[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by tuyen

The country needs another 5 years to catch up in terms of social scene. If you want HCMC 5 years ago, Cantho, Rach Gia or some of the provnicial cities will be that best model. Right now, i think HCMC is like Batu Pahat, in 5 years, it will be JB. Having said that, in 15 years though, i think HCMC will have glimpses of shanghai.

But all in all,i think the standard and comfort level of the Vina Lians that Singaporeans are used to can be found in joo jiat already. Coming to the mothership in Vietnam is not necessary a good thing. It is unlike thailand or china where you need to go in-market. Vietnam is export driven.

Some of us have been out too long and we don't explore the scene back in Singapore enough. My mate was sharing with me that as Singapore becomes a education hub, more and more students from the region go to Singapore to study, the girls they meet at the club these days are really regional. Apparently, clubs like Areana, Double O and even Butter Factory is very popular to Viets, Kazahs, Indon and Chinese students. These girls are out to play and being immerse in the Singapore enviroment, they can communicate with you, laugh at your jokes and maintain their charm of being Vietnamese, indons etc...

So my personal advice is please don't come here. It is really waste time. The goods are really in our own backyard already!

Your comments were well researched and good points...afraid that too expensive to cheong the scenes you had mentioned...oso gals that can afford to come here to study from Vn are usually rich parents...these students had been discussed quite detail in another thread "Understanding Vietnamese Life Partner"

I am not optimistic that Vn can catch up in terms of social graciousness in 5 years time....in my opinion give them 10 years oso may not...oso in 15 years time hcm cannot be like Shanghai...it takes alot of investment to get to that level...