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Pinned so we stop answering the same five questions in five places. Post your country, your status and where you are in the process. I will keep the top of this thread updated with current processing times and the forms that changed this year.
by Quang Ngô·Active 1h ago
New members, this is your thread. Where are you, where is your family from, and what do you want from this place? I am Mai in Seattle, my family is from Cần Thơ by way of Pulau Bidong, and I am here for the heritage-language parents.
by Mai Đỗ·Active 2h ago
Comparing notes across countries, because the spread is worse than the advertised fee and nobody says so. Post your corridor, the service, and what actually arrived. I will keep a table at the top.
by Trang Nguyễn·in Hồ Chí Minh City·Active 6h ago
Tết is 6 February 2027. Reply with your city, the venue and the date of the main festival and I will keep this list at the top. Eden Center (Falls Church) is Saturday 6 Feb, lion dance at noon.
by Ngọc Trịnh·Active 12h ago
Born in Houston, never been. My parents left from Vũng Tàu in 1980 and will not come with me. I have three weeks and no idea whether to start north or south. Tell me what you did on your first trip back.
by Kim Lê·in Houston·Active 1h ago
Not the visa threads, those exist already. I mean daily life. Banking without a local credit history. Being read as a foreigner in your own language. Family expecting you at every meal. If you grew up abroad and moved back, what do you wish someone had told you?
by Hiếu Đinh·in Hà Nội·Active 2h ago
My eldest started prep this year and within a term she answers me in English no matter what I say. My mum says I did the same thing. What actually worked for you: Saturday school, only-Vietnamese-at-dinner, grandparents on FaceTime, bribery?
by Vy Võ·in Melbourne·Active 3h ago
Families overseas ask me this constantly. Textbooks teach Northern. Most of the diaspora speaks Southern. Central speakers get told they are hard to understand by everybody. I teach whichever accent the grandparents speak, but I want to hear how other people decide.
by Lan Hồ·in Huế·Active 4h ago
S tier: Red Boat 40°N. A tier: Phú Quốc anything with a real island address. B tier: Three Crabs, and I will not be taking questions. C tier: the one your roommate bought. Post yours.
by Thảo Phạm·Active 5h ago
My dad is 71. I have asked about 1981 maybe ten times in my life and gotten ten different one-sentence answers. My cousin says her mum finally opened up when she asked in Vietnamese instead of English. Has anyone found a way in?
by Minh Trần·in San Jose·Active 7h ago
In 1988 my dad borrowed a 60-quart pot from a church friend, bought bones from a butcher who gave him credit, and sold phở out of a Bolsa Avenue storefront with two tables. This is the long version, because he is finally retiring and somebody should write it down.
by Thảo Phạm·in Westminster·Active 9h ago
New here. My aunt’s salon on Bellaire is hiring and I want to help, but I am not sure whether that belongs in Marketplace or in this board. What is the norm?
by Kim Lê·in Houston·Active 16h ago
Texas changed the continuing-education requirement again and half my techs are confused about the deadline. Anyone in California or Georgia dealing with the same thing? Sharing the checklist I wrote for my team in the first reply.
by Linh Nguyễn·in Houston·Active yesterday
In Sài Gòn it was said to me with a smile and a higher price. In Paris my grandmother says it about herself with pride. My cousin in Berlin hates the word entirely. Where are you and what does it mean where you stand?
by An Hoàng·in Paris·Active yesterday
Between Village de l’Est, the West Bank, Baton Rouge and Biloxi there are tens of thousands of us and we only see each other at Tết. Proposing a monthly Sunday lunch that rotates cities. Who is in, and who has a restaurant with a big enough back room?
by Hạnh Bùi·in New Orleans·Active yesterday
My sister was born in Prague in 2001 to parents on long-term residence permits. She has a Vietnamese passport and a Czech permanent residence. Is there a path to citizenship that does not involve the language exam my parents failed twice?
by Tuấn Vũ·in Prague·Active 2d ago
Bolsa is changing a storefront at a time. I am shooting every hand-painted sign on the avenue this year and I want yours too: family photos in front of the shop, the old signage, the mall before the renovation. Post them here, credit stays with you.
by Bảo Lâm·in Garden Grove·Active 2d ago
Dong Xuan Center has three brands and none of them are the one my mother uses. Does anyone in Berlin (or Germany, I will drive) have a source for the Huế-made mắm ruốc paste?
by Khoa Đặng·in Berlin·Active 3d ago