Pre-arrivel booklet - Global Passport Winter Peak 2014 - AIESEC in NEU

Content

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 [email protected], [email protected], and cc: [email protected] 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!

mailto:[email protected]



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



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



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


Telecommunications

. 3G service is available all


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

Tel: 094 5077748 Email: [email protected]

Tel: 098 651 3594 Email: [email protected]



