My First Wedding In VIETNAM - 7 Months Since Leaving England.
Not just my first wedding in Vietnam, but my first ever Vietnamese AND Korean wedding!
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When I landed in Da Nang, I messaged David straight away. So we became friends with David pretty much as soon as we landed in Vietnam.
It's a weird full 360 moment being at their wedding. I was watching videos of them from my sofa in Leeds, England in 2024 and then in 2025, I'm at their wedding, in his Youtube Video. How crazy is that?
When I was in England I never thought once that this time next year I'll be friends with this couple and I'll probably end up on their channel someday.
It's such a crazy thought and in reality I had no idea I was going to reside in Vietnam for a few years.
This was my first ever Vietnamese wedding, and I had no idea what to expect. I honestly thought it would have been traditional outfits but I didn’t understand the Vietnam wedding dress code, so I had to run around Da Nang buying a whole new outfit. Only to come home and realise my Vietnamese wedding outfit was unnecessary and not needed, so I had to go out the next day and buy a whole new outfit again!
This vlog shows the full experience of attending a traditional Vietnamese wedding ceremony as an expat.
If you’ve never been to a wedding in Vietnam, the traditions, the outfits, the food, and the celebrations are completely different. They have a big drinking culture at weddings and if somebody offers you a drink you DRINK it!
Living in Vietnam as a foreigner means experiencing Korean-Vietnamese culture, friendships, and local traditions. They also had an after party which is called a post-wedding party when the two families get together with friends for karaoke, food and dancing. This is a Vietnamese tradition to celebrate a new beginning with both of the families.
This was one of the most wholesome wedding experiences I’ve had since moving to Vietnam. It was hilarious two days before the wedding, then stressful the day before the wedding and then super wholesome and fun over the entire wedding weekend.
Also, if you love Kim's wedding dress, so do I - I have partnered up with the same bridal company in Da Nang to offer luxury couture bridal dresses to brides in the UK! Drop me an email if you interested in this. It's luxury couture, made attainable.
There’s a lot of new places I went to in this wedding vlog before the wedding so I will lit them below:
Wanderlust Coffee shop:
96 Trần Phú, Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng
Charlotte Clothing store:
55 Yên Bái, Phước Ninh, Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng
Linh Xi Shoe shop (the first one):
42 Yên Bái, Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng
Michelin Guide street food shop:
19 Yên Bái, Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng
Vietnamese wedding, Vietnam wedding tradition, Traditional Vietnamese wedding ceremony, Wedding in Vietnam, Vietnamese culture, Da Nang Vietnam wedding (or wherever the venue was)
Expat in Vietnam, Living in Vietnam vlog, Vietnam lifestyle, Vietnam vlog 2025
Foreigners in Vietnam, Culture shock in Vietnam, Things to know about Vietnamese weddings
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