everyone is vanvu from vietnam and if
you have followed my instagram you know
that i just moved to a new apartment in
the west lake area still in hanoi though
but this area is super nice with very
nice neighborhood there are a lot of
foreigners living here and it's
surrounded by big lakes and with a wide
variety of international restaurants and
coffee shops and you might think that
it's going to be so expensive to live
here in this area but today in this
video i'm going to show you how much it
costs monthly to live comfortably here
in vietnam but before we start don't
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with that all set let's get started okay
so now i'm gonna give you guys a little
tour around my apartment so here is a
door when you first walk in you're gonna
see my beautiful kitchen and when i
first moved in everything was furnished
so as you can see we have a refrigerator
here a microwave and a stove over there
and the hose even gave me pots and pans
to cook so it's super nice of her
literally i only have to bring my
clothes and my personal items and i was
all set on the right side is my bathroom
it's small but it does the job it's
super chilly super cold in hanoi now but
i really appreciate that they have the
heated lamps in there which is super
super cool all right let's move on to
the living room
so
we have a huge sofa here
and we have a coffee table here and i
just can't just like sit here and watch
the tv and we have a smart tv here which
is actually included in the rent and
we have an air conditioner here and
there so we actually have two air
conditioners
what i love the most is the room divider
and um i feel like i have an extra room
when they have it here so this is my
favorite part of the apartment
and the curtain is super nice this is a
very nice color for a background
whenever i film all right let's move on
to my bedroom
i have a huge bed here which i really
love i love huge beds
but yeah um i have a big closet as well
and my table is tiny but it's okay i
just need a space to work
and let me show you the view
in here you can see the trees
and many houses and many apartments
which i love here is that it's very cozy
and it's very quiet and
very private as well in the westlake
area this room is very very affordable
alright so how much do i have to pay for
this apartment which includes water high
speed wi-fi a smart tv washer and dryer
which are located downstairs and two
times house cleaning service is 350
per month and the only thing i have to
pay on top of the rent is electric city
bills which is around 20 to 50 dollars
per month depending on the seasons and
how much i use it
also if you want to rent a high-end
apartment with the lake view the price
is a little bit more expensive it's
around 450 to 700
and with a two bedroom apartment it's
gonna be around a thousand dollars which
is still very affordable i actually
found this apartment in the hanoi
massive housing facebook group and i
have mentioned about this group so many
times in my channel and i highly
recommend you if you are the first comer
in hanoi definitely check that group out
because everyone is so helpful so if you
have any questions or you need to find a
place to live you can just type the
questions in the group and then somebody
will contact you and the way they
contact you is through zalo people will
send you pictures and communicate you
there so make sure you download xallo
and it's free zylo is not sponsoring
this video also i need to put down the
deposit as well and the contract is
monthly so it's super flexible the
landlord and the housekeepers are very
nice to us so i'm pretty happy with it
all right so how about food since i'm a
travel vlogger i tend to eat out more
than grocery shopping the regular meal
in hanoi is around two dollars and i
usually eat at a vegetarian buffet it's
called veggie castle in oco street and
it's really really good with a wide
variety of vegetarian food and it's only
3.5
i highly recommend you guys to check
that place out also there are a lot of
international restaurant around here and
the price is a little bit more expensive
it's around four dollars to seven
dollars per meal and if you go to
high-end restaurant is about 10 to 20
dollars per meal as a digital nomad i
like to work at the coffee shop and once
in a while i would want to grab some
beer with my friends so monthly it would
cost me 200
on food and eating out if you like to
save some money on food you can
definitely go grocery shopping and i
usually spend around twenty dollars to
buy my breakfast food such as cereal
fruits milk eggs etc and i realized that
those imported goods like new zealand
apples or californian grapes or
kellogg's fruit loops are the same price
in the u.s however if you just buy
regular food like meat and vegetables
they are very cheap here in vietnam if
you can speak vietnamese fluently and
you can even negotiate you can find very
very cheap produce at vietnamese wet
markets and sometimes the local sellers
can even give you carrots or green
onions for free just to reward you after
your effort that you study vietnamese
vietnamese love foreigners who could
speak vietnamese transportation since i
work at home a lot or i would travel
long distances i would use sleeping bus
airplane or trains but to travel around
the city my main transportation is grab
which is another version of uber it's
super cheap and convenient i usually pay
around five dollars per 10 kilometers so
i would spend max 30 per month if i want
to see my family or meet with my clients
in the downtown area of hanoi and if you
are an adventurous and you would like to
explore the city with a motorbike you
can rent a motorbike for 1 million to 2
million vietnam dong per month and with
less than 10 dollars for gas per month
as well well with inflation it might go
up a little bit nonetheless
transportation is fairly cheap here in
vietnam okay phone bill i usually pay
five dollars per month with two gigabyte
per day and i barely use it up because i
usually use xallo again zlo is not
sponsoring this video but um dialogue is
free so in vietnam wi-fi is everywhere
so you can just connect to the wi-fi and
call or text people for free you can set
up a phone plan at any telephone store
such as vidtel or mobile phone you know
and you can just connect with your bank
account and then they will automatically
charge you monthly or an easier way is
that you can go to any convenience
stores and then buy phone data there
they're going to print out a receipt and
has a code there you just have to dial
that code in your phone to put the data
in and you check your balance you can
dial asterisk 101 and then pal gym
membership so before moving to the
westlake area i used to work out with my
personal trainer and it would cost me 15
per session which lasts one and a half
hours but now i'm just working out at
home since i travel a lot but i know if
you want to look for a gym membership
it's going to cost around 20 per month
and if you can commit in a
longer period of time the rate will be
cheaper what i love the most about
vietnam is that it's very affordable to
try so many interesting classes and
activities such as like bachata class is
two dollars per class ariel six point
five dollars per class muay thai with
which is eight dollars per class rock
climbing is ten dollars per session and
i should love trying new different
things because it's a great way to
explore myself and connect with others
this month i haven't been able to try
any of those yet because of covet so my
cost of living this month is actually
cheaper than usual last but not least my
favorite category is services services
in vietnam are super affordable ladies
if you want to get your nails done or
your eyelash extension done come to
vietnam because a full set of nails it's
only five to ten dollars and a full set
of eyelash extension is ten to fifteen
dollars guys if you want to have a
haircut with a facial massage combo it's
only four dollars
super super cheap i know there are a lot
of vietnamese obviously would come back
to vietnam to get their eyebrow and then
their lips tattoo because it's so
affordable to be pretty in vietnam all
right so the total i spent this month is
650
and with less than one thousand dollars
you can live like a king or queen here
in vietnam i know there are a lot of
people who say that the salary in
vietnam is pretty low so that's why the
cost of living is cheap here in vietnam
true that the average monthly salary is
about 182 dollars but there are a lot of
people have different jobs in vietnam
that allow them to have disposable
income for english teaching job you can
make around thousand to two thousand
dollars per month equivalent to twenty
five dollars per hour which is pretty
good and if you want to get the telford
certificate uh you can check out my
friend alex from ninja teacher i'm gonna
leave the link below also if you work
for a prestigious company like vin group
they pay you big salary and they take
care of your house your car and i know
some of my friends making stick figure
right now and they just love it here in
vietnam because of the quality of life
and affordable price so if you are a
digital nomad or you just simply someone
who wants to move to a peaceful country
with affordable cost of living vietnam
is a great place for you how much does
it cost to live in your country per
month leave it down in the comment below
because i'm very curious and if you
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so much for watching and i'll see you
next time bye
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