Many men in western countries, these days, spend an inordinately long time online searching dating websites for the girl of their dreams. There are so many of these websites out there now that it can be a veritable minefield of decision making and selection.

And rightfully so! You don’t want to end up with an Asian, fire breathing dragon, but cute, that is going to make your life a misery, especially if you have already given 15 – 20 years of your life to a bad relationship in your own country.

In this review we are looking at sites that advertise themselves as Vietnamese and Asian. Before this review gets under way here are a few tips and realities you need to be aware of and adhere to that will make your trip into South East Asia a memorable one.

Your Profile

While there are some guys out there that just want to ogle the pictures of the girls on the websites and they provide little or no information just to be registered so they can surf the women, the real, genuine person should fill in his profile as accurately as he can.

There are algorithms in each of these websites that do some darn good matching and really, do you want to end up looking at photos of women so large they need their own zip code, or so tiny that they can slide under your door, or so old that they could pass for your mother or so young that you will need to ask for ID at some stage? No!

So do your best and if your English isn’t great then use whatever you can find on the internet to help you express yourself. If you want to give a false name then that’s probably fine, many of the women do the same, but probably for different reasons.

Just be prepared to explain your mistrust to the girl of your dreams after you both commit online!

Your Photo

This tip applies to the women as well. Let’s use an analogy to make this clear. When you look at photos of cars you probably say: “Wow! That’s a nice looking unit!” If you look at photos of women in a men’s magazine you expect quality. In online dating it’s no different.

A good looking flower attracts the bees. A great photo is the first step in an introduction. If you, or the girl, look great in a photo, then mutual attraction kicks in. The majority of online searchers will simply click on the next photo if the one they are looking at is out of focus, has a previous boyfriend’s head in it, has her kids sitting on her knee, she is wearing a hideous dress, is so far away it’s difficult to distinguish the sex, whatever.

Conversely, if your photos show you dressed like a slob, a beer in your hand, maybe a cigarette hanging from your lips and a stupid grin with dazed eyes, she’s going to look at that and see a lazy, smoking, drinking misogynist! Great to share with your mates but a disaster on a dating site profile. A great photo, like a well written CV, is your opening bid. Make it a good one!

The Sites

Okay, the sites we are looking at are as follows:

• Vietnam Cupid
• Asian Date
• Blossoms
• Saigon Darlings
• VietVibe

Can we get something straight here? All dating sites advertise their services “FREE”! But you should know that for ‘free’ you get nothing more than a chance to look at pictures of nice, Asian girls.

You can’t email them, you can’t read their emails to you, you can’t chat them, you can’t video, so you really get nothing other than to send them an ‘interest’ or a kiss or maybe comment on their photo. The prices vary a little for each site so it depends on your budget.

Generally there’s not a lot of difference in the services offered between the highest standard and the one below. The five sites listed below are like that. Don’t be in a big hurry, the girls will wait, so a 3 month membership is cheaper option and gives you heaps of time to sort the girls out and establish a connection.

All sites take about 10 – 15 minutes to register if you fill in most of the match questions, your profile and upload about 4 or 5 photos. Most Asian sites these days offer, for a price of course, cultural information and Asian romance tours so you can meet the girls and additional services of sending flowers, chocolates and cards – all at a price but you would be paying if you did that yourself anyway.

And before continue there is one more site I want to make you aware of that did not make the list (as it is not STRICTLY a Vietnamese dating site)  The site is called InternationalLoveScout.com.  They have profiles of women from all over the world – but what makes it unique is that they list dating profiles from MULTIPLE dating sites. So, if you want to view ONLY the hottest Vietnamese women from various Asian dating sites around the web then be sure to check this site out.

Ok – Now on with the reviews!

Vietnam Cupid

The Cupid style of dating sites is pretty smooth and they have a few, not just Vietnamese. Once you’re in there you can modify your searches and each result also gives you four additional, similarly matched girls down the left hand side once you click on ‘see profile’ of an individual girl.

You have a ‘return to results’ icon which is handy. The girls are okay ranging from average to stunning, but there are thousands and you will come across some of them on more than the one site. You can ‘like’ their picture, you can make them your favorite, message them, read their profiles and even video.

By the way, video is highly recommended in the early stages of dating website protocol. You have to be sure that the photo is the same as the reality.

Rating:               Great               Good               Average               Poor               Don’t Bother

Asian Date

This is one of the Anastasia styles of dating sites. The majority of girls on this site are NOT Vietnamese, they are Chinese and the Chinese, unlike all other Asian gals, have gone to the trouble of getting professional photos done so most of them look stunning.

Registration is really free here and you can contact the girls BUT…..you have to pay for an email to them, pay for the translation, then pay to read their email and pay for the translation. You bank some credits and each service costs a number of credits.

Credits buys virtual gifts, flowers and you pay 6 credits a minute for Camshare. Picture quality is excellent for all the women on this site but the pop up girls that continually appear on the right are downright annoying. If you fall for one of these girls you select from this site be prepared to pay what could amount to a small fortune to win her heart if you’re a romantic.

Rating:               Great               Good               Average               Poor               Don’t Bother

Blossoms

If you’re looking specifically for Vietnamese girls this is not the site you want. The girls are nearly all Filipinas and historically Blossoms has been a Philippines site.

There’s a niche here for an entrepreneurial type to offer cheap, professional photographic services to Filipinas  because many persist in submitting poor quality photos from which it is difficult to pick your sweetheart.

There are some different types of things you can do on this site with clicks on icons like “Top 10 Questions” and “Send a smile”.

The cost is a monthly charge and guys, you need to be aware that when paying for these websites, all of whom state quite clearly, they will automatically recharge you once your period has expired.

Make sure you cancel the payment once you have made the initial one. There are lots of women on this site so looking can be time consuming – but fun.

Rating:               Great               Good               Average               Poor               Don’t Bother

VietVibe

As the name indicates the girls are all from Vietnam with a smattering of Vietnamese girls already living overseas. It seems most could only manage to submit 1 photo and the quality of many of them is not so good.

The site is easy enough to navigate although that system where the search is restricted to miles near you unless you change the country is annoying until you find where to click to change it to a different country.

Some profiles provide interesting reading like: I’m looking for a man with the age between 35 to 48 and the high over 5’8 who lives in america and has high sex life to love….but don’t get over excited, her English is not that good and she could mean something completely different!

Cost-wise this is the cheapest site but maybe because there is no video chat. You can email, send winks and chat. They don’t say “1000’s” of girls so your choices are limited but at least restricted to Vietnam if you make sure you change the country of search.

Rating:               Great               Good               Average               Poor               Don’t Bother

Saigon Darlings

Like the other sites it has Instant Messaging, Chat, emails and video introductions. On this site, like a couple of the others, you can rate profiles. Payments can be made monthly, quarterly, and annually and the memberships offered are normal and First Class.

Some of the services they provide for the First Class membership look okay but it’s always doubtful as to whether it would improve results. There’s not a lot of women on this site. If you are looking for ages 18 – 39 the search gives you just 17 ladies.

Extend the age to 45 and the number of women increased by only 11 to 28! Based on this search criteria there would be a reluctance for you to be paying for more than a month and definitely not the First Class membership.

Rating:               Great               Good               Average               Poor               Don’t Bother

The ratings are based on value for your dollar but there is nothing to say that you won’t find the love of your life on any of these sites. The more choices you have the better so the dating site with thousands of profiles is a good selection, but when you have so many to choose from it can get a bit confusing.

Remember, you’re out there trying to make a life decision so being miserly instead of spending money to find your soul mate online may result in an awful mistake, and in some cases, ANOTHER awful mistake.

The girls don’t want cam sex and suggestive chat from the outset, so treat the ladies with respect. Just because they have posted profiles online doesn’t mean they are desperate and slutty.

If you pick 4 or 5 to chat with make sure you keep tabs on just who you are speaking to because calling a girl by another name in the middle of a conversation will jeopardize whatever relationship you have built.

Online dating sites are here to stay. People feel more comfortable and a lot safer meeting online and developing a relationship built on trust and communication.

These dating sites serve that purpose and when you look at just how many there are, you can correctly guess that there are millions of lonely individuals out there wanting to find the perfect partner. Like a real life relationship, you have to put time and effort (and money) into finding that partner you want to spend the rest of your life with. Good luck!