Ta Hien street in Hanoi’s centre is famous among tourists and expats. This small street in the heart of Phố Cổ - ‘the Old Quarter’ - hosts dozens of sidewalk ‘bia hoi’ (draught beer) sites that draw a diverse crowd of customers. Here’s a photo essay from VietNamNet that views the nightly scene through the eyes of a Vietnamese reporter.
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| Suoi Luong Ecologial Tourist Resort |
Suoi Luong Ecological Tourist Resort serves culture and nature in a single package.
Many foreigners in Vietnam are now being stopped by the police and checked for a current Vietnamese driver’s license. If you do not, you may have your motorcycle or car impounded and you will also receive a fine. If your motorcycle or car is impounded it may take in excess of a month to get it back.
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Foreigners ride motobikes in HCM City. |
The cost of travel in Vietnam varies from next to nothing to the sky is the limit, depending on taste and comfort.
Ascetics can get by on US$10 a day, while a conventional budget traveller can live it up on US$20 to US$25. Mid-range travellers can have a ball with US$75 to US$100 a day, staying comfortably, eating well and travelling in style. At the top end, spending US$200 or more a day, anything is possible.
Telephone Code: 020
In Lao Cai Province in the far north near the Chinese border, this old French hill station is home to many ethnic minorities, including the H'mong, Tay and Dao.
The city is 678,6 sq km large with population of 41.700.
When to go
January to Febrary is the coldest time in Sapa, It can be drizzly with no visibility and not get above 5C one day and broad sunshine and over 20 the next. The perfect time to travel Sapa is March and May or mid-September to early December.
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