Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Sounded like my friend. He is the person who cert whether plane is "fit" to fly.


This I have to agree with you. I took Pacific airline way before Jetstar Pacific many times for domestic... Planes are old but still took off and landed safety...

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Anyone knows any Tet greetings pertaining to Year of the Goat in tv?

I only know:
Chuc mung nam moi
Cung Chuc Tan Xuan
Van Su Nhu Y



.... any more?

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

When it is time to go no matter what also cannot escape

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

I no longer in aircraft industry. I am in IT now

:D

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

My viet girls also send me "Cung Chúc Tân Niên" some years. ;)

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

if bring a brand new "branded" bag over as gift for VB :D ... few hundred that type ... will there be any issue at viet custom?

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

here...dug out from old posts year 2011

http://www.sammyboyforum.com/showpos...postcount=7145

http://www.sammyboyforum.com/showpos...postcount=7161

http://www.sammyboyforum.com/showpos...postcount=1836

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

just check in or remove the price tag and packaging...if hand carry then just make it as used...should not be problem...:)

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

LOL - he'd have a hard time explaining that he himself "use" the ladies handbag! Why not just take advantage of the allowable limits to bring items into Vietnam?

Googled a bit and this is what I found:

".......The given information is from the Official Vietnam Government Customs Website; make sure to visit this website before flying to Vietnam to keep updated.
- Cigarettes: 400; Cigars: 100; Tobacco: 100 gr; Liquor: 1.5 liters.
- Perfume and jewelry for personal use only.
- Passengers can bring small gift items valued at not more than US$ 300.
..........."

SEAJ

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

if for me...I will not want to buy the handbag as gift...you can say I am miser or anything...:)

My reasoning is simple...when give VB gifts the VB dun take it as cash or money simply is a gift...so whatever money you promised to give remains the same...VB will not ask you to deduct from the cash money you promised her or she will pay you back the money used to purchase...:)

the other thing is you feel heart pain when she used once or twice and she gives away to her sister or friends to use...you may not even know she sold the hangbag away...:)

another reason is the handbag sold in HCM is quite cheap...so why not buy there...some may say that those sold in Vietnam is not real thing...but so long you buy and give her she cannot refused...since cheaper and you know ladies like to have many and not one bag...^^

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

100% agree!

WG's IMHO always prefer cold hard cash - as then they can buy whatever they want for themselves and for all the reasons you outline.

Yeah, small trinkets from overseas or when out walking around is fine, but to take the trouble to actually buy a particular item, bring it over and worry about customs etc - nahhh!

China girls are particularly fond of asking "let's go shopping" and expecting you to go with them and pay for anything and everything she desires; I've learned years ago to either say no or tell her "no, you go yourself, here's some money..." thus putting a limit to the cash outlay as well as re-establishing the fact that yours is a cash based relationship.

SEAJ

Ps - Another thing - Food and restaurants; these girls just do NOT share our tastes and/or sentiments when it comes to eating. I used to think - "hey, let's treat her and go to a nice restaurant..." Well... for sure not Western or other foreign food places - things I had thought more "Romantic" than the usual local places. WRONG!! Not only do they struggle with the cutlery, they also just cannot appreciate any other things than what they are used to daily! And Romantic? What's that? What a waste of time! And so quiet and dead! Yes, we all forget the socio-economic divide when with a nice SYT!

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Thanks

VB may mean many things but she is at least a friend to me :)
She still kept the one I gave to her 2 years back so I don't mind to give her an upgrade :D
for the same "brand", so far hcm price may be higher though not sure about this.

not exactly cash base relationship.
Is like getting a gift for a lady friend. I hope you have friends :D
throwing $$ to her and ask her to get herself has no respect for one another.

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Actually what I meant was... some greetings pertaining to Year of the Goat... for eg in Chinese we can say:
shēngyì yáng yáng déyì - 生意羊羊得意
(Wish u get what u want in business... playing with the word "yang"...)

Thanks for digging out the old posts though. They are also useful for me to learn. :)



That's true, actually. VB don't care if the brand is original or copy. They just carry it for the big Gucci or Chanel logo. So cash is still best. Don't waste time buying branded this or that... they couldn't care less. The only exception is iPhone & iPad.... that one must be original. :p

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Corruption is very high in VN, maybe more than China.
I used to send some gifts to my ex (Armani & Gucci stuff) and most of time have to pay a big amount of money to the viet customs if they open and check the parcel (and sometimes if really unlucky, parcel is lost).

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

U are lucky, u can pay money to custom to get the stuff out. Luxury goods are heavily tax in Vietnam, if I am not wrong up to 75% of value of goods. If there is no receipt, invoice, they will determine your goods value n tax u, unless the receiver can proof the value of the goods.

Since it is expensive stuff then u should use DHL, Fedex or others... if u want to save then normal parcel mail is like playing roulette in casino.