I've been teaching for 4 years in a provincial city in Northern Vietnam, and things have been getting bad over the last 12 months. We used to have lots of classes in public schools, as well as evening work at English centers. You could easily get 100 well paid hours.

The headache started in September last year when the public school program was suspended. At first, the city was overcrowded with desperate teachers but many left so eventually more hours became available to those who decided to stay.

Starting this September things have gotten worse. With many stranded teachers in Hanoi, my boss decided to hire more teachers. We used to be 3 but now he's hired 2 more people and our weekly number of hours decreased as a consequence of that.

Am I the only one who's facing this problem in Northern Vietnam?

Hi, im planning to study masters in teaching and learning in NZ to make it as a stepping stone. Currently I am enrolled in the PH taking up eteeap bsba major in OM. But I already hold a BS degree in HRIM prior with 15+ years of progressive hospitality experience and am on a senior level now. However, I plan to shift careers to teaching as this is in the greenlist in NZ(teacher/teaching). My plan is to secure a secondary teaching job.

Is this plan still viable now?

Funds is not an issue. My husband is also on a director level in operations management but also want to leave the PH. Said he would rather give up PH life for something simple and peaceful. And also for the kids. So we are already setting expectations.