Getting married
Getting Married in Viet Nam
Getting married in a communist country that is still developing is just as much fun as you are probably thinking it is.
Getting Married Vietnam Style - The Final Part!
I have just read an article about blogging, the title of which was ‘Nobody cares what you had for lunch’, so bearing that in mind, I’ll make this the final part of the Getting Married series. I’ve added a link in the catagories section to direct FW virgins to all 6 glorious episodes.
So, we leave [...]
Getting Married Vietnam Style Part X
The hired transport left the Majestic Hotel at around 3.10pm with me, the groom, slamming the dashboard and screaming obscenities at the driver. I climbed into the car. The guy looked at me and said innocently ‘di dau anh?’. Two things to do. 1) Arrive at the hotel on time. 2) Actually know where they [...]
She did it!
Results of the interview are in : we passed. We will now recieve the wedding certificate and be officially married on September 22nd! That will leave us in a strange state of limbo - married by law but not publicly- that will have to wait until October 28th. For now however we can rest [...]
Getting married : Vietnam Style III
After Part I and Part II, here’s Part III.
I recently discovered that most people use a company to organise all the documentation for their wedding applications for them. Not Chi, she organised everything herself. Apparently it’s quite tricky…..
We dropped into our favourite public office for our interview yesterday afternoon. The new rules. Firstly, again without [...]
Getting married : Vietnam Style II
So, we had the dossier of mindless red tape,otherwise known as the marrige application, all ready to hand in. Chi organised everything herself bless her and left me to simply drive around, pick things up, and smile when neccessary. She has been ‘overly generous’ (if you catch my drift) to certian members of officialdom. At [...]
Getting married : Vietnam style
A few days before I left my second home for my third home, if that makes sense, I spent an afternoon with Chi sorting out all the paperwork for our marriage certificate. I’ve already had a Notice of Marriage posted in British embassy for 21 days. If the NOM survives this amount of time without [...]
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