Thank you everyone for you help. I just got my email and was approved in Vietnam (HCMC). The process took about 10 days to process because they asked for addtional documents + a weekend.
1. Probably obvious but make sure your bank statements have your name on them. My first ones had just my account number so I had to get the bank to send me ones with my name too.
2. I included the payments in my bank accounts originally but they wanted the pay slips so I sent them my electronic payment slips. I compiled them all in a google doc with dates and exported it as a pdf.
I ended up adding things in google docs with an explanation. Had to use a PDF compressor to make sure everything fit into the 3mb requirements but in the end it worked well.
Good luck everyone.
TLDR : Answer Summary
An expat shares their experience of successfully applying for a visa in Vietnam, highlighting the importance of having bank statements with their name, providing pay slips, and compressing documents to meet size requirements. The process took about 10 days due to additional document requests. The post includes comments from others discussing their own visa application experiences and timelines.
