Today we look at moving to Hanoi in Vietnam from San Diego in USA. We highlight cost of living and other major differences likely to be experienced in our series of short blogs on moving between different international locations.
In Hanoi people speak Vietnamese. In San Diego people speak English.
Hanoi is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. San Diego is the ninth largest city in the United States, second-largest city in California and 46th largest city in the Americas. Industrial production in the city has experienced a rapid boom since the 1990s in addition tourism, finance, and banking now play an increasingly important role. San Diego's economy is largely composed of agriculture, biotechnology/biosciences, computer sciences, electronics manufacturing, defense-related manufacturing, financial and business services, ship-repair, ship-construction, software development, telecommunications, wireless research, and tourism.
The overall cost of living rank in Hanoi is 265 out of 300 global locations, which equates it with low cost of living locations. An expatriate moving from San Diego to Hanoi will experience a change in cost of living of -18.1%.
In terms of the hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Hanoi is ranked as a high degree of hardship location with a hardship index of 30% compared to San Diego with a hardship index of 10% which is a minimal hardship location.
Source: Hanoi Vietnam Cost of Living as at July 2011.
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Vietnam, Hanoi Tex Cost of Living April 2010
Country Full Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Location: Vietnam is in South Eastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia.
Country Climate: Tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March).
Country Terrain: Low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest.
Major Languages: Vietnamese.
Major Religions: Buddhism.
Country Population: 86.2 million (2008 est.) 87.2 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Vietnam is a developing mixed economy. Over the past 20 years, Vietnam has made a shift from a centrally planned economy to a Socialist-oriented market economy. The economy has experienced rapid growth. Vietnam is in transition from a planned economy to a market-oriented mixed economy.
Currency: Vietnamese Dong (VND).
Country Inflation: 23.1% (2008 est.) 7% (2009 est.).
City: Hanoi is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam.
City Economy: Industrial production in the city has experienced a rapid boom since the 1990s in addition tourism, finance, and banking now play an increasingly important role.
Cost of Living: Hanoi has an overall cost of living index which equates it with low cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Hanoi is currently ranked 226 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
For more cost of living information on Vietnam, Hanoi Tex
Location: Vietnam is in South Eastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia.
Country Climate: Tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March).
Country Terrain: Low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest.
Major Languages: Vietnamese.
Major Religions: Buddhism.
Country Population: 86.2 million (2008 est.) 87.2 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Vietnam is a developing mixed economy. Over the past 20 years, Vietnam has made a shift from a centrally planned economy to a Socialist-oriented market economy. The economy has experienced rapid growth. Vietnam is in transition from a planned economy to a market-oriented mixed economy.
Currency: Vietnamese Dong (VND).
Country Inflation: 23.1% (2008 est.) 7% (2009 est.).
City: Hanoi is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam.
City Economy: Industrial production in the city has experienced a rapid boom since the 1990s in addition tourism, finance, and banking now play an increasingly important role.
Cost of Living: Hanoi has an overall cost of living index which equates it with low cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Hanoi is currently ranked 226 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
For more cost of living information on Vietnam, Hanoi Tex
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