What to choose first when work in District 1


When I come to Vietnam first time, I have heard that District 1 is best place for expats live and work. There are many advantages and things people are talking about Saigon, especially District 1. Saigon in my eyes is the center of entertainment place, which I also know has many nightlife activities and many things more.

But I go to work with my friend, we are engineers and we work on different company but all located offices are in District 1. So we use Google map to find out where to work first, then we search apartment for rent in District 1. Our friends suggest that we should rent apartment for living and renting together to save more money. I think that will be good choice for us now.


District 1 has many roads which famous companies working and investing on. Some places are for Japanese, some places are for Korean and Western. We have heard that District 7 touted as the new face of Ho Chi Minh City in the future, and District 2 has many hamlet places for higher life. So we all arrange time for visiting them.

But at first we face many problems with how to find the best place, condo or apartment for us to live. So I found some real estate agent to help. They contact me by phone, email, and I just send them our inquiry for apartment. They also consult that we should hire an apartment which located in higher place instead of lower one. Then I think that is a good idea because we can have good sightseeing all scenes of the city.

We all know Saigon is touted as the most exciting and modern city in Vietnam which tons of driven locals and expats choose to live and work in. There are many chances for locals to make it happen. Vietnamese also have good labor for doing Information Technology or other service nowadays.