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Vietnam is one of the friendliest countries, says HSBC survey
  • | dtinews.vn | December 07, 2009 05:19 PM

Vietnam is one of the friendliest countries in the world for expatriates to live and work in, according to a survey released recently by HSBC International, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said on Monday.

In the survey, which was conducted by FreshMinds, it also revealed that Asia is the most friendly region with Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Malaysia topping the list.

Ho Chi Minh City by night.


The survey also showed that Asia is a region where people find it easy to make friends, especially with the local people, VNA said.

Many expatriates said that they feel lucky to have been sent to Vietnam to work.

The other most friendly countries include Bahrain, South Africa, Singapore, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.

This is HSBC's second survey on the topic and it questioned more than 3,100 expatriates from 30 different careers in 50 countries and territories in the world.

Last year, Germany, Canada and Spain topped the list.