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Vietnam is notoriously opaque to outsiders. This is a community where you can ask questions, and hopefully get answers.

For example, where to buy a thing, how to attend a wedding, living and working here, what food to eat, and whatever else you might want to know.

Don't ask how to commit crimes though. That will get you banned.

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I check in here and answer questions (voltage.vn)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Don't be worried that there aren't many posts yet. I check in here and will answer -- maybe others will too, eventually.

I immigrated to Vietnam in ~2012, started a software company in HCMC, got married here, etc.

So mostly I know this city very well, and also a few things about paperwork, laws, and taxes. Also where to eat, things to avoid, and how to do all the things that tourists do. I can also answer questions about daily life, culture, what the workplace is like, and so on.

I read and speak Vietnamese poorly. I get by, but don't expect me to translate anything super well.

I also know my way around Da Nang, Phan Thiet, Vung Tau, and Hoi An somewhat.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@Saigonauticon Hello from Saigon. I just wonder why you choose the domain name "voltage"? And is it ok to talk by Vietnamese language here?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I also live in HCMC :)

Tiếng Việt is completely OK, however Vietnamese is approximately my ninth language, so I might not be able to moderate it fast or well. If we get a number of people here eventually, I'll be looking for some help!

A colleague of mine owns voltage.vn and isn't using it yet. I think the plan is to use it to build a tech community in the style of https://hackerspaces.org/ some years in the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@Saigonauticon Oh cool ;) Now I knew. Hope you got a lot tech friends from Vietnamese on here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Haha not yet. I spend too much time working to have friends -- I used to help organize tech events here a long time ago, but I'm at that time in my life where I need to focus on work. Hopefully I can slow down a bit in a couple of years, maybe move to Da Nang where the air is cleaner and the neighbors quieter :D

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good introduction. I don't have anything to contribute or ask right now but I've always been curious about Vietnam and I'll be following from a distance. Good luck and thanks for spinning up this server!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

No worries! There's not really any traffic right now, so feel free to just ask random stuff if you're curious.