A dormitory where 5 women sharing one room. The rent is ONLY $28 a month. How do they live and How do they think about their house? House visit report by Q&Me Vietnam Market Research

1. <Vietnam House Visit>
A Dormitory Life of the University Student

2. Ms. Nhung’s House
• Age:19
• House type: A dormitory shared with 4
roommates
• University : Ho Chi Minh City University
of Food Industry
• Part-time : Medical equipment sale at
Thanh Noi Co.Ltd
• Income: 1.5-2.5M VND/month
(70-115 USD/month)
*Depends on her business performance
• Money from family:1M VND /month
(47USD/month)
• Hometown: Quang Tri province
• Family: 10 people
(grand parents, parents, 4 siblings)

3. A Dormitory She Lives
• This is a women’s dormitory which has about 20 rooms.
• There are 5 people sharing one room.
• They have some specific house-rules such as…
① Men are forbidden to enter without a permission of the house owner.
② The curfew is 10:30 PM. If late, they need to stay outside overnight.
• Environment is good. There is a high school next to this dorm.

4. How They Live ~House Diagram~
• 2 people live in the 1st floor.
• 3 people live in the 2nd floor.
• She uses one place as both
a dining room and a bed
room.
↑Wi-Fi router ↑ A whisk ↑ Drying clothes

5. Average Spending
Item Cost (VND) Cost (USD) Comment
House rent / loan
(per person)
600,000 28 It includes cost of
fuel and lighting.
Food 1,000,000 47 For eating outside
(300K)
Communications 320,000 15 She uses WI-Fi (20K)
And mobile card
(300K)
Transportation 150,000 7 For oils for a
motorbike
Entertainment 500,000 24 For taking some
coffee
Clothing 400,000 18 For her job- wear
Total 2,970,000 139 She usually has no
savings.
$1=21,000VND

6. How They Live ~Kitchen~
• The kitchen utensils are
shared with her roommates.
• They use both a portable
gas cooker and an electric
gas cooker.
• As she does not have a
refrigerator, she has to eat
all meals she cooks.
• She shares seasoning (salt,
sugar, soy sauce and so on)
• with her roommates.

7. How They Live ~Shower/ Restroom~
• She uses one place as a
restroom, a shower room,
and the place to wash
dishes.
• She washes her body with
using a pail.
• Only cold water is
available at this house.
• As there is no washing
machine, she washes her
clothes by her hand with a
big pail.
← A dishwasher detergent

8. How They Live ~Cosmetics ~
• She makes up every time
when she works.
• In her cosmetic bag, she
has Korean 9 colors of
eye shadows,
foundations and eye
pencils.
• She spends 200,000VND
/month for cosmetics.
• She hangs her all clothes
on the wall.

9. How They Live ~Cosmetic/Clothes ~
• She uses a Korean
shampoo and a hair
conditioner to keep her
hair healthy.
• She also cares about UV
protection because she
can have confidence with
the whiter skin.
• For the UV protection,
she uses sunblock not
only on her skin but on
her hair.

10. How They Live ~Bed, Others~
• She puts a mattress on
the dining space as a bed.
• The shoe box is shared
by 5 roommates.
• She moved into this
house about 2 years ago
because of her friend’s
recommendation.
A mattress for sleeping ↓
↑The entrance ↑ A shoe Box
←
Mobile Phone just
for short
messages and
callings.

11. How They Live ~Others~
• For now, She feels
comfortable with her
living environment,
especially satisfied with
its size, price and
roommates. But for the
future, she wants to move
to a better place if she
gets more money.
• She uses a ATM of
Sacombank to withdraw
her money.

12. How They Live ~Daily Activities~
• Daily activities :
 Every morning, she cleans her room before she goes to
the company to work as a part-time.
 In the afternoon, after she comes back home from the
school, she usually uses Facebook in her room.
 She uses Facebook both for having a fun and for her job.
Facebook : At least 6 hours a day
(Job:3-4 hours, Private:1-2 hours)
Facebook friends:2000 friends
(Real friends: 500 friends)

13. EOF