What is the average pay for teaching English in Vietnam?

-I was thinking about teaching in Vietnam within the next year or two and was wondering what the average pay would be as an English teacher. It would be helpful to translate it into dollars to see how it would spend in the U.S.. Also, what the value of the pay would be in Vietnam. Maybe comparing the pay to the pricing of housing, food, other goods in Vietnam. Thanks a bunch!If you teach English at a good school in Ho Chi Minh City you will make between $1000 - $2000 USD. The average income is less than $100 per month so as an English teacher you will live quite comfortably. Also, teachers in Vietnam are very highly respected. Tell someone you are a teacher and they will automatically love you.This is an account of a woman who went to South Vietnam to teach English. During the day, children in short-sleeved uniforms with tiny backpacks cling to their mothers on the way to school. Image-conscious women avoid tanning, which is considered unattractive, by riding under the scorching sun with their entire bodies covered in gloves, sleeves, and hats. Messengers strain to maneuver their motorbikes with improbable loads, swaying with care to avoid spilling their cargo; perhaps a refrigerator, a 5-foot potted tree, or an unharnessed television that must be held in place with an arm that most people would not consider to be available for the task.



By night, groups of friends ride in pairs or packs, chatting away and sometimes holding hands as they speed down the road. Some young men drive fast to impress their girlfriends. Other couples take easy joyrides, the rider on back massaging the driver鈥檚 shoulders or holding tightly. In fact, 鈥渪e om鈥? the Vietnamese word for motorbike, means 鈥渉ugging vehicle.



Even though it is quite easy to find most modern comforts in Can Tho, the city is at no loss for local specialties. I can buy a four-pack of Guinness at the supermarket when I want, but it is even easier to get a three-liter bag of locally-brewed beer in the alley next to my apartment. The food, sweeter than the typically salty cuisine of northern Vietnam, is cheap and delicious. At 33 cents per meal, it is not a problem to eat out three times a day even on my $80/month salary. Good luck.