VIETNAM TRAVEL TIPS

Access
Please find below a list of carriers offering services into Vietnam:

Air Asia	All Nippon Asiana Airways	British Airways
Cathay Pacific	China Airlines	China Southern Airlines
Emirates Airways	Eva Air	Garuda Indonesia
Japan Airlines	KLM	Korean Air
Lao Airlines Lauda Air	Lufthansa	Malaysia Airlines
Pacific Airlines	Philippine Airlines	Qantas
Shangai Airlines	Siem Reap Airways	Singapore Airlines
Swiss Airlines	Thai Airways	Vietnam Airlines
Tiger Airways

Note that the main hubs for connecting flights are Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Visa and passport A visa is compulsory to enter Vietnam except for citizens of: - Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand if the length of the stay is not exceeding 30 days. - the Philippines if the length of the stay is not exceeding 21 days. - Korea, Japan, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Russia if the length of the stay is not exceeding 15 days. To obtain a visa, you must first ensure your passport will be valid for at least 3 months after your return date. There are 3 options at the moment to obtain a visa for Vietnam: Visas can be acquired directly at Vietnamese Embassies and Consulates abroad

You can apply for visa a through a sponsoring travel agency. In that case, just provide us with the following details: Full name, date and place of birth, citizenship, occupation, passport number, date and place of issue, expiration date, date and port of entry into Vietnam. We will forward these particulars to Vietnam immigration, which will in turn issue and send by telex an approval letter to the relevant embassy by telex. In our turn, we will send you one copy of the approval letter. Just bring it or send it to the embassy together with your passport, 2 passport photos and two fully filled out application forms to get the visas stamped

You can apply for a visa upon arrival through a sponsoring travel agency. In that case, provide us with the same information as mentioned above and we will send you an approval letter issued from immigration

This approval letter will be required at the time of boarding.
You will have to fill out one application form on arrival and to supply 2 passport photos.
Visa stamping fees can be either pre-paid to our agency or paid at immigration on arrival.
Note that in all cases visas cannot be delivered upon arrival without a visa authorization from immigration. 

Before going 
If you are travelling in the north or the centre from October to March warm clothes are recommended and especially appropriate all year long in the northern and highlands area (Sapa, Buon Me Thuot and Dalat).
In the south, light clothing is a must all year long.
Although you can find all these products in Vietnam, we recommend you take products for mosquitoes and for the sun, a cap or a hat, sunglasses, a raincoat and a small bag to carry a few things in case you have to leave your big suitcases at the hotel for a few days.
Finally, Vietnam is considered a safe country but we recommend you leave your gold jewellery at home.

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