VN named among top friendliest places on Earth for expats

More than four in five expats, or 81%, described the Vietnamese people as welcoming, and 73% said it was easy to settle down in the country, the survey found.

Meanwhile, 56% said they had found it easy to make friends with locals, and 16% said they planned to stay forever. More than half of the expats said they planned to stay in the country for up to five years, which was well above the global average of 35%, according to survey.

InterNations, the largest network for people who live and work abroad, this year ranked 65 economies by looking at comments from nearly 13,000 expats from 188 countries and territories.

“I love the friendly vibe in the city,” said an expat from the Republic of Korea who lives in Saigon, as cited in an InterNations press release on Tuesday. “People are mostly nice and gentle.”

The country welcomed 12.9 million international visitors during 2017, up 29.1% against 2016. In general, tourism activities in 2017 bore impressive results. 

                                                                                                                                        By Vien Nhu