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Travel to Vietnam

When to Go

There is probably no such thing as a bad time to visit Vietnam, although the weather is usually a factor for most visitors. Most hotels and tourist places have air conditioning, so it does not matter much anyway.

November and January are probably the most temperate months of the year in the South, although Hanoi can be chilly in the winter. Because there are many Catholics in the South, flights and accommodation may be at a premium over the Christmas period as Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese residents) in exchange for family gatherings.

July and August season rains and the weather can be cool, though marked by daily rainfalls. Many of Vietnam to visit Japan during the summer months to avoid bad weather at home.

Tet (Lunar New Year, also celebrated as Chinese New Year in many parts of the world) is always a heavy travel time. While the exact date changes each year, Tet is normally in February. Like most businesses close and people return to their home villages, tourists will find little to enjoy during this time unless with a Vietnamese family.

To Tour or Tour

Costly mistakes and wasted time can be avoided if you use the services of a travel agent who has experience in Vietnam. For the most part there is no extra charge for using a travel agent since they are paid by the lines airlines, hotels and tourism businesses working.

Needless to say, business travelers will be wasting their money on tours. Nevertheless, some travel agencies offer package deals that are convenient to book and save some money. Typically, these include housing, roundtrip transportation between the airport and hotel, and an introductory tour excursion.

Vietnam is finally finding its way into many of Oriente''gran gira''itinerarios, and tour operators are few wide range of Vietnam tours. Whether traveling for pleasure, have two weeks or more, and want to venture beyond Saigon or Hanoi, can be worth looking into organized tours. For most vacationers for the first time, however, it is best to use a travel agent to book knowledge of the basics and nothing else.

Local guides are available through Vietnamtourism, a tour operator run by the state. Almost all hotels can arrange for these guides, which charge about U.S. $ 25 for the day, not including transportation or meals. Most guides are trained in government school guide and worth the modest fees they charge.

Passports and Visas

A valid passport and a visa is required of all foreigners visiting Vietnam. Visas are issued by embassies and consulates in Vietnam. Detailed information on this topic is elsewhere in Vietnam online. Another way is to get a line a visa directly from the Internet.

Health Matters

Vaccinations are not required to enter Vietnam, Unless you come from an infected area. However, it is wise to ask your doctor (or a medical clinic that specializes in trips abroad) on prudent hygienic precautions before you go. Vaccines against cholera, typhoid and tetanus may be in order. If you plan to travel outside major cities is possible also want to consider taking an anti-malaria drugs. Regardless of where your plans take a precautionary approach to prescription ciprofloxacin or any another antibiotic to treat diarrhea, it might be worth and expenses.

If you take prescription medicines regularly, keep them in your hand luggage in place bags of a test. Lost luggage could end up causing unnecessary health crisis. Very few require a prescription pharmaceutical products in Vietnam. However, Vietnamese pharmacies do not have the wide variety of drugs available in many other countries.

Money

Vietnam official currency is the Dong. No coins, and the smallest bill is worth about a quarter of a cent U.S.. Depending on where currency exchange, will between 10,000 and 13,000 Dong per U.S. dollar. Exchange for $ 100 in Dong will make an instant millionaire and get you a wad of bills as thick as a good ham sandwich.

Vietnam's official currency is the U.S. dollar. In the main shopping areas, hotels and restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, you can use either Dong dollars and in virtually any combination. For foreigners there is no currency black market.

You can exchange foreign currency and traveler's checks in banks throughout Vietnam, although some banks charge a fee of up as four percent. Most traders and hotels do not accept traveler's checks at all. Cash can be exchanged at hotels and some shops, especially jewelers. You'll get a better exchange rate with a clean bill of $ 100 a ticket $ 5 spent. If the accounts are damaged or worn they can not be acceptable for exchange.

Vietnam's first ATM appeared in 1996 at the Bank of Hong Kong branch (HCMC Ho Chi Minh city), New World Hotel building. If your bank at home is part of the Plus or Star systems, you can withdraw from your account ATM at home in either Dong or dollars. Vietnam only ATM is outside the ANZ Bank in Ha Noi.

Within Vietnam Travel

While there is an extensive network of trains and buses in Vietnam, it is easier and more comfortable to fly. Vietnam Airlines and Air Pacific serve almost all major cities between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, including Nha Trang, Dalat and Hue.

It is cheaper to buy domestic air tickets air after arriving in Vietnam. For example, flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi is about $ 230 if purchased abroad or $ 160 in Vietnam (although Vietnamese pay only $ 40.) The grueling journey by train 40 + hours is about the same price. If your travel agency specializing in Southeast Asia you may be able to find a tour or circuito''''precio trip that costs much less.

What to bring with you

Appropriate dress differs from North to South. Southern Vietnam is tropical all year round and people dress comfortably and casually. Lightweight cotton and wool fabrics will be comfortable at any time of year. While they may resist wrinkles, synthetics and are blends miserably hot. Generally, shorts are inappropriate anywhere, but a spa or a farm and will look like a dumb tourist on the streets of most cities. Jeans are almost always in fashion, except for business occasions.

Winter (November to April) can be cool in Hanoi, and a coat may be necessary. Dress here is a little more formal and somber than the fashionable South.

Whether traveling for business, jackets and ties are usually appropriate, regardless of the time. the business community in Ho Chi Minh is very image oriented. It's OK to ask their partners business here what kind of dress is appropriate and expected.

Remember that Vietnam is a tropical country. Most of the year is warm and humid. If you are not accustomed to tropical weather, be prepared to shower and change clothes two or three times a day. Virtually every hotel in Vietnam has a service Laundry, which is usually quite cheap.

Here are some things you should not travel without:

• Photocopies of your passport and visa.
• Cash in U.S. $ 20 and $ 100.
• A folding umbrella if you plan to visit during the rainy season. The rainiest months are July and August.
• Zip lock. They are cheap, disposable, and maintain all types of things cool and dry.

• Cards seen. You'll find that almost everyone in Vietnam has a business card of some sort. The proper way to give your card is taking the corners with both hands.
• Picture film. While 35mm film print is widely available, may not always be fresh or stored properly. film slide may be difficult or impossible to find.
• Money belt or backpack. As soon read, cash and small personal items are attractive to pickpockets. wallets legs feel uncomfortable.

What to leave at home

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is understandably very particular about the things that allow visitors to bring into the country. Explosives, firearms, seditious propaganda, or culturally offensive items are positively forbidden. Culturally offensive material includes books and magazines that customs officials may determine be dangerous, including books or magazines with nudity.

You can not have video tapes, audio tapes in Vietnam without the authorization of the customs inspector.

Illegal drugs of any kind are strictly prohibited and possessing them could cost you your life.

Check your attitude

Whether or how much you enjoy your visit to Vietnam may depend a lot on your attitude. Many things we take for granted at home are sometimes difficult here. Something as simple as crossing the street can become a maddening test. In some places, disturbed him dozens of times daily by children selling gum, cigarette lighters, boots and scrap cars. Sometimes the heat is just miserable. People can watch you gasp as you just walk in a spaceship.

Humor, patience and kindness are virtues very well here. From these you will improve your adventure in Vietnam. However, anal retentive people who are obsessed with punctuality, cleanliness and order will probably have a terrible time and should stay home.

Traveling Safely

Although is not illegal to possess firearms, violent crime is commonplace in any part of the orderly and polite society of Vietnam. Is likely to realize that most the police are not armed, even with a stick. While the disregard for personal safety in Vietnam is as silly as it is at home, foreigners need not feel particularly unsafe streets in Vietnam. Unlike some cities in America and Europe, tourists are killed in Vietnam.

burglaries and thefts are not unusual, however. Not only the extremely poor Vietnamese, who are incredibly fascinated by outsiders bring wonderful things. While money belts not entirely a bad idea, it is more likely to lose a camera, a watch or a pair of glasses, no matter how cheap. Any personal property out of his hands not for a moment could quickly find its way into the nimble fingers of a person of another kind, honest, who can not bear to live without the treasure has been so bright careless. You are "rich" and probably not miss it anyway.

With a little common sense can avoid creating temptation who become thieves spoil your nice people and wonderful visit to Vietnam. Keep a photocopy of your passport and leave the real thing locked safely in your hotel along with a list of credit card numbers. Do not place the camera on a park bench next to you, like me. And it sets your five dollar pharmacies lenses with frames gold shiny side down on a table in a dark karaoke bar when they can go as easily in your pocket. (Yes, I did, too.)

And if you have the misfortune to lose something small, let him go peacefully. Despite the afternoon I spent in a police station in Saigon trying to "do something" about an old camera swiftly stolen by children in a park remains one of my most fascinating experiences in Vietnam, an afternoon of shopping, drinking beer in hand a swimming pool, or a bit of romance would have been much more enjoyable.

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