I'm currently living in Vietnam but born and raised in the states. There's lots of opportunities here specially with tourism season growing.

If the money was given and expected to have a return given back I would host an event here and spend the money buying drinks and then selling them to partygoers and hiring a DJ. Easy return of x2.

For more long-term strategy I'll invest in Amazon affiliate sites and marketing for those. They generate after about 2 to 3 months 30-ish dollars a month for about a hundred to start. 10 sites, after 5 months, could be giving a stay return and we would see a could return after about 6 months to 7.

Or for the more lazy way and just buy a bunch of steam and hold it for the next 6 months. Lol

Hit me up with any questions. If you're serious about helping someone out with the $1k... let me know!