Inside My $800/month Family Home in Da Nang, Vietnam!

In this interview-style episode, Evan tours the $800/month (20 million VND) family home of Mai, a Canadian expat living in Da Nang's An Thuong neighborhood with her husband and two children. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom house features a spacious open-concept living and kitchen area, a small front garden with a fish pond, and a rooftop gym and homeschool room. Mai shares a detailed monthly budget: rent at $800, peak-season electricity at $160, internet at $12, water at $5, and garbage at $1, bringing the all-in housing cost to under $1,000. Her family's total monthly expenditure is around $3,000, compared to an estimated $10,000 for a similar lifestyle in Canada. Mai discusses the challenges of finding housing during high season, the importance of building a local community to combat homesickness, and practical advice for newcomers: have savings, secure remote income, and be open to a different lifestyle. She also notes that Da Nang is growing rapidly, with rising rental prices and an influx of domestic migrants from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.