He Left San Diego California for Saigon VIETNAM! 🇻🇳 Cost of Living in HCMC Vietnam 2025

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In this episode of The Cost of Living Abroad Pod with ‪@thestoryofkt‬ and ‪@evan_eh‬ we compare the best affordable places to live and retire early in SE Asia, including a full monthly budget breakdown and discussion of the pros and cons of living in Vietnam, and Kevin tells me what it is like to be a black man in Vietnam. He also shares his experience of dating, working and living in Vietnam as an African American.

0:00 Intro - Kevin from Story of KT Youtube Channel
1:00 “It was time to leave” the USA
2:35 I sold everything & moved to Vietnam
10:00 Living in Hanoi vs Living in HCMC Saigon
17:50 what’s it like being black in Vietnam?
25:00 trash, sanitary, huge banh mi rats
28:00 Dating Vietnamese women as a black man
31:00 speaking Vietnamese & Language Barrier
35:00 Vietnam is a crazy animal
38:00 Story of KT and Starting on Youtube
39:30 “You will get scammed in Vietnam”

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