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1. Suggestions
2. Visa to Vietnam
3. Get in
4. Transportation
5. Suggested food and drinks
6. Accommodation
7. Telecommunications
8. Hanoi destinations
9. Near Hanoi destinations
10. Embassies and Consulates
11. Health care
12. About us
Suggestions
What to bring?
Personal stuffs such as Clothes (Sweater, Jackets, ..), Bags, Shoes, Towel, ..
Enough prescription medicine
The essentials: airline tickets, passport and visa, cash (US dollar or Vietnamese
dong), credit/debit cards.
Traditional stuffs to introduce your country in Global Village
Laptop
What not to bring?
More luggage than you can carry
Expensive jewelry
Expensive electronics that you are afraid will be stolen
Prohibited things by the government such as weapons, chemical toxicity, drug,
fireworks, tobacco, harmful toys, depraved and superstitious products.
Note: ELECTRONICS
In Vietnam (and throughout Asia), electric voltage is 220V 50 cycles (not 110V 60
cycles as in North America).
Visa to Vietnam
There are 2 ways to apply for Vietnam VISA:
1. Find the nearest Vietnamese Embassy
Documents for visa are sent directly to the Vietnamese Embassy:
Visa application form (required)
2 photos of passport regulation size (required)
Passport with a validity of at least 6 months (required)
Visa fee: range of US$45 - 85. This fee depends on the Embassy and type of visa (required)
Return ticket (preferred)
Invitation letter from AIESEC (preferred)
Individual bank statement for last 6 months (preferred)
To search for Vietnamese Embassy, please refer to the link: http://www.vietnam-embassy.org/
2. Applying Online (Visa on Arrival)
AIESEC Vietnam currently has partnership with Polviet.com – a Polish-Vietnamese consulting institution in
Ho Chi Minh City in term of visa processing for AIESEC members and interns to Vietnam.
You can apply online as following steps:
Complete visa application form.
Send email directly to polviet@gmail.com, aiesec@polviet.com, and cc: Ustyna@gmail.com with
attaching the following material:
Visa application form
AN (acceptance note) from Vietnamese LC
scan of passport (page with picture – clear quality)
Date of arrival (landing in VIETNAM)
Select what type of VISA
Vietnam is now open and
welcomes all travelers and
business people to Vietnam.
Thanks to that, getting visa
to Vietnam is very easy and
simple!
Get in
Your buddy will pick you up at the airport but here under is some notes you should notice.
POSSIBLE AIRLINES
Vietnam Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Qatar Airways
Mandarin Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Korean Air
Jetstar Asia Airways
Japan Airlines
Hong Kong Airlines
Cebu Pacific
Tiger Airways
Thai Airways International
AirAsia
…
Transportation from airport!
Noi Bai Bus:
$2 /route From 1st floor in airport to No 1
Quang Trung Street (last stop); then take
other transports
Public bus (Number 07 or 17):
7.000 VND/route From outside the airport
to Long Bien station (12th stop); then take
other transports
Taxi:
go to the 2nd floor to catch a cheap taxi;
bargain around under $10 for 4 seats and
$10 for 7 seats From airport to the central
of Hanoi
Money exchange and
currency
Exchangeable currency at the
airport: EUR, USD, SGD, AUD,
Yen, CNY
Exchange spot: branch of BIDV,
Vietcombank, Agribank,
Techcombank, Viettinbank...
International ATM (1st floor):
HSBC, Citibank...
Buddy will give you a map and here under is s
transportation
Taxi: $0.5/ first 0.7km
$0.75/km from 0.8 to 30km
Bus: $0.25-$0.4 /ride
$10/month
TIPS: 1. Make sure the money counting machine in taxi begins at 0.000VNĐ; make sure the driver knows the way
2. Be careful with petty robbery in the bus
3. Walk slowly and confidently in crowded area; wave hand when you cross the street that has no red light.
4. Bargain with drivers for the price of the ride before getting on the back of “xe om”
Transp
Buddy will give you a map and here under is some of
transportation that you can use in Hanoi:
$0.75/km from 0.8 to 30km
Xe ôm: $0.4/km
Cyclo (Xích lô): $5/h
1. Make sure the money counting machine in taxi begins at 0.000VNĐ; make sure the driver knows the way
2. Be careful with petty robbery in the bus
3. Walk slowly and confidently in crowded area; wave hand when you cross the street that has no red light.
4. Bargain with drivers for the price of the ride before getting on the back of “xe om”
Transportation
ome of the efficient
Xe ôm: $0.4/km
Cyclo (Xích lô): $5/h
1. Make sure the money counting machine in taxi begins at 0.000VNĐ; make sure the driver knows the way
3. Walk slowly and confidently in crowded area; wave hand when you cross the street that has no red light.
4. Bargain with drivers for the price of the ride before getting on the back of “xe om”
Bún hải sản : $1.5 - $2 (seafood vermicelli)
Bánh cu(stuffed pancake)
Phở cuốn: $2/10 rolls Bún (shellfish soup and vermicelli)
Bún chả: $1.5 - $2 (vermicelli and grilled chopped meat)
Trà chanh: $0.7 (ice lemon tea)
Suggested food
Bánh cuốn: $1 - $3 (stuffed pancake)
Phnoodle soup with beef or chicken)
Bún ốc: $1.5 - $2 (shellfish soup and vermicelli)
Bánh mì: $0.5
Trà chanh: $0.7 - $1 (ice lemon tea)
Vietnamese egg
coffee: $1
ood and drink
Phở: $1.5 - $2 (rice
noodle soup with beef or chicken)
Bánh mì: $0.5 - $2
Vietnamese egg
coffee: $1- $2
We offer you 2 types
1. Hostel:
Fee depends.
Internet, electricity provided.
In the center area of Hanoi capital city.
Freedom.
No food provided.
Can share room with other interns.
2. Host family:
$15/week.
Internet, electricity provided.
Food provided.
Living with a Vietnamese family, so
you will be LESS free, must follow
some family rules. But you have the
chance to get to know Vietnamese
family culture.
Accommodation of accommodation:
In the center area of Hanoi capital city.
Can share room with other interns.
Living with a Vietnamese family, so
you will be LESS free, must follow
some family rules. But you have the
chance to get to know Vietnamese
Accommodation
Buddy will help you to buy sim cards
around the country; you can access the Internet at host family or
Internet cafés (wifi)
Telecommunications
Buddy will help you to buy sim cards. 3G service is
around the country; you can access the Internet at host family or
Telecommunications
. 3G service is available all
around the country; you can access the Internet at host family or
Ha Noi destinationHa Noi destinations
Ha Noi destinationsHa Noi destinations
Near Ha Noi destinationsNear Ha Noi destinations
Embassies and Consulates
Vietnam Immigration Office in Hanoi:
40A Hang Bai st, Hoan Kiem Dict. Tel: +84 4 3834 5055
Health care
About us
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