For the past few years, i have received several requests from fellow samsters to help them look for job and settle in HCM City as expat. There are a few points that i wish to point out based on my interaction with sporean based there.
(1) Do not expect to be highly paid when you are posted to Vietnam as expat. Of course, if you belong to top management, then its a different story. Most of the time, if the company in Singapore recruits Singaporean to be based in Vietnam, the renumeration package is mostly the same or lower than singapore. This has been the norm for the past many years till now. So if there's any normal singaporean who's based there and tells you he highly paid , there's a 99% chance that its total bullshit. (unless he's top management).
(2) If you wish to go Vietnam to look for a job, expect your renumeration to be even lower. A Vietnamese graduate who speaks good english and works for foreign companies can expect to be paid up to US$600 a month. If he/she is lucky, US$800 a month may be possible. For a local, that salary is actually very good. But for a singaporean based there, the salary may not be enuff for him to survive after deducting away accommodation etc.
So don't move there because of love, make yr love move to singapore because to you.
