the ladies excuse in the end was that the name of the company on business licence didn't match the name of the gym. The gym owner was clearly named all over the business licence docoment. This lady was just looking for any excuse. That much was clear. Lots of people were having issues with her.
i made a similar mistake. I thought it was voa and then booked a flight 3 days ahead and rescheduled it just to be safe as the visa takes 3 days they say. Vietjet are surprisingly flexible though for a fee
before i went i spent hours researching it and there's only a few reports online for that embassy. 1 or 2 good and 3 or 4 bad or something. My experience was the same. But yeh one guy reported needed 6 months there. It wouldn't make a difference though as the lady will just deny you anyway. Very bad experience
what did you select for employment. i want to select unemployed but wonder if that looks bad. also doing muay thai. Congratulations. I am doing mine in HCM but all these success stories from hanoi make me wonder if i should have gone there