them being all electric

[@gripguy6056]

Hey Skye, are e-scooters being used for transport in HCM now ?

[@skyetran]

Yes

[@Mike_ICP]

How pretty. Great video

[@skyetran]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@vishnujr.3406]

Ms. Skye, you're kinda amazing. I love the way you carry yourself. You're cute

[@skyetran]

cảm ơn anh

[@vishnujr.3406]

@@skyetran thank you for making videos. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more video's. 😊

[@TramHicks]

Very interesting to watch

[@skyetran]

cảm ơn bạn

[@Me-lm2ky]

You look beautiful in this video. I am a new subscriber to this channel and this is my first viewing of one of yours videos. Hey, I am paying my bills mostly with Garmin Pay via my Garmin Smart Watch here in California. I would love it if Vietnam expats would include the payment options after each one of their restaurant reviews. Also showing payment options at malls and local shops would be useful as well in the Vietnam daily life of an expat videos. Thanks.

[@skyetran]

Welcome, of course I could show payment options next time

[@ShockiiieSpace]

Beef Pho looks good.

[@skyetran]

It was delicious

[@tenseupdonnelly]

should you wear a face mask everyday when traveling/walking in saigon?

[@Aavp72]

Skye whats a good website to find an apartment to rent in HCM? Which District would you recommend?

[@hoodhunter3262]

a bag that full now cost us $80-100 in san Francisco, thanks to inflation. I missed VN. Can't wait to visit every year so I can spend like a king.

[@DinhNguyễn-q9i]

*Hoa tươi* ! 💐

[@skyetran]

💐

[@hoodhunter3262]

that ramen is good but spicy as hell. It has one of the best texture for an instant noodle.

[@Ka-cv3pr]

"Cái này bao nhiu?" You have the cute accent like every Viet Kieu women I know ;)

[@skyetran]

What’s the Viet kieu accent?

[@captainthang7997]

Tiếng Việt của bạn giỏi đấy.

[@skyetran]

Cảm ơn

[@captainthang7997]

@@skyetran Ngủ đi cô bé. Muộn rồi.

[@DinhNguyễn-q9i]

*Phở bò* ! 🍜

[@skyetran]

Pho tai

[@DinhNguyễn-q9i]

*Chôm chôm* ! 🍒

[@skyetran]

yum!

[@chesterphung1143]

You're so beautiful 😊❤😮

[@skyetran]

Bless you

[@Kushal-v8b]

Is Hanoi or ho chi Minh City Vietnam expensive ? Lot of expats prefer to live in Saigon HCMC

[@skyetran]

Depends on what you think is expensive…many expats in both cities

[@altran1125]

Hanoi was cheaper for me and you can save a lot of money taking the metro. it like 8 buck a month and they have two line up and running which can get you to most part of the city.

[@skyetran]

Didn’t know there was a metro

[@Kushal-v8b]

@@skyetran underground metro ben thanh market Saigon

[@skyetran]

But it’s not open yet?

[@TramHicks]

I remember buying 7 punch of bananas about 7 kilos ( a whole ) 6 quid and bananas last me fly 2 weeks very cheap and healthy too it was 10 months ago Where? in Hue, Vietnam

[@skyetran]

Maybe I should visit Hue

[@donganhacquyen]

Nhìn chị Tây này ngố ngố lí lắc😂

[@skyetran]

🧐

[@donganhacquyen]

@@skyetran oh I didn't mean anything bad, sorry

[@skyetran]

@@donganhacquyen awww, google translate misinterpreted your meaning...I had to ask my Viet friend. Thank you for the kind compliment

[@donganhacquyen]

@@skyetran Yeahhh, I guess so. I love the editing of this episode, scene transitions and music are so smooth, and you are so beautiful😻

[@DinhNguyễn-q9i]

*Kẹo me* ! 🍫

[@skyetran]

🍬🍬🍬

[@DinhNguyễn-q9i]

*Chuối sứ* ! 🍌

[@skyetran]

🍌

[@LordEQUATOR]

🌴 Oh Hell yeah 🇻🇳 🌴