Thanks pal, the move has me nervous that's for sure. I've become so accustomed to TH that I don't know if I have it in me to fully integrate into another South East Asian society. I'll likely take the lazy route and mostly only hang out with other expats. I already learned one, one-country language and other than the country that is currently forcing me out, I have no use for it.
Plus Vietnamese sounds as though it is even harder than Thai.
I'll take it all in stride. I'm sure I'll miss a lot of things about LOS.
oh, by the way I have not been to HCMC but after just a short while in Hanoi I knew i didn't want to live there.