A few years ago, it was often seen that some domestic tourists who went to Vietnam exchanged RMB for millions of Vietnamese dong to show off on the Internet. In fact, it's only one or two thousand yuan, which is rare and strange. It looks like a frog in a well. The easiest way to convert RMB into VND is to divide VND by 65,438+00,000 and multiply it by 3, which is the amount of RMB. Most people who have never been to Vietnam may imagine that the cost of living in Vietnam is very low and the Vietnamese are very poor. In fact, I want to tell you that after nearly 10 years of rapid development, the cost of living in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi has approached and surpassed some second-tier cities in China. Many people may doubt this conclusion. After all, in a country like Viet Nam, the income of most people is less than half that of China. How can they afford such a high price?
I have lived in Southeast Asia for so long, and I have seen too many poor and rich people, and I have also seen many rich people become poor. In Southeast Asia, don't underestimate the tolerance of most ordinary people to pain and poverty. I just want to explain from a personal point of view that I want to live in a big city in Vietnam with the cost of living for the upper middle class. In fact, just like in China, although it has always been claimed that the whole people are well-off, some people can control their daily food expenses within 15-25 yuan, and they can live on a few steamed buns and water carefully. The same is true in Southeast Asia, depending on what kind of living standard you want.
6,000 RMB per month is basically the most common personal monthly expenditure level for permanent foreigners (retirees from Europe, America, Japan and South Korea or foreign entrepreneurs, etc.). ) I met it in Southeast Asia. The expenses here include all expenses, such as visa fees, shopping, food, transportation, entertainment and so on. It can be said that it is the most representative expenditure standard in large cities in Southeast Asia. I'm talking about big cities, and small cities or rural areas in Southeast Asia are much lower. In China, the monthly income of 6,000 RMB can be said to be above the average according to the national average, because according to official statistics, 20% of China people earn more than 5,000 RMB, 600 million people earn less than 1000 RMB, and 200 million people are employed flexibly (self-employed), not to mention the unemployed and unemployed. The monthly income of more than 6,000 RMB is enough to exceed 80%.
Take Ho Chi Minh City, where Vietnamese people have the highest income level, as an example, which is similar to the domestic front line, that is, North, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. At present, the minimum wage in Ho Chi Minh City is 1.300 yuan-1.500 yuan for one month. What I'm talking about here is formal company positions, excluding a large number of temporary workers and informal positions of several hundred yuan 1000 yuan. Ho Chi Minh, a big city with a population of130,000, has a huge gap between the rich and the poor. 90% of the citizens earn less than 2,000 yuan a month, and a few IT and financial services with higher education will earn between 3,000 yuan and 6,000 yuan a month. However, the price of Ho Chi Minh is not cheap, which is a problem in many big cities in Southeast Asia.
Is 6000 RMB enough to install X in big cities in Vietnam? The conclusion is obviously not. How to live in Ho Chi Minh, a Southeast Asian city, depends on your living standard. Let me briefly say that this only represents personal experience, first of all, the rent. Take Ho Chi Minh City, the most developed city in Vietnam, for example, the monthly rent of most apartments is between 1000 RMB and 8000 RMB, and the whole rent of 1000 RMB is basically the worst room. No fan, no air conditioning, it stinks. If you want to live in the city center, basically the most common rent for a suite is 2500 yuan a month. If you live about 30 minutes away from the city center by motorcycle, the rent for a whole one-bedroom apartment is about 1800+ a month. In recent years, housing prices in Vietnam have soared, and a large number of people have flooded into Ho Chi Minh, resulting in higher and higher living costs. If you want to live in the largest city in Vietnam and reach the same living standard as the first-tier cities in China, the cost pressure is not lower than that in China.
As far as the cost of eating is concerned, most apartments in Southeast Asia do not provide natural gas stoves, unlike gas stoves in China. For safety reasons, most rooms use induction cookers for cooking. If you live in Vietnam and cook by yourself, the monthly cost is not much different from that in China, which is about 800- 1500 yuan. If you can find a cheap local vegetable market, the cost will be lower. If you eat out, the street food is usually 8- 15 yuan. If you go to a clean and air-conditioned restaurant, it is above 25 yuan. In Ho Chi Minh City, a better place is to spend more than 60 yuan to eat more authentic Indian food, and spend 100 yuan to eat more decent Japanese food. This price should be much cheaper than domestic first-line dishes. Basically, if you eat out most of the time every month, the average monthly expenditure is about 1500-2500 yuan, depending on the price you want to eat. By the way, I don't count the expenses of buying fruit snacks and eating with friends.
In terms of transportation costs, because Vietnam's transportation is very underdeveloped, buses are basically unreliable. If you rent a car, the motorcycle rent is about one month in 300 yuan, and the fuel cost is about one month 100 yuan. If you have a formal job, the medical insurance price in your salary is not much different from that in China. If you have an ordinary job, the average monthly medical insurance is about 100 RMB. The cost of travel varies greatly, depending on where you go and how you play. There is no average standard for this, but it usually costs at least 1000-2000 yuan once a year. If you want to do something unhealthy, you have to spend more money. I'll talk about the unhealthy part separately when I have the chance. In terms of visas, whether it is an ordinary business visa or a tourist visa, it is generally 1 month, and can be renewed for up to 3 months after expiration. A single round trip will be cheaper than multiple round trips. For multiple round trips, the cost of finding a 30-day visa is about 400-500 RMB, and three months is 1500 RMB (depending on the visa conditions, it is more expensive to apply for a weekend). In Ho Chi Minh City, entertainment, drinking and coffee usually start at least 300 RMB a month.
In this way, if you live in the center of a big city in Vietnam, you will spend at least 6,000 yuan a month, and a little extra expenditure will basically exceed 6,000 yuan. Of course, the cost will be lower if you don't have to live in the city center. Just like office workers in first-tier cities in China, there are not a few people living in the city center, mostly within the commuting range of 1 hour. I have a few friends who started businesses in Ho Chi Minh. They live about 1 hour away from the downtown motorcycle. If the rent is not wasted, it will cost about 4,000 yuan a month.
Of course, I'm talking about the standards of foreigners. According to the life of Ho Chi Minh natives, 6,000 RMB can live well, but the living standard of Vietnamese natives is beyond the reach of many foreigners. Many Vietnamese "Hu Piao" can rent the cheapest roadside stalls to eat in the suburbs, and the total monthly living expenses are controlled within several hundred RMB. This is the consumption level of Ho Chi Minh, the largest city in Vietnam. 6000 yuan is ok, it may be difficult to install X. Of course, if you go to Da Nang or other small cities in Vietnam, the cost is obviously much less. Except Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, other small cities in Vietnam have relatively low consumption, but their living standards will be correspondingly reduced. Other big cities in Southeast Asia, such as Bangkok in Thailand, Manila in Indonesia, Jakarta in Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, are all close. 6,000 yuan is basically the average baseline for foreigners to live in first-tier cities such as Southeast Asia. Today, I hope more sailing content will help you go abroad.