[Genomes]

Originally Posted by SingViet

2 person needs S$1K a month for survival?S$1k is around 16.5million VND. Unless they are staying in a condo in a big city like HCMC or Hanoi, or else, staying in a small house/ room in the city cost around 3 to 4 million VND for rental a month and utilities cost another 500K VND (no aircon, just simple electrical and water). Their eating expenses are very low as they eat mostly vegetables. 1 day 65K VND for 2 person (1 month around 2 million VND) is more than enough and considered very good food already. College fees is cheap and heavily subsidised in Vietnam, he can also go work part time to earn some pocket money.

So.. add up,

Rental - 4 million
Utilities - 500K
Food - 2 million
College fees: 200K

Total : 6.7 million a month

If they stay in village, minus around 30% off from rental, food and utilities. Do you know how much a normal staff (without degree) earns in HCMC a month? only around 3m a month. So by giving them 16.5million VND a month, they can live like a king there while you live like a pauper here. Worth it?

tks for that info
i was wondering too if 1k a month is a lot to them