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- Good morning, everybody.
My name is Kenny Nguyen, I'm 25 years old,
currently living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,
I will be doing the ITA Takeover today,
so join me for some Vietnam adventures.
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I'm in downtown Ho Chi Minh City right now
and it's a pretty cloudy day, hopefully it clears up,
but I've been living in Ho Chi Minh City for
about a month now, still haven't found a job
but I am doing private tutoring at the moment.
Why did I choose Ho Chi Minh City, you might ask?
Well, I am half Vietnamese-American,
this city is where my parents were born,
and I have family here that I don't even know much about
so I'm here to learn more about them,
I'm here to learn more about the history and the culture
which I am so in love with, and I'll probably be here for
In Ho Chi Minh City for about a month already,
I am looking for jobs, I already got two job offers
which I'm still looking at, but aside from that,
I am doing private tutoring at home right now,
so it's been pretty nice to have my own schedule.
Don't know where we're gonna go today,
but they always say the best traveling experiences
are the ones that are unplanned,
so I'll be taking you around the city,
don't know where, but let's see.
If you guys have any questions, please send them my way.
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If you didn't know, Vietnam is one of the most
fastest growing economies in the Southeast Asia,
every time I come here there are
buildings constantly going up.
Aside from that, they are also building
an underground train station.
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So it's lunchtime right now, and I am sitting
on this really small tiny stool
on a streetside eating porkchop and egg with sweet sauce.
Its about two U.S. dollars so it's pretty affordable
to eat here in Vietnam.
Everybody, I am back home right now, it's noon,
and we're gonna take a midday nap.
It's pretty common here in Vietnam.
The weather is so hot so you just need that nap
just to get through the day.
First question is asked by Arm.
He asked, how much can you make living in Vietnam?
Well, typical teaching salaries go from about
1,200 to 1,400 dollars a month, but with a little bit more
experience you can actually make up to about 1,800 dollars.
So I have offers from a few places,
don't know if I'm gonna take it yet,
but the salary that they're offering me
was about 17-18 U.S. dollars per hour.
But aside from that, I am doing private tutoring
and the price for that is as high
as 25 U.S. dollars an hour.
Wondering what the cost of living is in Vietnam is,
well it's pretty low, keep this in mind,
the average salary of a Vietnamese person
living in Vietnam is about 150-200 U.S. dollars a month,
it does not cost a lot to live here
and you can save a boatload amount of money.
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I'm so stoked right now, so after getting several job offers
from other English centers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,
I've waited for this one school to reply back
and they have finally did, and I am officially hired
as a full time teacher at ILA.
So excited to take on this new position,
and I did not expect this to happen
on the ITA Takeover at all, but yeah,
I start actually next week, in July 2nd or 1st,
somewhere around that time,
a little bit ILA, it is a private English
ILA is a pretty reputable school,
they have centers all over Vietnam, including Hanoi,
Ho Chi Minh City, Biên Hòa, Cần Thơ, Nha Trang,
and the list goes on and on and on.
And the position I took up is actually
the Young Learners position
which I'll be teaching three to 12 year olds.
There are so many ILA centers within this city,
I decided to choose a center that's about
three miles away from where I live.
And they are in need of, I think three more
English teaching positions so I did the interview
at the center, it was pretty straightforward.
So asked questions about your classroom management skills,
your teaching styles, and differences
between teaching adults and younger kids.
All I gotta say is, come in with confidence,
be prepared, and you shall be fine.
Can see it's raining a little bit today,
so just decided to walk out of my home
just to get some fried banana.
Ooh, that's...
I've never had it before,
so this will be pretty interesting, hopefully delicious.
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Just made it to the first pitstop of the night.
Right behind me as you see, this is
the Notre Dame Cathedral, and it's currently
under construction, and toward my right side,
you have the post office.
Isn't it nice?
So guys, I only gave you guys a sneak peek
of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, I'm gonna head home right now
but I hope you guys enjoyed it.
If you want the full experience, definitely come out
to the city, there is so much to offer
and I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
One more thing, I do have a YouTube account,
and I just made a trip to Mekong Delta,
which is out in the countryside,
so I'll attach that latest vlog in this clip as well,
along with it my Instagram handle.
So if you have any questions, let me know,
and hopefully I'll see you down the road
in Vietnam, alright?
What I live for.
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