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Originally Posted by chanyboy
Some observations I had so far:
a) it is surprising that many of the gers have better handphones than a humble Sg male who visits the local Vn or Vn itself... I may be using a $90 h/p, they are using a $450++ h/p!! But I reckon their bank a/c like mine, is near-zero always, except for a few hard-savers who return home to build a new small business.
b) I've read an article on a Sg pinoy maid earns S$ but is an established small time landlady back hm, even employing a few locals to look after her lands... imagine that! The typical locals here own a 'land' on a 'landed HDB', up in the mid-air & valid for 99-yr only. I really cannot make sense of this...
c) Some Vn gers wear expensive jeans (e.g. Lee costs about $170+ a pair) but we guys go cheap-hunting in Th, Vn, CN for clothing..
d) In the last trip, in the airplan I witnessed Vn guys & gers using expensive digicams, iPhone, laptops... and they are visiting Sg (not working or studying here!). They brought along a checklist stating 'Sim Lim Sq, Funan, Bras Basah, Orchard Rd, ...' words I can recognised as shopping list (spend $!) as I peered thro the gap in between the seats from behind. It's not Sentosa, Jurong Bird Park, Joo Chiat,...(not for tourism or visitation)..
e) S$10K seems relatively small now, can consider mid-class (only Govt classify them as 'upper-class' for taxation purpose). That's VND117,000,000 per month! Is it mid- or upper- in Vn?
I reckon some Vn are really rich; some foreigners slaving away in local is richer back home than any of us commoners here...
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The majority of the Vietnamese(pop. 85 million) are still dirt poor. Flashy expensive handphone and motorbike are status symbols flashed by
the poor. The rich(small minority) show off their imported RRs, Lamborgianni
& Ferrari, and their villas in choice districts.
The Vietnamese learnt about 'face value' from the mainland Chinese.
