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amcnic01 wrote:

Good afternoon, Friends:

My name is Tony and, after safely ensconcing my daughter in an institute of higher learning in a couple of years, I plan to move to Vietnam permanently. I currently work as a professional archaeologist ( I have a Master's from McGill University), but hope to find work as an English teacher in Ho Chi Mihn City. Does anyone have any practical advice on how to make this happen? Would it be difficult for me to find work there? Should I plan to come for six months, establish a home base and look around? Any and all information would be greatly appreciated, and I'll buy you a Che Ba Mau when I get there!

Thanks again, and I hope to hear from you soon...

Best Regards,

Tony

Hi聽 Tony,
2 Years is a long time and things may change, at the moment they are bringing in "experts" only into positions they can't fill locally, borders are shut for tourists.

There is talk of opening borders to visitors within specific locations on tours.

I would check back in maybe 4-6 months to see what the visa system looks like as borders re-open.

Schools look for experienced teachers to fill positions but in the past, many tourist came over and found work as covid hit the gov cleared out some of the ways to stay, so who knows what will be around in 2 years

The problem with your plan could be are you a fully qualified teacher because you would be at the back of the line with no experience if not.

There are many who have teaching experience on forum,, grab some popcorn they will be with you shortly,,,,

amcnic01 wrote:

Good afternoon, Friends:

My name is Tony and, after safely ensconcing my daughter in an institute of higher learning in a couple of years, I plan to move to Vietnam permanently. I currently work as a professional archaeologist ( I have a Master's from McGill University), but hope to find work as an English teacher in Ho Chi Mihn City. Does anyone have any practical advice on how to make this happen? Would it be difficult for me to find work there? Should I plan to come for six months, establish a home base and look around? Any and all information would be greatly appreciated, and I'll buy you a Che Ba Mau when I get there!

Thanks again, and I hope to hear from you soon...

Best Regards,

Tony

I wish I could paint a brighter picture of the teaching situation here. Jobs are plentiful if you have the following

1) teaching qualifications.. TEFL/TESOL even if they are online certification they will be fine.. they must be certified if done overseas and then legalized .

2) working locations are varied between public schools and language centers, the latter being preferable as they are modern, air-conditioned buildings

3) patience of s Saint, if you end up in a public school the very real possibility of having 30+ students of wildly mixed ability is a given. Maybe 5 hard working students and the rest drastically bless enthusiastic. Hello teacher, where are you from and what it your name the limit for many. Lessons are typically 35 minutes, once you get passed teh initial greeting leaving little time for teaching

4) course materials... This is the part I found as dull as dishwater.. family and friends series is very limited.. teach, chant repeat... Over and over..the Mayans live 2000 years ago...... Anyone that has come across this will know what I mean

5) dull course materials are the beginning, most after a few lessons just say play game. Kids are taught by some simply by playing games. Sure this can work...but not every class can be a game. Lazier previous teachers do this a lot.. of course then any study materials get put to one side..

On the plus side even teachers with minimal experience can land a job earning 18usd per hour, although you will find hoops are placed for you to jump through. Need to collect payment is cash one month later and have to take passport event though they have copies of your ID and passport.

amcnic01 wrote:

I currently work as a professional archaeologist ( I have a Master's from McGill University), but hope to find work as an English teacher in Ho Chi Mihn City.

As there is likely little or no "private industry" employment in Archeology, I have assumed that you are affiliated with an educational institution.聽 Are you a college level instructor?聽 If so, as I indicated on the other thread, before we got chased away. you can and should find employment at a university in Vietnam.

THIGV wrote:

amcnic01 wrote:

I currently work as a professional archaeologist ( I have a Master's from McGill University), but hope to find work as an English teacher in Ho Chi Mihn City.

As there is likely little or no "private industry" employment in Archeology, I have assumed that you are affiliated with an educational institution.聽 Are you a college level instructor?聽 If so, as I indicated on the other thread, before we got chased away. you can and should find employment at a university in Vietnam.

Ha HA I didn't chase you away, it was a gentle redirect, I just asked you to reply to Tony's thread where everyone can see his question topic here instead of in the New members thread.


I think your answer is spot on be a big fish in a small pond instead of a small fish in a huge pond is a great strategy for him to pursue.

Hi Tony -

Welcome to the forum.

What you propose is theoretically possible as many people have done this in the past.

However, Viet Nam, especially Ho Chi Minh City, is currently just starting to reopen following months of lockdown. Regarding your plan to move to Vietnam 鈥減ermanently鈥�, you should know that VN doesn鈥檛 offer permanent residence. Everyone is living here temporarily.

In terms of finding work as an English teacher in Ho Chi Minh City, you need to contact language schools and universities.

This site provides a listing of current teaching vacancies:


It is generally not difficult to find work teaching work, but most places are not the best employers. Jlgarbutt鈥檚 post above covers a lot of the cons. Also, the biggest demand is for teaching kids and teens, which is quite difficult. Test preparation for the IELTS test is also a big market. Most of the work is paid by the teaching hour rather than as a monthly salary.

I would say come before accepting any offer of work if you will arrive in a year or two and can get a tourist visa, something that is not possible now. Also, you should certainly not limit yourself to HCMC, as there are a number of smaller and nicer cities that have language schools and universities.

To Tony : my research shows VN Institute of Archaeology and VN Academy of Social Sciences which are both Research Institutes in Hanoi s. But I think to be a researcher with them, may need local language proficiency ( not sure on this part, sorry).
Then there is only the HCM University of Social Sciences and Humanities, which may have such studies currently, or not (again not sure). Then the Duy Tan Univetsity (dtu.vn) may want introduce such studies? (No harm asking since u r an expert). Perhaps you could shoot some emails to make enquiries and hope for the best when VN reopens in July 2022. And try your luck, all the best 馃憤...