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Cafe Manager Life in Vietnam

The document provides an overview of a 24-year-old café manager in Vietnam, detailing her monthly spending, daily life, and personal aspirations. She earns 10,000,000 VND monthly but spends a significant portion on food and savings, aiming for financial independence and dreaming of starting her own business. Despite her average income, she enjoys social activities and learning, while facing challenges with loneliness and living conditions.

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Your sub-title here <Vietnam House Visit> ~ Cafe Manager Life in Vietnam~
1. Profile 2. Monthly Spending 3. Daily Life 4. House/ Healthcare 5. Shopping 6. Internet 7. Current Situation & Dream 8. Summary Contents
1. Profile ~Ms. Lu Cam Vy~ • Age: 24 • Family: Parents& One-years-older brother • Hometown: Dak Lak Province (9hours by bus) • Education: Graduate University (Business English) Now, take online lecture (Business Administration) • Language: Vietnamese, Japanese, and English • Job : Café clerk • House type : A rent house shared with 1 room mate • Allowance : 0 VND Although neither has she studied abroad nor language school, she can speak English and Japanese which are require for her job.
2. Monthly spending Item Cost (VND) Cost (USD) Comment Room rent 1,200,000 53 Food 2,000,000 90 Rarely cook by herself Cost per meal is 15K-20K Tuition fee 1,000,000 45 Online college Electricity & Water 380,000 17 No gas IT 100,000 5 Internet, no wi-fi Incidental expense 1,000,000 45 Bike maintenance and apps Saving 2,000,000 90 Social expense 500,000 22 Fashion 400,000 18 Parking fee 150,000 7 Send back to home 0 0 Total 8,730,000 392 Monthly Spending: 8,730,000 VND ($392 USD) Monthly Income: 10,000,000 VND ($450 USD)
3. Daily life : Weekday She makes time to learn new skills & knowledge, at the same time she is in charge of café manager” 8:00: Wake up & go to work (rarely have breakfast) 9:00: Work at café 12:00: Lunch (cook by herself at café) 23:00: Finish work 24:00: Back to home 25:00: Go to bed The items she deal with simultaneously • Homework for online college • Work as an waitress at café • making food and drink • Checking bill • Management of café • Accounting daily sales • Cleaning inside cafe
3. Daily life: Weekend 12:00: Wake up 13:00: Hang out with her friends Go to theater, café restaurants, Sports activities Do some works of job at café 23:00: Back to home 24:00: Go to bed Wheel house Café Slow chill Perfume Cafe Caria Cafe Her favorite café from She goes café with Wi-fi in order to do some work, and also chooses café from Cafe list online site “Foody.vn”.
4. House/ Healthcare ~House~ • 3rd floor • 10 minutes to her workplace by motorbike • 1 roommate • Home equipment left by previous owners It is inconvenience to go to her room in 3rd floor without light and elevator in steep stairs.”
4. House/ Healthcare ~Room~ • No TV • No air conditioner/ One fan • Plain bed • No closet • No Wi-fi The house is large enough for 2 persons to live but there are less goods and furniture in her room.
4. House/ Healthcare ~Kitchen~ • Rarely cook at home • Use a fridge for keeping beverages cold • Seasoning: Japanese, Vietnamese • No gas She prefers eat out because it costs same as cooking by herself and feel less lonely.
4. House/ Healthcare ~Bathroom~ • Taking Bath No shower & no hot water Scoop water up when take a bath Use kettle to boil water for shower • Laundry Washing machine: Samsung, given by previous owner Clothes are dried in the common space Poor water environment
4. House/ Healthcare ~Cosmetics~ • Her favorite cosmetics: Japanese products • Use them up in half a year • Get Japanese cosmetics from Japanese friends Quality is the most important for her because of experience that she got her skin rough by using cheap cosmetics.
5. Shopping • Online shopping Sites: Hotdeal, Nhommua and Cungmua (Hotdeal: variety of cheap products) Buy: Accessories, cosmetics and bags (Clothes on online store are often different from what she expects) • Real shops Shop: Saigon Square Other clothes stores for window- shopping Buy: T shirt(100K VND), One-piece dress (200K ~ 350K VND) “Price > Quality >Brand”
6. Internet ~Devices~ • Laptop: ASUS, borrow from her company • Smartphone: Android Oppo(3,600,000 VND) • Mostly spend time on Facebook & Messenger(3-4 hrs) before sleeping Owns affordable devices (although she wishes to have apple and lighter PC)
• Facebook & Messenger • - Communication, post special event, Search online shop - 794 friends(include not real friends) - 102 unaccepted friends requests - Line and Zalo for Japanese and Vietnamese • Grab taxi - For: Take a taxi & bike when she lend her bike • Zing MP3 - For: Download free music - This app has J-Pop category and she likes listening to J-Pop. 6. Internet ~Smartphone apps~
7. Current situation & dream • Current situation 50% satisfied Achieve: Save 2,000,000 VND per month for travel (want to visit Bangkok) Want: Independent from family financially Send money back • Dream Start her own business Spend her time on her hobbies Own her house. Although she seems to be independent, her current life is not enough for her because she does not pay house rent.
8. Summary • Woman working at café and staying at a rent house, apart from her family • While her wage is above the average income, she spends mainly on food & savings (recommendation by Japanese boss) so that her life is not luxurious. She basically focuses on the price. Like many people, she desires better life and products • On weekdays, working at café all day long. During the work, finding free time & doing homework from online college for new knowledge and skills. Learning Japanese for her future business • Feeling loneliness for usual life, so hanging out with her friends becomes the most fun part. Using FB mostly about 3-4 hours • Dream is to set up her own business, and spend time on her hobby(Travel)