Philip Beere, who runs the YouTube channel The Borderless Office for 74,100 subscribers, filmed himself in Ho Chi Minh City in a video on Aug. 2.
His first impression, he said, was of "more optimism in the air," with "a lot more youthful energy" and "a lot more hustle energy."
He said Vietnam was growing at around 8% against Thailand's 2% and predicted that "very soon the Vietnam economy overtakes Thailand's," and said he had noticed "a lot of new corporations moving here."
Beere praised Thailand in many previous videos, but said the country has changed over his six years there.
He said tourism was beginning to consume the country, and that Phuket "might be the warning for the rest of Thailand." Thailand increasingly draws people "seeking low costs, permissiveness, or escape, but not necessarily cultural engagement," he said in the video, which has attracted more than 45,000 views.
