Vietnam voted second-best destination for expats in 2019
Vietnam was voted as the second-best destination for expats to live and work in 2019, revealed the latest Expat Insider survey published by InterNations.
Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnam was voted as the second-best destination for expats to live and work in2019, revealed the latest Expat Insider survey published by InterNations.
The country moved up 12 steps in just one year from the 14th out of the 68 destinations last year, said InterNations, the world’slargest expat community with 3.6 million members, in the survey.
Vietnam is only behind China’s Taiwan which secures the first place, and followed by Portugal.
Expats are particularly happywith their career prospects (68 percent satisfied vs. 55 percent globally) andtheir jobs in general (74 percent satisfied vs. 64 percent globally) in Vietnam, the survey reported.
Vietnam is not only the highest-ranking place when itcomes to working abroad but it is also the best destination for personal finance (1st out of 64), it said.
In fact, 81 percent of expats are happy with theirfinancial situation (vs. 64 percent worldwide), and 75 percent state that theirdisposable household income is more than they need to cover daily costs (vs. 49percent globally).
This might be partially because living in Vietnam isalso considered affordable: 86 percent of expats rate the cost of living positively(vs. 47 percent globally).
“It is a very inexpensive country, and the people arenice and simple,” the survey quoted an Australian expat as saying about Vietnam.
On the other hand, Vietnam lags behind in terms ofdigital life (51st), as, for example, just about half the expats (52 percent)find it easy to pay without cash (vs. 79 percent globally).
Also in thetop 10 best destinations are two other Southeast Asian places – Singapore (6th) and Malaysia (9th), while the worst for expats includeKuwait, Italy and Nigeria.
For its annual Expat Insider survey, the InterNations asked 20,259 expatsrepresenting 182 nationalities and living in 187 countries or territories toprovide information on various aspects of expat life, as well as their gender,age, and nationality.
The respondents’ ratings arebased on six topicalindices: quality of life, ease of settling in, working abroad, family life, personalfinance, and cost of living./.
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In Vietnam’s case, she said, President Ho Chi Minh demonstrated his strategic vision by founding the revolutionary press a century ago. The late leader understood the press's role not only as a means to reflect the country’s realities but also as a powerful tool to strengthen national unity and inspire the resistance wars and national construction process.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) 
