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Ho Chi Minh City
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What is in it.
A city guide written for a family arriving on international assignment, built around the five decisions that decide whether the posting works, in three sections that follow the order of the move: Preparations, Soft Landing, Living the Life. See every section →
Preparations
The country, the paperwork and the school: the decisions far easier made early than late.
Soft Landing
Neighbourhoods, healthcare, banking and schooling in practice, and building a life rather than just a household.
Living the Life
Where to eat, drink, train, shop, worship, and take the children on a wet Sunday.
A book that knows where you are.
Behind the articles sit the listings: schools, clinics, serviced apartments, restaurants, gyms, shops, places of worship and consulates, each verified against its own source and pinned to its map, in seventeen curated categories.
Turn through sample pages- Turns like a bookA two-page spread on a tablet held sideways; one page at a time on a phone.
- Offline, city by cityThe app tells you the download size before it starts. Updates arrive when you are next online.
- An assistant that citesAnswers from the guide alone, cites its source and when it was checked, and says when it does not know.
- Verified factsTap a heading’s eye symbol for a short box of verified facts.
- Report a listingEvery listing carries a Report control.
- Quiet by defaultNotifications are off until you turn them on, and nothing requires them.
Choose the temporary base from your laptop; choose the home from the pavement
Two editions, one guide.
The guide is free to read, and it reaches you in one of two ways: the Going Global app, from the App Store and Google Play, or a partner edition given to you by your employer or relocation company. Both carry the same neutral guide. Details are in the Help centre.
- The Going Global appComing to the App Store and Google Play. Sign in with your email and the one-time code we send you; no passwords.
- The newsletter, if you want itA separate, optional choice. Signing in never signs you up for it.
- A partner editionYour employer’s HR department or your relocation company may give you the guide under their name. You do not register, and it collects no personal data from you.
- Its login, if anyA partner edition may have an organisation login, given to you by your employer or relocation company. It identifies the organisation, not you. How the partner edition works →
Devices and languages.
Devices
- iPhone and iPad — current and recent iOS and iPadOS versions.
- Android phones and tablets — current and recent Android versions.
- Partner edition — for relocation companies and employers, run by us as a hosted service.
Languages
- English and Vietnamese — published first.
- French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese — follow as each is completed and checked by a named native speaker.
Venue names, addresses and curriculum names are never translated, and a hard fact is never softened in translation.
- Advertising never changes what is in the guide.
- Listings are ordered by an objective rule, and schools are listed alphabetically.
- Every listing is checked against the venue’s own current source before it appears.
- We are not a relocation company and never will be.
Before you ask.
Moving before it is out?
Plan the move itself now: the guide’s relocation checklist, dated back from your departure. Your move, week by week →
When will it be released?
The Ho Chi Minh City edition is being prepared for the App Store and Google Play. People on the notify list hear first, on release day.
What does it cost?
The guide is free to read. It carries advertising, which never changes what is in it. Relocation companies and employers license a partner edition for the people they send.
Which cities?
Ho Chi Minh City first, then Singapore, with Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai in build. See the cities →
What does the app collect?
The Going Global app: your email, to sign you in, and your reading activity, to keep your place; the newsletter only if you opt in. A partner edition from your employer or relocation company collects no personal data. The detail is in What the app collects.
Get the guide · Updated September 2026