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A Special Address
  Anyone experiencing problems in Ha Noi are invited to visit or telephone:
  Ha Noi Dept of Tourism
Floor 2, 3 Le Lai Street
Ha Noi
  Tel: +84-(0)-4-824-7652

so that any complaints involving Ha Noi travel suppliers can be investigated by people who actually care about the experiences of Travellers.











 
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Preamble and Caution
  This VietNam FAQ is assembled by automatic 'bots' that roam around the InterNet, like a satellite, sending back information they have found.
  Many message boards are filled with erroneous and misleading information (such as male mosquitoes bite suggested by one idiot who calls himself Mookie) and 'information' about health problems from people who haven't a clue of what they speak of and yet Readers accept them as gospel. WomPom ran a test on several message boards recently and found one of them even being used to move drugs using pictures as method of designating pickup points!
  Mookie is also the person who insists that the cheapest taxi fare from Noi Bai airport is USD$10 when it has been as low as USD$5 since 2002 and the new bus service is even cheaper at USD$2.
  What follows is a synthesis of the returned answers with useful information.
  Remember, the events are anecdotal, they might have happened at a point in time, at a certain place, to a given person. If that person is dressed in strange attire, hauling a backpack and possibly causing offence to someone from another culture sometimes it is very understandable why some things happen. 
  If you have news you wish to share with others, please use the contact form to forward it to us for inclusion. If posted to a Chat Room/Message Board - please supply the URL.

Click on any of the following items
  
A
Airlines, regional
Airports, VietNam
Buon Me Thuot
Ca Mau
Cam Ranh Bay (for NT)
Can Tho
Cat Bi
Chu Lai
Con Dao Island
Da Lat International
Da Nang Int
Dien Bien Phu
Dong Hoi
Gia Lam
Ha Noi International
››
Noi Bai Hotel
››
Taxi Scams
Hai Phong
Ho Chi Minh Int
Hue International

Hue/Phu Bai
Kon Tum
›Lien Khuong Int

Long Thanh Int
Long Xuyen
Na San
Nha Trang (closed)
Noi Bai Int
Phan Rang
Phan Thiet
Phu Bai/Hue

Phu Bon
Phuoc Long
Phu Quoc
Phu Vinh
Plei Ku
Quan Duc
Quang Ngai
Qui Nhon
Rach Gia
Soc Trang
Spratly Islands
Tam Ky
Tan Son Nhat
Truong Sa
Tuy Hoa
Vinh City
Vinh Long
Vung Tau
ASIAN Heritage Parks
ATMs
No commission bank

B
Backpack
Care
Cover
Identification
Mini-sacks
Packing
››Balance
››Refine the load
Repair
Security
Baggage
Locks
Storage
››
Airports
››
Hotels
Security
Bars
Ha Noi
Ho Chi Minh
Bicycle tours
Border Crossings
Trip Reports
››
BeiJing » Ha Noi
››GuangZhou » Ha Noi
Foreigner Use
››
Cambodia
››
China
››
Laos
Types
Buffalo Fighting 
Bus tours 
Business Cards
  
C
Camping
Quan Lan Island
Cards

Business
Postcards
Cell Telephones 
Can't reply to text
System types
Getting a GSM in USA
CD/DVD copies 
›Exporting
Where to buy
Children 
Gifts
Con Dao Island 
OpEd 1
Couriers 
›Ha Noi
›HCMC/SaiGon
Cyclos 
Avoid - unsafe
Cycle tours
D

Diving 
Beware of the 'bull'
Dive clubs
Diving Medicine Lynx
››Diving Sickness 1
››Diving Sickness 2
Rainbow
››Safety
Driving 
licence
DVD/CD copy shops
Dress 
Sensitivity

E
Electric 
Connectors
Definitions
››Converter
››Transformer
Outlets
Plugs & Sockets
››2/3-Pin N American
››2/3-Pin European
››3-Pin UK/Singapore
››2/3-Pin Adapter
Voltage
Explorer Tours
F
Fan Si Pan, Mount 
Climbing Itinerary

Ferryboats 
Female
Special Needs
Flights
Mekong Delta

Floating markets 

G
Gay 
Clubs - HCMC
Hotels in VietNam
Legislation
Gifts 
Children
Guidebooks 
Best for VietNam
Cut Off from TT?
Maps inaccurate
Plagiarising
Poor quality
Unreliable 1
Unreliable 2

H
Ha Long Bay 
Tours
››Explorer Tours
››Handspan
Ha Noi 
Scam Capital
Hand Phones 
Can't reply to text
Health 
Hoi An
Tailors

Hotels (all VietNam) 
Hydrofoils 
Hygiene 
Feet/shoes smell
Rats
Restaurants 

I
InterNet 
Best
ISP, Gateway
Types

J

K

L
Lang Son
Scenery
Lesbian 
Clubs - HCMC
Hotels in VietNam
Legislation
Licence 
driving
Locks 
Vehicles
Where to buy

M
Mail (see Post) 
Markets 
Army surplus
floating
Mini-sacks
Colour/size
Features
Uses and types

Money
Exchange on the rail
Monuments 
Baggage
Dress
Visiting 

N

O
Open Bus Tours 

P
Pac-Saf 
Manufacturer
Non-US use
USA use
Parks
Natural
››ASEAN designated
Packing 
›Checklist
››Cycling
››Wilderness

Parcels for export
Pagodas 
Baggage
Dress
Visiting
Performing Arts
                   Collections
Museums
Post 
Parcel - exports
Post Restanté
Postcards 
Public Holidays 

 
Q
Quan Lan Island

R
Rail 
Ha Noi
Unusual sleeper
Fares
››Express E1/E2
››Express S1/S2
››Express S3/S5/S7
››Express S4/S6/S8
Timetables
››Ha Noi » HCMC
››HCMC » Ha Noi
››Ha Noi » Hai Phong
››Hai Phong » Ha Noi
››Ha Noi » Dong Dang
››Dong Dang » Ha Noi
››Ha Noi » Lao Cai
››Lao Cai » Ha Noi
››Ha Noi » Thai Nguyen
››Thai Nguyen » Ha Noi
Rats 
Nha Trang
Regional airlines
Restaurants/Food 
Ha Noi
Hoi An
Sa Pa

S
Sa Pa 
Activities
Climbing Mt. FanSiPan
Restaurants
Impressions 1
Impressions 2
›Rail
››catching train
››ticket purchase
Scams 
Avoiding
Capital of
Handspan
Money switching
Taxis, Ha Noi
Security 
Checked baggage
››Non-USA
››USA
Guns, loaded?
Shopping 
›Hoi An
››Tailors
Sa Pa
››Textiles
Sports 
Equipment
››HCMC/SaiGon
Statutory Holidays
Storm 
Warnings
Survival essentials

T
Tailors

Hoi An

Taxi 
Scams
››Ha Noi
Tours 
Cycling
Rating
Tours (Open) Bus 
Tour Operators 
Anne's Tours
Explorer Tours
Handspan
Travel to VietNam
 
Air
Land
Sea
Trekking
Survival

Rating
Trip Reports
BeiJing » Ha Noi
GuangZhou » Ha Noi

U

V
Vasco
Mekong Delta flights
Visa
Applications
››in China
Extensions
Overstaying
The R-e-a-l Goods

W
Water 
Bottled
HCMC
Safety
Weather
 
Warnings
Women
Special Needs
X

Y

Z
 

HOTELS
Con Dao
Recommended Average/No Report Problem/Bad

 

 

 
Da Lat
Dreams Hotel-WP
 
 
Peace Hotel
Hoi An
     
Ha Noi
Camelia 2
Camelia 3
Classic 1

Long Term
Noi Bai Airport




 

Green City Hotel
New Tong Dan Hotel
Ngoc Mai Hotel
Old Darling
Prince Hotel
Royal Hotel
Van Xuan II
 
Ho Chi Minh/SaiGon

Huong Sen Hotel-WP
Indochine Hotel-WP

Spirit Hotel
 
 


 
Lang Co

 
 
Thanh Tam Resort
Mui Ne
     
Nha Trang

Vien Dong Hotel-WP
   
Phu Quoc
Ngan Sao Hotel    
Sa Pa

 

 

Minh Quang

Tours, Bus, Open


 
 

Kim Cafe - Ha Noi
TM Brothers

Tours, Operators, Agents


Kangaroo Cafe


Handspan

Anne's Tours
Eco Tours
Explorer Tours
FanSiPan Tours

Travel Service Co

Vega Travel
 
 
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