Why she was forced to leave Russia and moved to Vietnam

So why did Rina leave Russia to start her new life in Vietnam at the age of 14? In this video I talk to Rina and Rina's struggle with identity as an overseas Vietnamese-Russian.
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0:00 Intro
1:25 Life in Russia
2:30 Moving to Vietnam
3:50 School in Vietnam
5:45 Vietnamese Identity
7:22 Making connections
10:15 Vietnamese traditions
11:48 Rock bottom
12:50 Depression
16:00 Not Viet Kieu enough
17:00 Canada
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[@mosqutio88]

Bro, you’re my favorite content creator based in Vietnam. I appreciate your work!

[@IvanNguyen-ky6nn]

agreed

[@gaolutsoctrang4507]

Surprisingly her English is pretty good even though she was born and raised in Russia! This is totally new to me.

[@therinajournal]

Surprise, surprise! English is a mandatory subject in schools, it’s just like any country where English is the foreign language, not everyone possesses a good command of it after studies

[@daviddoan3815]

@@therinajournal the surprising thing is that she not only speaks very fluent English but also without a Russian accent 😂😂 like most Russian.

[@phanle2870]

She lived in Russia but her English so good!

[@therinajournal]

Thank you! Not many people know about it, but English is a mandatory subject since elementary school. There used to be times before I went to school where you could choose to learn English, German or French, but now most schools teach only English as a second language

[@jerryle379]

​@@therinajournalmy time 2000s -2010s school still offer french - japanese class , I think recent they add Korean and Chinese

[@KhangTran-mr3zf]

@@therinajournal the young figure skating girls from russia, none of them can speak a lick of english.

[@keninchicago]

​@@therinajournalbut I have met many Russians who do not speak English at all. Why did they not learn in school like you ?

[@smosabi7415]

Thanks for another wonderful interview. She most likely speaks three languages - impressive. Her way of thinking is truly nomadic- not just in a physical sense, but mentally as well. As an Asian minority with very few Asians around her, she spent her formative years in Russia, likely speaking perfect Russian. Despite this, her appearance never allowed her to feel entirely Russian. In Vietnam, she blends in physically until she speaks Vietnamese, which reveals her foreignness. Over time, such experiences can lead one to feel cold personally and isolated. As she said, an identity crisis....

[@therinajournal]

Perfectly summarized, thank you!

[@skygrey7237]

If I was her, I’d move back to VN also. I’d imagine it would be hard living in Russia as an Asian.

[@therinajournal]

That’s definitely true

[@yunga39]

Half of russian are Asian

[@therinajournal]

The parasol sure hella helped with the exposure 😂😂😂 Thanks for having me!

[@brokethehabit]

Thank you for sharing your story I'm sure it will resonate with others on a similar path🙏🙏

[@wiln6854]

her English is amazing!

[@keninchicago]

This is a very interesting video. You and she were very natural and your vibe really let's her story flow. Thanks to you both for making this video.

[@biglance]

AMAZING STORY!!! Thank you for sharing your story here, very cool! peace.

[@xuimod]

You're the best bro. Love your content. Keep it going 👍.

[@gaolutsoctrang4507]

After all, life's a choice. If the choice makes you happy, that's fine because life is short and everyone deserves to be happy. Happiness is eventually deeply personal. Every day combing my hair or brushing my teeth, I look at myself in the mirror recognizing I'm getting older but I'm still Vietnamese after years of living abroad. That's who I really am, so going back to my roots makes me happy and that counts whether people like it or not. I live my life, they live theirs.

[@JamesNguyen-fe6it]

Very interesting insights.

[@vinhho3202]

Looking like you find a direction you’re doing great mate. I am happy for you mate keep going bro

[@scogginsscoggins]

I know many Vietnamese colleagues who studied in Russian Universities and had very good experiences with the local Russians. Sad to hear that she was bullied as a child in Russia.

[@jerryle379]

Lot of people in comment amazing as her english , wait still yall meet 2k vietnamese kid 😅 they english are crazy good , some with brit , american , south african , aussie .

[@tompham637]

It seemed people concerned about her English. In Vietnam they also teach English in school. With the integration to the world, a lot of Vietnamese learned English. It’s getting popular to know the language.

[@congthanh1254]

it may also amaze you that despite all that, a lot of big city young adults still have a very poor command of English

[@tednguyen7258]

shes hooked up with a ton of usa old farts i bet

[@therinajournal]

​@@tednguyen7258bold assumption 🤣🤣🤣

[@VanTran-ne4yf]

Do you know migrant in Russia onlymake an average $400usd/month when everything in the supermarket and department store store the same price as US, Canada, Australia and Europe. A majority migrant in Russia 90% are taxi driver, Uber driver or food delivery , Bus driver Do you think you can survive $400usd/month in Canada ? That why life very difficult for Vietnamese and migrant in Russia

[@yamuiemata]

She speaks so good English 😮

[@therinajournal]

Thank you!

[@tednguyen7258]

no viet brother could stand her

[@daviddoan3815]

I wonder how big of a culture shock for those kids that were born overseas in the US, Canada, Australia etc ... when they decide to move to Vietnam to live. How strange it is to feel like foreigner in the motherland.

[@brokethehabit]

Yep.

[@adrianc9784]

surprising to hear that a very much Eurasian country was anti-asian ?! huh. Would love to have half of Rina's language and culture skills, so interesting. Glad to find your channel, hugs from Kits (changing fast). Really appreciate what your channel is about, personal journeys so many are on 💦

[@MrBeretboy]

Interesting intellectual discussion. Your guest obviously straddled Russian and Vietnamese culture and language. I'd love to know how and where she became fluent in American English. Thank you.

[@therinajournal]

It's actually a mix of several accents that I picked up throughout the years of learning English! It started with Russianized British English when I was in school, then as I attended English centers in Vietnam, I got taught by New Zealanders, Scottish and Canadians, and then just consumed lots of US-UK TV series and movies. Some foreigners can tell when my Russian accent pulls through from time to time 😂

[@3-dhistory495]

She could learn to relax about the Russianness, you don't have to be Slavic to be Russian. There are Yakuts, Bashkir, Kazan Tatars, Altai Siberians (Asian), Kyrgyz, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Buryats, all of them in the big cities, Moscow, etc. Asian is typically 20-25% of the youth population, it's just that they are Asian n Muslim. Great interview, she's a bit neurotic, it's interesting.

[@FengFox19]

Well, the fact is Russia was having an identity crisis during the early 2000s may contribute to that.

[@therinajournal]

​@@FengFox19 yep, and racism was pretty heavy everywhere in the early 2000s, and the further you went from Moscow, the worse it'd get. Last time I was in Moscow in 2016, it was waaaay more friendly and tolerant compared to earlier years

[@FengFox19]

@@therinajournal cause you don't look white or from the west and you live in the western part of russia during those times. But hey, russia is always harsh to its children 😁

[@therinajournal]

​@@FengFox19 yep 😅

[@jerryle379]

You should open a slavic restaurant

[@HaiPham-yn8fm]

do she know no vodka in VIETNAM

[@denis4072]

She mention VK but she should have remember other VK migrated to other country to make a living. Now just put that perspective in the opposite direction and she should not feel any different than other VK.

[@therinajournal]

I would've, but the majority of VK stories I hear around me are of people who were financially and career established and made a choice to come here. I didn't find anyone with a story similar to mine to relate to, even tho on paper I was definitely VK

[@hf..7271]

I’ll rather live in Vietnam than in Russia .

[@bunbohue369]

are you sure she is from Russia? her English is too good.

[@therinajournal]

That's what you get for learning the language since elementary school and making studies your everything for the entire childhood just to meet the parents expectations

[@tednguyen7258]

shes dated old white men from usa all her life i bet...since she claims viet boys grope her....lol

[@johnnywang206]

Spy

[@bunbohue369]

@@johnnywang206 she definitely is a spy or espionage.

[@84jordie]

She sounds exactly like a Russian who can speak very fluent English, and probably went to a private school in Russia? It's so strange but cool.

[@vincentnnyc]

how did she learn to speak english well while raise in russia. was she in an international school in russia? and why did her parents decide to back back to vietnam? did the father fail at some business or couldn't make enough money in russia?

[@congthanh1254]

The reason they left is right in the first minute, dude...

[@therinajournal]

English was mandatory in Russian schools from Year 1 of elementary school, so I learned from then, and then attended several English centers when I came back to Vietnam. Add the depression period where my escapism was consuming things everything not Russian or Vietnamese (so, books and TV series in English, talking almost exclusively in English to all my friends), and there you have a good command of it

[@jesuisrobert808]

At 3:57 she says she went to diplomatic school. I am not sure what her family did for work that allowed her to live in Russia. I believe Russia has schools to indoctrinate Russia propaganda.

[@therinajournal]

​@@VK-tq4il mad kudos for learning 4! I stopped at basic Korean cause I couldn't find a better use for it to further my studies aside from translator which I already got tired of

[@therinajournal]

@@jesuisrobert808i didn’t say that. I went to very ordinary schools. My high school is located in Vung Tau city’s isolated micro village for Russian workers, but on paper when I got my high school diploma, it states a school under Embassy of Russia