Vietnam

Superficie : 331212km2

Population : 94’348’000

Capitale : Hanoï

Langue : vietnamien

Nature du pays : république

Monnaie : Dong (VND)

VIETNAM : indicatif 0084

Overview: The easiest way to obtain local currency is through ATMs, which are found throughout Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. If you need to change currency, you’ll get the best rates at gold stores along Hang Gai Street in Hanoi. Banks and better hotels also offer exchange services (but the rates won’t be as favorable). Avoid changing money on the street. Credit cards can be used in most locations, but travelers’ checks are only accepted at banks.

Passport/Visa U.S.: Passports and visas are needed by citizens of Canada, Europe, and the U.S. When leaving, expect to pay a US$14 departure tax at the airport and make sure you still have the yellow customs declaration form that was given to you when you arrived in the country. Reconfirm travel document requirements with your carrier before departure.

Population: 83,245,175 / Religion: Buddhist, Christian (Roman Catholic), Taoist. / Voltage Requirements: 220 volts

Telephone Codes: 84, country code; 4, Hanoi city code; 8, Ho Chi Minh City code / Time Zone: 7 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+7 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is not observed

Tipping Overview: Tipping is a relatively new thing in Vietnam, and to date, it’s more commonly seen in the southern part of the country. Gratuities usually aren’t necessary in inexpensive restaurants, but upscale places will often tack on a 5% service charge. Tips for taxi drivers are purely optional (and most appreciated, however small).

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Head Office : 125 Hong Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam | Tel :  +84-4-3926-2056 | Fax : +84-4-3926-2058 | Cellphone : +84-9130-11745 | Email : contact@threeland.com | Skype : threeland_ha | Website : www.threeland.com | * Working time: 08.30 – 17.30 (GMT+7), Monday to Friday.  Threeland has provided travel services with the wide ranges of Vietnam travel deals including seat-in-coach tours, Vietnam free & easy packages, module tours, short vacations, Vietnam adventures. Threeland is a fully licensed international tour operator approved by VNAT ( Vietnam National Administration of Tourism ) with License No 0561/2006/TCDL-GP-LHQT . This license is a certification of Threeland’s bond at an approved bank to guarantee financial security in respect of customers’ advanced payments as well as the quality of travel services. Clients should check with VNAT ( a governmental office of tourism of Vietnam) or Hanoi Administration of tourism (a governmental office of tourism of Hanoi ) to see our reliability . Please take a look at the copy of our license . THREELAND TRAVEL, Headquarters and Sales Office 125 Hong Ha Street , Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam. Tel: +844 3926 2056 Fax: +844 3926 2058 email:   contact@threeland.com THREELAND TRAVEL, American Sales Office, US and Canada. 7211 16th Ave. , Brooklyn, New York, 11204, USA . Toll-free number: 1-800-618-9829. Email: sales@threeland.com /THREELAND TRAVEL, CAMBODIA office 139 Eo, Monivong Blvd., Phnompenh, Cambodia. Tel: +855 2312 883222 / THREELAND TRAVEL, Laos office 88/07 Ban Phonpheng, Phouvao Road, Luang Prabang, Laos PDR Tel: +856 71 252400 / THREELAND TRAVEL, Laos office 88/07 Ban Phonpheng, Phouvao Road, Luang Prabang, Laos PDR Tel: +856 71 252400

AUTRE TOUR OPERATEUR : Discovery Indochina Discovery Indochina Co.,Ltd 63A Cuabac str., Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: (+ 844 ) 37 164 132, Fax: (+ 844 ) 37 164 133 Email: info@ discoveryindochina .com dzung@discoveryindochina.com, Strung on a network of rivers between the mountains and the sea, Vietnam is a landscape of moody alpine fogs hovering over thatch-roofed villages nestled in forests of rain. Vast expanses of reflective paddy fields posturing rice stands through which gentle breezes eddy. Lacework deltas fretted with canals carrying fertile mud recently arrived from China, and boiling white beaches guarded by island sentinels. Discovery Indochina is a leading local tour operator offering great service and good value for money products. Since the beginning the company has established good working relationships with local suppliers, transportation agents, hotels across the region we are in good position to have best offer from them. This enable us to meet the increasing demand of travelers at the most competitive rates and the highest ethical standards. At Discovery Indochina we commit to provide fine quality of service in any aspect of our products. We consolidates our position in the travel industry with a comprehensive range of programs and our friendly environment operation reinforces our commitment to the sustainable development. Placed amongst a mosaic of lakes, Hanoi, the capital, still retains the red-tile-roofed French provincial ambience of years gone by amidst the surging urbane energy of a modern metropolis fused to a thousand-year history of Chinese cultural influence. A city to stroll in, to gawk at its market offerings, munch tropical fruits, sip delicate teas, Hanoi also has places to ponder ancient verities: the Temple of Literature, the One-Pillar Pagoda, the Lake of the Restored Sword.Saigon, on the other hand, commercial hub of the south spun along mangrove riverbanks, threatens to become a financial lightning rod. Once an Asian Venice, its main thoroughfares are now boulevards of filled-in canals wiring between traffic rotaries to form interconnected molecules of enterprise.

UN AUTRE TOUR OPERATEUR, (non recommandé par certains guides, mais nous avons eu un contact facile et correct) : TheSinhTourist Saigon Sầm Diễm Mi – Sale Department (Formerly well-known as Sinh Cafe) 246-248 De Tham St. , District 1, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Tel       : +84 8 38389597 Ext: 204 – Fax: +84 8 38369322 Cell      : 0942178698 / IM: samdiemmi@yahoo.com.vn Email   : misd@thesinhtourist.vn ; info@thesinhtourist.vn website: www.thesinhtourist.vn

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Hanoi :

    Petit Hotel de base bien situé : Cinnamon hotel, hanoi, info@cinnamonhotel.net ; www.cinnamonhotel.com
    Un peu plus classe May de Ville Hôtel, pham thu nga, fom@maydeville.com ; www.maydeville.com

Au sud de Hanoi, Hué :

– Thai Binh Hotel 1 Add: 6/34(10/9 old add), Nguyen Tri Phuong St., Hue City Tel: (84.054)3 827563 ou 61 Fax: (84.054)3 832867 Email: info@thaibinhhotel-hue.com Designed by VietNet Thai Binh Hotel 2 Ms Lien (très sympathique et serviable) sales@thaibinhhotel-hue.com Add: 02 Luong The Vinh st., Hue City Tel: (84.054) 3827561 Fax: (84.054) 3827560 Email: sales@thaibinhhotel-hue.com

– Villa Bella Garden 15/131, rue Tran PhuTel : +84 (0)54.3833024; (0)54.2211380 Mobile :+84 (0)913.417.825
e-mail : tvhoang4@hotmail.com Monsieur Hoang vient d’ouvrir une villa pour les touristes et c’est un spécialiste dans le domaine qui parle très bien français  » Bella Garden », Située dans un beau jardin en ville,et entourrée d’une espace très aérée, sa villa a seulement 6 chambres, avec bibliothèque, internet gratuit et restaurent, consacrées aux touristes réservant tôt, soit par Email. soit par téléphone.- Ma nouvelle villa touristique « BELLA GARDEN », à` 15/131 rue Tran Phu, Hue (à 2km. du grand hôtel MORIN, centre ville, 20 minutes à pied)table:Les grandes chambres (un grand lit et un moyen lit+un lit supplémentaire (3 à 4 personnes peuvent y dormir): 30 – 40usd, y compris le petit déjeuner, très confortables et calmes, avec air conditionné, toilettes à l’intérieur, bassin et douche, eau chaude, téléphone, télévision cable,WIFI , frigidaire, balcon, fenêtre, donnant sur un beau panorama caractérisé par montagnes, villages. Les chambres doubles, moins grandes, mêmes conforts avec balcon, fenêtre:  25usd. Les chambres à 15usd+petit déjeuner, avec  fenêtre, mais sans balcon et frigo.  (à lire le chapitre des guides francophones et des hôtels  dans le Routard 2007, 2008,2009,2010). Veuillez nous dire le prix de votre préférence, on réserve pour vous  une ou des chambres convenables. L ’aéroport, 16km de Hué: vous payez 9usd le transfert ou par leur voiture privée ou 12usd./minibus pour le transfert.Nous avons aussi des services comme guide francophone: 25usd demie-journée/cité impériale de Hué pour M.Hoang qui vous explique tout, voit tout et on peut lui poser n’importe quelle question qui vous intéresse. Un autre guide professionnel : 30usd/jour entier. La croisière en bateau dragon pour visiter des pagodes et des tombeaux royaux  (bateau collectif:7usd/personne y compris le guide parlant l’Anglais, déjeuner, voiture; bateau individuel: 20usd./groupe), DMZ tour, réservation du bus (Hué à HoiAn: 5.50usd/personne y compris le transfert), du train, du vol; moto et vélo à louer. Chez-moi, on peut payer en EURO, en USD ou en VND, selon le cours d’échange de la banque nationale du jour. Tran van Hoang

– Loger bien plus classe : Pilgrimage Village, Hue Boutique resort & Spa Le Thi Da Lam/ Ms. Director of Business Development * Member of Small Luxury Hotels of the Word * Vedana Spa at Pilgrimage Village  – Spa Design of the Year 2008 – Asia Spa Awards. * Best Hotel, Vietnam – Asia Pacific Commercial Property Award 2009 * The Architecture Award, Vietnam – Asia Pacific Commercial Property Award 2009 A:  130 Minh Mang road, Hue, Vietnam T:  + (84 54) 3 885 461 F:  + (84 54) 3 887 057 E:  www.pilgrimagevillage.com      www.vedanaresorts.com

Hué, guide privé (parle français et anglais) : Hong Thang¸hué,vu ngoe thang, dir. hongthanghotel@phuloc.com.vn; www.phuloc.com.vn; www.hongthanghotel.vn Hung duy Nguyen +84905155697 nd-hung@hotmail.com

Danang :

    A visiter, pas besoin d’y séjourner : Danang museum of cham sculpture, danang, www.chamuseum.danang.vn

Vous pouvez aussi loger pour presque rien dans le pays : centralbackpackershanoi@gmail.com Hanoi Backpackers Search hanoibackpackers Find hanoibackpackers.

ET PLUS AU SUD POUR LES PLONGEES à PHU QUOC : cassiacottage@cassiacottage.com

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