Hoan Kiem lake in the heart of Hanoi

Vietnam has taken the secondspot out of the world’s top 30 countries to work, make friends and raise afamily in 2019, according to the US financial and business news websiteBusiness Insider.

“Life in Vietnam is affordable and expats’ disposable income is more thanenough to cover daily costs. People here are also happy with their careeropportunities”, Business Insider said.

Integrating in Vietnam is easy and the locals are welcoming, a separate groupof expats told HSBC earlier this year.

Every year, the InterNations expat network asks people from 187 countries andregions to rate various aspects of their home away from home, from the cost ofliving, to the quality of medical care, to the ease of making localfriends. 

This year, the network interviewed more than 20,000expats from around the world about their lives and weighed their responses torank the top 30 countries in the world overall. Every country had a sample sizeof at least 40 respondents./. VNA