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Vietnam Visa Upon Arrival – Vietnam visa online

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:24:40 +0000

Instead of applying visa through Vietnam Embassy, all you need to do now is to complete the online application form and pay us. Within 12 business hours after receiving your payment, we will send you pre-approved letter with code for picking up visa upon arrival Vietnam at the airport (airport at Hochiminh or Hanoi or Danang city) For Visa application, we need the following information: – Full name (Name as in passport) – Sex (male/ female) – Date of birth – Nationality – Passport number – Arrival date – Arrival flight number – Departure date These information will be sent to Vietnam Immigration Department, they will issue a letter of visa upon arrival for you. This letter will be scanned, sent to your email address or your fax. You will be allowed to get on board at departure airport with copy of this letter At arrival airport in Vietnam, you can get the visa with this letter, your original passport, 25USD/ person/ single entry visa or 50USD/ person/ multiple entries visa and 02 photos 4CMx6CM. Price: Normal time: Up to 2 working days – Single entry visa: 1 ~ 2 persons: 20 USD/ 1 person 3 ~ 5 persons: 18 USD/ 1 person 6 persons up: 15 USD/ 1 person – Multiple entries visa: 1 ~ 2 persons: 35 USD/ 1 person 3 ~ 5 persons: 30 USD/ 1 person 6 persons up: 28 USD/ 1 person – Urgent: within 4 working hours: * Single entry visa: 40 USD/ 1 person * Multiple entries visa: 50 USD/ 1 person Please contact http://wwww. vietnamvisasupport. com

List of visa exemption agreements between Vietnam and foreign countries

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:30:52 +0000

Visa exemption: Vietnamese people that hold foreign passports and foreigners who are their husbands, wives and children are exempt from visa requirements to enter Vietnam and are allowed to stay for not more than 90 days. In order to be granted visa exemption certificates at Vietnamese representative offices abroad, overseas Vietnamese need conditions: Foreign-issued permanent residence certificate (PRC) with the validity of at least six months since the date of entrance. Visa exemption paper (VEP) is granted by Vietnamese appropriate authorities. Those who expect to stay more than 90 days must apply for visa according to current stipulations before their entrance. Bilateral visa exemption agreement Citizens of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Laos holding valid ordinary passports are exempt from visa requirements and are allowed to stay for not more than 30 days; Philippines is allowed to stay for not more than 21 days. Citizens of China, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, and Rumania holding valid ordinary passports for official mission and citizens of 52 countries holding valid diplomatic or official passports are exempt from visa requirements. The duration of staying is stipulated in certain cases. For more information, please visit the website of Ministry of Foreign Affaires. Unilateral visa exemption Visa with 30-day validity is exempted for officials from ASEAN secretariat holding different kinds of passports. Citizens of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Japan and South Korea holding different kinds of passports are exempt from visa requirements and are allowed to stay for not more than 15 days. List of visa exemption agreements (31 December, 2006) Order Country Date of entry into force Categories of passports covered 1 Argentina 13/11/1999 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 2 Albania 1/10/1956 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Group Passports for official mission 3 Algeria 02/01/1995 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 4 Afghanistan 26/2/1988 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 5 Bangladesh 10/7/1999 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports for Vietnamese citizens Diplomatic Passports, International Passports with “official” seal for Bangladesh citizens 6 Belarus 24/11/1993 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 7 Brazil 12/2/2005 Diplomatic passports 8 Brunei 1/11/1997 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 9 Bulgaria 1/6/1966 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports; Group Passports or Ordinary Passports for official mission 10 Cambodia 30/11/1979 Diplomatic and Official passports; Diplomatic and Official Lassez-passezs 11 Chile 25/6/2005 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 12 China 15/3/1992 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports for official mission 13 Cuba Currently in force Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports for official mission, Seaman?s Passports for Vietnamese citizens Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Service Passports or Maritime Passports for Cuban citizens 14 Czech 13/2/2000 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 15 France 1/7/2005 Diplomatic passports 16 Hungary 1/8/1993 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 17 India 23/3/1995 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 18 Indonesia 19/9/1998 4/12/2003 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports Ordinary Passports with valid periods of at least 6 months 19 Iran 1/6/1994 Diplomatic passports 20 Iraq 1/12/2001 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 21 Japan 1/5/2005 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 22 Kyrgyzstan Currently in force Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports for official mission 23 Laos 17/7/1977 05/3/2004 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports for official mission, Ordinary Passports with valid periods of at least 6 months 24 Malaysia 25/11/2001 Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports 25 Mexico 4/2/2002 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 26 Moldova 23/5/2003 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 27 Mongolia 6/2/2000 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 28 Montenegro 1/9/2000 Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Special passports 29 Morocco 19/12/2004 Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Special passports 30 Myanmar 11/8/1998 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 31 Nicaragua Currently in force Diplomatic passports, Official or Service passports 32 Panama 4/11/2002 Diplomatic passports, Official passports for Vietnamese citizens Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Specical Passports, Consular passports 33 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 01/10/1956 01/4/1966 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports; Group Passports for official mission Ordinary Passports for official mission 34 Peru 2/6/2006 Diplomatic passports, Official passports for Vietnamese citizens Diplomatic passports, Special passports for Peruvian citizens 35 Philippine 19/02/1997 16/2/1999 1/4/2000 Diplomatic passports Official Passports, Holders of Ordinary Passports having an invitation to join ASEAN activities organized by ASEAN Secretariat or Governmental agencies Ordinary Passports with valid periods of at least 6 months, together with return air tickets or air tickets for leaving the country 36 Rumania 1/12/1956 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports; Group Passports or Ordinary Passports for official mission 37 Russia 20/2/1994 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 38 Serbia 1/9/2000 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 39 Singapore 10/5/1997 01/12/2003 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports Ordinary Passports with valid periods of at least 6 months, together with return air tickets or air tickets for leaving the country 40 Slovakia 10/8/1992 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 41 Republic of Korea 13/1/1999 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 42 Sri Lanka 19/9/2003 Diplomatic passports, Official passports 43 Thailand 10/5/1997 9/7/2000 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports Ordinary Passports 44 Turkey 1/10/1998 Diplomatic Passports 45 Ukraine 6/12/1993 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports 46 Venezuela 17/11/2006 Diplomatic Passports, Official passports Source: http://www. mofa. gov. vn/en/ct_lanhsu between Vietnam and foreign countries

Spectacular limestone caves rediscovered in Quang Binh – Vietnam

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:22:33 +0000

But all they did was admire the stalactites near the entrance. They did not explore it any further. Several years later, he began to fish in the streams in the forest nearby, and had more opportunities to explore the area and the cave. Using simple nets, a flashlight and an inner tube as a buoy, he began spending hours in the river that flowed through the cave, going up to six kilometers inside. “The river is very long and becomes much wider at many places in the cave,” Nham says. “It could actually be flowing through Bo Trach (neighboring district to Minh Hoa District where the cave entrance is located). ” Nham did inform local residents of his discovery, but it aroused no particular curiosity or excitement in a province that is already famous for other caves like Phong Nha, Son Doong and En. Last weekend, Thanh Nien followed up a lead about the new caves and contacted Nham, now 53 years old, who agreed to guide this reporter and a few others to the cave system tucked away in a forest in the province’s Minh Hoa District, that was never recognized or reported upon earlier. The team found swiftly flowing rivers and countless stalactites and stalagmites with spectacular formations, and local residents spoke of seeing human bones and several pieces of pottery. Starting from a village in Tan Hoa Commune, the expedition faced the first hurdle of a steep slope with sharp rocks after passing a vast valley. Crossing another valley and a small mountain on the other side of the slope, the team arrived at the cave entrance. The cave has been temporarily named Hung Ton, as it is located next to the Hung Ton Valley. The cave entrance is some 30 meters wide and 20 meters high with two chambers full of stalactites and stalagmites. The second chamber leads to a deep hole that prevented the team from further exploration. From the Hung Ton Cave, the team went through To Mo Valley and Tu Lan Forest and reached the Tu Lan Cave with three grottos. The Tu Lan 1 grotto has a small entrance but a wider chamber with a clear river flowing through it. Nham said the river is very long because he had swum with a buoy for more than an hour but still couldn’t see where it flows. It could be that it flows through the Tu Lan 2 grotto, which is not so far away. The entrance of the Tu Lan 2 grotto is some 25 meters wide and 20 meters high. Further downstream, the river flows through the Tu Lan 3 grotto. The main chamber of the Tu Lan 3 grotto is larger, about 100 meters high and 100 meters wide. The limestone grotto has an impressive surface area of around 40 meters in length that looks like a stage with stairs made from deposits of minerals. The two chambers lead to a stalactite wall with a small entrance to a deep hole that the river flows into. Leaving the Tu Lan Cave, the team explored further to discover another cave and called it the To Mo Cave. However, short of food and water, and lacking any equipment, this cave could not be explored further. Nham said he had guided another resident, Hien of Xuan Hoa Commune, to the cave but the latter failed to publish the photo he had taken as it came out very dark. Dinh Minh Chat, Chairman of Minh Hoa District People’s Committee, Tuesday confirmed to the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper that Nham is recognized as having discovered the three caves. As mentioned earlier Quang Binh is also home to the UNESCO-recognized world heritage site Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park. In April, a team of UK researchers claimed they had found the two largest caves in the world – Son Doong and En caves – in the province’s Bo Trach and Minh Hoa districts. Researchers from the British Cave Research Association estimated the Son Doong Cave at 200 meters high and 150 meters wide at its largest, while the measurements at En Cave are 150 meters high and 130 meters wide. VietNamNet/TN Apply Vietnam visa online at: http://www. vietnamvisasupport. com Apply Vietnam Tours online at: http://travel. togo. vn

Heavenly Hai Hoa – Vietnam Tourism

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:27:50 +0000

Just over 200 kilometers from Hanoi, the area has been gaining in popularity over the past three years, as more tourists discover the rugged coastal beauty of Hai Hoa. With over four kilometers of golden sand and calm waters, the beach has been well preserved by locals and remains pristine and free of pollution. Swimming is ideal with gentle waves and no drop-off areas. Hai Hoa residents are known for being friendly and hospitable. Visitors can watch how they catch fish or try rowing their bamboo boats. Crabs can also be purchased from the fishermen for half the price of hotel restaurants. Tourists should also be sure to try eating me me, a type of sea creature that looks similar to a shrimp and is known for its delicious meat. Life is extremely laid back in Hai Hoa with little else to do but lay back, relax and take in the natural beauty of the area. However, for those looking for a little more adventure, visitors can explore the Me Archipelago, a cluster of 18 islets located around 20 km offshore. The lush islands offer spectacular views and because the sea is calm, the water appears a deep, brilliant blue from atop the rolling hills. Some say that the 18 islands resemble a herd of horses grazing in a vast verdant meadow. To visit the island group, tourists must first obtain a permit from the Hai Binh Commune People’s Committee and rent a boat as there are no tours offered to the remote Me Islands. In addition, visitors can make a trip to several nearby ancient historical areas including the Tinh Hai Fortress, Ninh Citadel and Rua Ngoc Well. Hai Hoa has three hotels – Cao Nguyen, Xanh Ha and Dai Duong – with prices ranging from VND300,000-700,000 (US$16. 84-39. 31) To get to Hai Hoa from Hanoi, you can take a Hanoi-Tinh Gia bus from the Giap Bat Bus Station with a fare of VND70,000 ($3. 93) and then transfer to a motorbike taxi from Tinh Gia for another two kilometers. VietNamNet/Thanh Nien Apply Vietnam visa online at: http://www. vietnamvisasupport. com Apply Vietnam Tours online at: http://travel. togo. vn

HOALU – TAMCOC – MAI CHAU – XA LINH VIETNAM ADVENTURE TOUR

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:22:13 +0000

Day1 : Hanoi -NinhBinh (L,D) Depart forHoa Lu (Ninh Binh), enjoying the rural scenery along the road. Visit Hoa Lu old citadel. In the afternoon, take a rowing boat along the tiny canal among the rice fields to visit Tam Coc (Three Grottoes). 16:00 Tour ends. Overnight at Thuy Anh hotel. Day 2 : Ninh Binh – MaiChau ( B, L,D)Morning: 7. 30 am departure to Mai Chau. On the way to Mai chau, pay a Visit to Hang Pagoda (Ancient Cave pagoda) to enjoy a peaceful scenarios and to get a more understanding of the most popular religion – Buddismn. Visiting a Muong ethnic minority village to see stilt-house and their lives. 12. 30 am lunch at restaurant. Afternoon: 1. 30 pm drive to MalChau. Homestay 0vernight stilt house – Lac village (Mai Chau guesthouse). Go shopping around Lac Village. Walking throughout some White Thai villages to see people making traditional dress and stools. 7. 00 pm diner. Day 3 : Mai Chau – Xa Linh – Ha Noi (B,L) Morning: 7. 30 am Breakfast. Leave for Xa Linh at 8. 00 am, Visiting H’’ Mong ethnic minority village (Pa Co market held on Sunday) to enjoy the daily life of the local people. Walking through plum & peach gardens to contemplate peaceful scenery. 12. 30 am lunch at restaurant. Afternoon: On the way to Ha Noi stop at Hoa Binh Hydro power Station to see how the greatest power station was built in the war. Return to Hanoi Noi at 4. 30 pm. Rate in USD per person Currency Converter – Number of Persons – 2-3 4-5 6-9 10-14 Single Sup 169 103 92 78 15 Accommodation offering in this trip: ( click to see hotel ) Cities 2 stars Hanoi Bao Khanh NinhBinh Thuyanh Maichau Thai Village Tour Cost includes: – Full transportation as tour program indicated. – Full meals as indicated in the itinerary. – English/French – speaking guide – Twin-share accommodation with daily breakfast; Tour Cost excludes:Airport taxes; Visas; travel insurance; tips; personal expenses, emergency transfers. Trip Summary: Where: Trip starts and ends in Hanoi; When: All year round; Grade: Moderate to Strenous; Accommodation: Simple guest-houses (Standard),Tourist-class hotels (Superior); Transport: Private car or bus. Meals: As indicated;(B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner) HANOIPEACETOUR. VN