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It’s hard to find a French teaching job in Ho Chi Minh City. I know English is THE popular language at the moment. But I really thought that there would be more opportunities for French-speaking people. Viet Nam was a French colony for a hundred years, for crying out loud! Despite that, the young generations have totally given up on the French language. So far, I have only met one 30-year old man who is fluent in French, and two other people who know a few words.

View of Ho Chi Minh City area from a plane.

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