If Vietnam miraculously suddenly found itself closer to Central Russia (say, somewhere in the neighborhood with Turkey), the tourist flow to this country would undoubtedly increase many times .After all, among the tangible disadvantages of this direction is only a long and, therefore, expensive flight .Almost everything else - solid pluses: an unusual and exciting "excursion", beautiful beaches with ample opportunities for outdoor activities, an extensive and quality hotel base .And with all this - low prices in hotels, restaurants, on excursions and in general everywhere .
Despite all this, Vietnam thoroughly spoiled the opinion of itself with horrible markets of consumer goods with bales of every possible shabby, talkative inhabitants and flavors of fried herring .Perhaps many will wrinkle their nose today when they hear an offer to go there: "I've seen enough of this here" .Meanwhile, the present Vietnam is the ancient temple complexes of unknown civilizations and the natural beauty of national parks, healthy and delicious food (dietary rice and appetizing fresh seafood), the world's cheapest diving (coupled with an abundance of underwater inhabitants) and resorts with a distinct European fleur: after all, the former French colony .In addition, Vietnam will provide an opportunity to ponostalgirovat plenty of recent sotsproshlomu: and the flag well, almost like our ex, and pioneers in ties, and even the leader in the mausoleum .
The capital is Hanoi. Interesting cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Hue; popular resorts: Phan Thiet, Fukuok, Nha Trang. Full list of resorts in the country.
Flight of a / to Vietnam Airlines from Moscow to Nha Trang, Hanoi and Saigon:
Departures in March for 9 nights: Bao Quynh Bungalow 3 * - from 69 900 rubles / person
Ocean Star 4 *, 8n. - from 69 900 rubles / person
Sea Links Beach 5 *, 8N. - from 85 900 rubles / person
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How to get to Vietnam
Aeroflot flies to Hanoi on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (9, 5 hours in the air). Three times a week Vietnam Airlines operates flights to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. 1-2 times a week on the route Moscow - Ho Chi Minh City during the winter period, Transaero flies. In addition, Asian and some European airlines offer flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg, but with a transfer in other countries, and Vladivostok Air has one flight in two weeks from Vladivostok to Hanoi.
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Road from the CIS countries
From Kiev and Odessa to Vietnam you can fly through Moscow, Frankfurt, Paris, Beijing and Bangkok by the airlines "International Airlines of Ukraine" and Lufthansa together with S7, Transaero and Air France.
For citizens of Kazakhstan, there are flights from Almaty (via Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur) to Ho Chi Minh City by Air Astana, Uzbek Airlines and Vietnam Airlines.
Vietnamese visa
Russian citizens arriving in Vietnam for up to 15 days do not need a visa.
- What documents are needed when entering Vietnam?
Customs
Import of foreign currency is not limited, but amounts above 3000 USD must be declared: the export of currency from the country is allowed only within the amount declared at the entrance. Export of national currency is prohibited.
You can import 400 cigarettes or 100 cigars or 500 g of tobacco, 1, 5 liters of strong alcoholic beverages or 2 liters of alcoholic beverages up to 22 °, 5 kg of tea, 3 kg of coffee, as well as other goods worth a total of 5 million VND. Household and computer equipment must be declared: all undeclared equipment will be allowed to export only when paying customs duties or having a check confirming its acquisition in the country.
It is prohibited to import drugs and narcotic medications without a medical prescription for their use (punishment - up to the death penalty), explosives, firearms, materials that offend local culture and pornography.
It is forbidden to export art and antiques, jewelry and handicrafts without appropriate permits.
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Vietnam Phone Numbers
Embassy of the Republic of Vietnam in Moscow: Bolshaya Pirogovskaya, 13; tel .: (499) 247-02-12, 245-09-25, 247-07-07, 246-13-83 (consular department)
Consulate General of Vietnam in Yekaterinburg: st. Karla Liebknecht, 22, office 411; tel .: (343) 253-02-84, fax: 253-02-82
Consulate General of Vietnam in Vladivostok: st. Pushkinskaya, 107/1; tel .: (4232) 22-69-48, 22-69-27, 20-58-14, fax: 26-14-96
The Russian Embassy in the Republic of Vietnam (Hanoi): 191, La Thanh street, Hanoi; tel .: (4) 383-369-91, 833-69-92, website is
Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Ho Chi Minh City: 40, Ba Huyen Thanh Quan street, Ho Chi Minh City; Vietnam, tel .: (8) 393-039-36; website
Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Danang: 22, Tran Phu Street: tel .: (511) 382-23-80, 381-85-28; website
Police - 113, firefighters - 114, ambulance - 115
The telephone code of Hanoi is 4, Ho Chi Minh City 8, Nha Trang 58, Phan Thiet 62, Danang 511, Hoi An 510, Dalat 63, Hue 54, Phuquoc Island 77.
Legends and history of Vietnam
Here's a short digression into the tangled history of the Vietnamese people .For more than three thousand years BC on the lands of present-day Vietnam the king-dragon Lak Long Quan rules .Once, puzzled by the continuation of the family, he decided to ask his hand and his heart for a fairy bird Au Koo .The beautiful woman did not hesitate to accept the offer and in due time gave birth ... a bag in which one hundred eggs were found, and one out of every one left one heir-ancestor of one hundred Vietnamese births .Whether the lady hatched the offspring or placed the offspring in the incubator - history is silent, but since then, every self-respecting Vietnamese speaks of himself as a "dragon child, the grandson of the gods" .The end of the story is very modern: after a while the couple dispersed - Luck Long Quan chopped off half of his sons and retired with them to the sea, and Au Co took the remaining fifty and went to live in the mountains..How, nevertheless, did Lev Nikolaich correctly notice about happy and unhappy families!
- Buy a ticket for the presentation of the Municipal Puppet Theater, which are played out directly on the water surface of Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.
- To buy a traditional conical headdress in the famous Dongba market in Hue.
- Ride a boat along the fragrant river in Hue, beyond which there is a trail of flavors of flowering ginseng and herbs.
- Visit the plantation for growing pearls in Fukuoka.
Transport
In the stretched from the north to the south of Vietnam for the movement between distant cities it is reasonable to use domestic flights of Vietnam Airlines or Jetstar Pacific. Most often, planes fly between two megacities - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (up to 10 flights a day), but other large cities are not deprived of regular flights.
Vietnamese trains are comfortable and follow clearly on schedule. The main route, Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City, will last 30 hours. To buy tickets is recommended at least 3 days before the date of travel directly at the ticket office of the station (local travel companies can easily cheat on the ticket price and class of the car).
Intercity buses make sense to use for relatively short trips: constant speed limits on the routes result in unnecessarily long travel. On the other hand, the prices for bus trips are insignificant: you can get from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh for only 450 000 VND.
City transport
Urban transport is well developed only in major metropolitan cities: it is a taxi, various moto and trishaws ("saiklo" or "siklo") .The taxi fare does not need to be stipulated in advance: in all cars there is a counter that indicates the fare, and taxi drivers usually know a little English .The fare for a taxi: 5 500-9 500 VND per kilometer plus 15 800-23 700 VND for landing .Motorcycle and pedicabicks will be satisfied with 15,800 VND for 15 minutes of travel, however, the amount of payment should be agreed in advance and bargain in this case it is just necessary .For more information on the rules for using public transport in Vietnam, see the article: How to use transport and comply with SDA in Vietnam..
- How much does it cost to travel by public transport in Vietnam?
Rent a car in Vietnam - $
Rent a car in Vietnam can only be "bundled" with a local driver, its cost is usually calculated either by kilometer or by day. The cost of 1 km - from 4500 to 6500 VND, depending on the company and the range of travel (the farther, the cheaper), and rent per day will cost about 400 000 VND.
Throughout the country, you can rent a motorcycle (60 000-80 000 VND per day) or a bicycle (6000-8000 VND per day). When you make out a lease, you will be charged a deposit.
Traffic on roads is poorly regulated, so "traffic jams" in big cities are common.
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Safety of tourists
Vietnam is one of the safest places in Asia (and Hanoi is one of the safest cities in the world). The only ones to be feared in the country are small thieves and pickpockets.
Water from the tap "in the general case" can not be drunk, nor is it worth buying food on the street. The first three days in the country it makes sense to refrain from heavy consumption of fruits and vegetables. Detailed information on how not to get into the difficult situation in Vietnam, read in the articles security for currency exchange, features of hotel and restaurant services, health protection, how to protect yourself from unnecessary waste, behavior in extreme situations and what to provide in specific tourist centers in Vietnam .
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The climate of Vietnam is
About a third of the country is located at a level above 500 m above the sea, so the climate there is subtropical, and in areas above 2000 m - even moderate. From April-May to October, the southeast monsoon brings warm and humid weather to the country - except for areas protected by mountains.
In the south of Vietnam (from Ho Chi Minh Da Phan Thiet), two seasons can be distinguished - wet and dry. The wet season traditionally lasts from May to November, the rainiest months are June-August. The dry season usually starts in December and ends in April. For European tourists, this is the most favorable time. "Velvet" months in the south of Vietnam - January and February: soft sun, refreshing sea water. From late February to May there are hot days without rain.
The climate of central Vietnam (from the resort of Nha Trang to the ancient capital of Hue): from February to August - it is clear rains are rare, the temperature is +30 .. + 35 ° C. In the middle of December - torrential rains, in October - November in the Danang and Hue area typhoons are possible, the temperature is +20 .. + 28 ° C. In the north of the country (from Hanoi to the sea resort of Halong), the winter and summer seasons are marked more clearly than in the south. Winter, cool and humid, lasts from November to February, in February and March there is always a drizzling rain "fu". Since May, the summer season begins sharply: high humidity, temperatures up to +40 ° C.
See also: current weather forecast for 10 days at popular resorts in Vietnam and in major cities of the country.
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Hotels in Vietnam
In the major cities of Vietnam, the choice of hotels is very diverse - from mini-hotels to De Luxe. Service in them, in general, at the average European level. Type of food - breakfast (most) or half board, "all-in" is almost none. The buffet is extremely varied. All the rooms from three to five "stars" are equipped with air conditioning, TV with satellite channels and telephone, in the room there are also more expensive bathrobes, hairdryer, tea and coffee making facilities, safes and minibars.
The voltage in the electrical network is 220 V, the frequency is 50 Hz. The plugs are generally flat. Numbers in many hotels are equipped with universal sockets, which are suitable forks of almost any configuration - and if the plug still does not fit, the hotel staff will find the necessary adapter.
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Shopping and shopping
Local shopping has two nice features: a rich choice of purchases and the lowest prices in the region (unless, of course, you do not forget to bargain). Shops work almost every day, seven days a day until late. Many supermarkets in the capital and large cities work around the clock.
From Vietnam you can bring things from lacquer, bamboo, mother-of-pearl, silver, pearl, red and ebony - including very beautiful cutlery and caskets..Another category of successful purchases - clothing and accessories from silk, flax and cotton .Even in Saigon, you can find very high-quality and beautiful gold products - not that at completely junk, but quite attractive prices, as well as pearl products - mainly from artificially grown river, less commonly - cultured marine..It is worth to buy different spices, especially fu-kuok black pepper .Representatives of the fair sex are guaranteed to pay attention to the national costume "Aozay", consisting of a tight-fitting figure of a long shirt-dress with cuts and pants (they are custom-made to sew) .
Wonderful exotic souvenirs are literally worth a penny, and beautiful silverware is almost for nothing. Returned from Vietnam, travelers usually take out of their suitcases silver jewelry and dishes, products of natural silk, linen and cotton, souvenirs of mahogany and bamboo, lacquer ware and ceramics.
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Vietnamese cuisine and restaurants
Vietnamese cuisine, although "omnivorous" (up to fried grasshoppers in cakes from newspapers instead of seeds), but it is easy enough and, despite its unusual, healthy. Products here are not subjected to long-term heat treatment. The basis of the kitchen - rice, noodles and spices, a variety of seafood.
Many dishes season with "nyok-mom" sauce from fermented (read: "fermented in its own juice") fish - however, the taste and smell is not so terrible as it may seem .Of the soups should try a light and delicious "pho": rice noodles with lean beef or chicken .The French, former colonizers, were noted in local cooking, making bagged cuts with all kinds of fillings as a "snack".Green tea is traditionally popular in the country, and local coffee is considered very decent..And in Dalat produce good red and white wines .
In state-owned hotels and restaurants, usually 5% "for services" are usually added to the account. In private institutions, if you liked food and service, you can leave "on tea" 5-10%.
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Entertainment, Excursions and Attractions of Vietnam
Vietnam is ready to please guests from the north with a lot of diverse entertainment: from elephant riding, visits to snake restaurants with crocodile reserves, national parks and fishing - to casinos and nightclubs. The highlight of the country's excursion program is the partisan tunnels of Ku-Chi, but besides them there are more than enough sights here.
In the Halong Bay National Park - one of the most beautiful landscapes on the planet .A few thousand small limestone islets and cliffs rising from sea waters and having a bizarre shape are forced to believe in the legend of this place .It says that the islands of Halong were created by a giant dragon who lived in the mountains..Fanciful cliffs and cliffs in shape look like a turtle, a camel, a cat, a dog's head, a dragon and t .д .This bay is one of the most popular sightseeing places in the country..There are often one- and two-day excursions, which include a sightseeing tour around Haiphong town and its environs and a cruise on the boat for a period of about five hours .
In Hanoi, the mass of Buddhist, medieval and recent communist attractions, as well as natural beauties in excess of .Interesting are the ancient Chua-Mot-Kot pagoda, the Bach-Ma temple, the Kot-Ko tower and the largest lake of the capital - Ho-Tai, on the banks of which many emperors buildings are located .Still worth exploring is the lake "Lake of the returned sword" Hoan Kiem with the pagoda Ngon-Son, the tower Tap-Ryu and the bridge Huk, the tomb of Kinh-Thien (part of the imperial "Forbidden City"), the remains of the ancient defensive system of the capital - Kuan Thanh and the gate Kuanchyong .Attractions of the Ponovays: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, Independence Museum and Revolution Museum .Well, you can get acquainted with the life of Vietnamese in the traditional house museum at 87 Ma May .
In Danang there are beautiful "Marble Mountains" Ngu-Nan-Son and pagodas with unique statues. In Phan Thiet - the famous statue of the Reclining Buddha.
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Diving
Diving in Vietnam is one of the cheapest in the world. At the same time, it is really interesting and organized at a quite decent level. There are a lot of interesting dive sites off the coast of Vietnam. The best in this regard are Nha Trang, Hoi An, Kondao and Fukuok. In addition to a large variety of corals, you can see all kinds of shellfish, cuttlefish, octopus, squid, clownfish, moray eels, pufferfish, groupers, manta rays and barracudas.
The best time for diving is from October to April. The best season for diving in Nha Trang is February-October, and on Fukuok Island - from November to May. Near Nha Trang there are well-known diving sites: the Muren beach, the coral reef "Rainbow" and a lot of islands near the resort.
The national reserve of the Kondao Archipelago consists of 14 islands and is 300 kilometers from the coastline. There you can meet very rare mammals - dugongs (sea cows), large green turtles and many endemics - animals and plants that are not found elsewhere. Photo by Vietnam (262)