Oceanus Group

For people who work hard, far from home, and love it.

Who we are

Oceanus is a family of kitchens, dive boats, journeys and drawing desks between Vietnam and Indonesia. Each one is run by someone who chose the work and the place, and stayed. We are looking for the next of them.

Read the story

What we do

A word from our founder

I am a child of the 1970s. I studied in Germany, came home to Vietnam for an interesting life rather than a safe one, and later fell in love with Bali. What I brought back was simple: be exact, keep your word, finish what you start.

I have never chosen between work and life. Family, craft, sport and the sea belong in the same day. If you read this and feel a spark, write to me.

Founder, Oceanus Group

Not for everyone

One craft, known deeply

We look for people who have already proven themselves at one thing, in a kitchen, on a boat, on a shop floor.

The same way of living

Close to nature, in love with hospitality, happy to move, to make new things and to be tested.

Discipline, the German kind

We work hard and we keep our word. Oceanus is not a place for an easy life.

Quick to learn, able to carry much

New city, new language, five jobs in one day. The people who do well here adapt before they are asked to.

The Barongs

The people who lead Oceanus, in their own words.

Meet the Barongs

Where we are

  • Da NangVietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam
  • BaliIndonesia
  • KomodoIndonesia
Da NangHo Chi Minh CityBaliKomodo

Community

What we give back to the places that host us.

See the program

Coming next

What we are building next.

See coming projects
Mệ Vui Ho Chi Minh City

Mệ Vui Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Mệ Vui Da Nang

Mệ Vui Da Nang

Da Nang, Vietnam

Amare Divers training pool

Amare Divers training pool

Labuan Bajo, Komodo

Our stories

Notes from the kitchens, the boats and the road.

Read the journal
Teaching divers to repair the reef

November 5, 2026

Teaching divers to repair the reef

From a forty square metre bistro

October 20, 2026

From a forty square metre bistro

A Vietnamese with a German degree

October 2, 2026

A Vietnamese with a German degree

Is this you?

If you recognised yourself on this page, we would like to hear from you.

Become a Barong