An Giang

An Giang is located west of the Mekong Delta between the Tien Giang and Hau Giang Rivers and shares a 95-km border with Cambodia. It is next to the Cuu Long River and consists of a few midland areas and low mountains.

The main ethnic groups found in the province are the Kinh, Khmer, Cham, and Hoa. The region is located in a monsoon tropical climate where the annual average temperature varies between 26 and 28°C. The two distinct seasons are the dry season, from December to April, and the rainy season, from May to November. Floods often occur from the middle of August to the middle of November.
An Giang is criss-crossed by many rivers and canals which make a convenient water transport system. The two tributaries of the Mekong river, the Tien and the Hau, run across the province. They deliver millions of cubic meters of alluvium annually to the region. As a result, the deposits have formed several islets which are extremely fertile and covered with lush green vegetation.

The Legend of the Betel Leaf and the Areca Nut - Sự Tích Trầu Cau

In Vietnam, during festivals or party times, Vietnamese serve betel leaves and areca nuts for chewing as a conversation opener. In fact, betel leaves and areca nuts are symbolic of love and marriage and are a must during an engagement. How did this customs come about is quite interesting.

Once upon a time, there was a pair of twin brothers, Tân and Lang, whose parents had died since they were small kids. They loved and took good care of each other. They looked so much alike that people often mistook one for the other. They liked learning very much so they came to learn with a teacher. The teacher let them stay with his family. The two brothers studied hard and worked hard everyday. Their teacher was very satisfied with them.

My moments of Vietnam - Part 1

Công nhận là từ lúc tớ hứa hẹn về món quà “đặc biệt” cho tới tận bây giờ thì đúng là….lâu thật, dễ phải…72 tiếng chậm í mọi người nhờ? Nhưng muh….thông cảm nhé, bởi vì có một vài chuyện nảy sinh ngoài dự kiến nên tớ bị chậm. Đáng nhẽ entry phải lên vào đúng ngày sinh nhật của Mẹ, là ngày 18/5. Tại gió rét và mưa dầm châu Âu khiến tớ bị chậm đấy. Năm nay là năm giá rét rất bất thường vào đầu hè ở châu Âu, ai bảo tớ tới chơi cơ chứ?

Trước hết là tớ up cái link down bài “I’ve never been to me” như đã hứa. Đặc biệt là cho bạn gửi tớ cái thư rất dài nói về cảm xúc với bài hát và tình yêu đặc biệt dành cho tớ, hihihihi!!

Click vào ĐÂY để download nhé. Enjoy!

Con Co Island – a green pearl rising from the ocean

Vietnam Travel - From Cua Tung Beach of Vinh Linh District, Quang Tri Province, visitors in Vietnam tourism can overlook to the West and will see a green pearl rising from the ocean as a warship defending offshore. This outpost island of Vietnam is named Con Co, or also called Tiger Island or Hon Me Island.

As far from the coastline of Vinh Linh District only about 30 km, it’s not only known as the resilient island in the American war, but also one of the most beautiful of the Middle Vietnam. The small island of Con Co has its own long and interesting history.



Con Co Island- A green pearl rising from the ocean.

Com Hen( Rice with baby clams) - an attractive speciality of Hue

Vietnam Foods - Com hen has a sweet-smelling flavor of rice, onion, as well as strange tastes of sweet, buttery, salty, sour, and peppery-hot. This special kind of food is of great ancience, simplicity and deliciousness. Hence it is always attractive to many foreign tourists when visiting Hue, the ancient citadel of Vietnam.

Con Hen is served with a little rice and a lot of vegetables, herbs and fruit, add clams in the center, top with fried pork fat, roasted peanut, fried shallots, or you can drizzle on some fermented shrimp sauce and clam broth.
It requires fifteen different raw materials to prepare for the dish, including mussel, watery grease, fried grease,  peanuts, white sesames, dry pancake, salted shredded meat, chilly sauce, banana trunk, banana flower, sour carambola, spice vegetables, peppermint, salad, etc.
What makes this simple kind of food popular is revealed in the great endeavor to adopt and process its main ingredient – mussel. Mussels are sea species, which must be dipped in water for a long while before being processed.
 Moreover, it is a low-priced specialy, thus you could eat it in luxurious restaurants in Hue or even in vendoring mobile shops on the streets.

" When visiting Hue  you could not miss Com hen!" is the most common remark of visitors elsewhere to Hue. So, let come and enjoy it yourself!

Tràng An nature reserve

Tràng An nature reserve

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We left our boats to walk up 350 steps
for visiting Trần temple on the mountain.

Saturday 4 April 2009 - It was our national holiday. I booked a one day trip (VND 320,000, about US$18) with Vietravel Company to visit Bái Đính pagoda and Tràng An nature reserve in Ninh Bình province (110km from Hanoi). Both places are new tourist destinations, so some road sections and work items are still under construction. I was at Bái Đính pagoda (which is the biggest pagoda in Vietnam) last year, so this time I took only some photos at the site. My major interest on this trip was Tràng An nature reserve as I'd not been there yet. 

After lunch, we started a boat ride at Tràng An nature reserve. For 3 hours, we went along the streams through 10 grottoes (from 70m to 320m in length) with beautiful stalactites. We also visited 3 temples on the way, at one of which (đền Trần) we had to walk up and down a total of 700 steps. Even though there were small lights in the grottoes, they were very dark inside. So dark indeed that my camera flash didn't work very well. My photos were mainly taken at the entrances or exits of the grottoes. I've never been to so many grottoes at any one site and it was very relaxing while sitting on the boat and feeling myself surrounded by the mountains. We call these areas "thung" (valley).

Yếm Pictures

Yếm Pictures

Vietnam Pictures - Vietnamese Yếm refers to an ancient Vietnamese bodice used primarily as an undergarment that was once worn by Vietnamese women across all classes. There exists a modern variant called "áo yếm", but the historical garment was simply called "yếm". It was most usually worn underneath a blouse or overcoat, for modesty's sake.

It is a simple garment with many variations from its basic form, which is a simple, usually diamond or square-cut piece of cloth draped over a woman's chest with strings to tie at the neck and back.

Binh Dinh

Binh Dinh is located on the coast of Central Vietnam and is divided in four clear-cut regions: highlands, midlands, plains, and coast. It is bordered by Quang Ngai to the north, Phu Yen to the south, the East Sea to the east, and Gia Lai to the west. Binh Dinh is 1,655 km from Hanoi and is accessible either by car, train, or plane. The main ethnic groups in this area are the Kinh, Ba Na, Lo, and Cham. The annual average temperature varies between 26 and 28°C.

Special products of the province: silk, swallow nest, shrimp, fish, precious wood, vegetable oil, rice, marble, titanium, and handicraft articles. Binh Dinh is also the home of old folk opera, and Bai Choi folk songs.

The many historical sites include the Cham Tower, Duong Long Tower, Doi Tower, and Quang Trung Museum. The region also offers plenty of beautiful landscapes such as Quy Hoa, Hoi Van, Thi Nai Lowland, and Ham Mo Springs.

Thu Hiền - Lời Bác dặn trước lúc đi xa

Lyric:
Chuyện kể rằng trước lúc Người ra đi,
Bác muốn nghe một câu hò xứ Huế.
Nhưng không gian vẫn bốn bề lặng lẽ,
Bác đành nằm im.

Chuyện kể rằng Bác đòi nghe câu ví,
nhớ làng Sen từ thuở ấu thơ,
mà xung quanh vẫn lặng như tờ.
Bác chờ mãi, chờ mãi không thôi.

Bác muốn nghe một câu hò Huế
bởi nước non chia cắt vẫn chưa liền.
Bác muốn nghe một câu hò xứ Nghệ,
bởi làng Sen day dứt trong tim.

Bác muốn nghe một đôi khúc dân ca,
trước lúc đi xa qua bên kia bầu trời.
Người muốn đem tận vô cùng,
bài ca đất nước theo Bác đến mênh mông.

Lần thứ ba, Bác vẫy gọi xung quanh.
Bác muốn nghe một đôi làn quan họ.
Ôi may sao bỗng có em gái nhỏ,
bước vào, gần Bác.

Rồi căn phòng xao động trong nước mắt.
Những lời ca nức nở, tái tê rằng:
"Người ơi, người ở đừng về..."
Bác nhìn em, rơm rớm hàng mi.

Bác muốn nghe một câu hò Huế
hoặc muốn nghe câu hát dặm quê nhà.
Bác muốn nghe một đôi làn quan họ
bởi bài ca đất nước sao quên.

Lúc chia ly, lời di chúc đơn sơ,
Bác muốn non sông đinh ninh lời hẹn thề:
"Rằng đã yêu tổ quốc mình, càng yêu tha thiết... những khúc hát dân ca".
Chuyện kể rằng trước lúc người đi xa. Chuyện kể rằng trước lúc người đi xa.

Da Nang's climate is cool all year round

Vietnam travel - Average temperature is about 26 degrees, the highest is 28-30 degrees in June, July, August, the lowest is 18-23degrees in December, January, February. In Ba Na Mountain, the temperature is 200C. Average rainfall is 2,505mm per year that concentrates during October and November.

Da Nang is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the East Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam. It is located within 100 km of several UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Imperial City of Huế, the Old Town of Hội An, and the Mỹ Sơn ruins. The city was previously known as Cửa Hàn during early Đại Việt settlement, and as Tourane (or Turon) during French colonial rule.

Son Tra Peninsula

9 foods that vietnamese eat for breakfast

Breakfast plays a very important role as it is the energy source for a whole hard working day. In the past, breakfasts were cooked by deft hands of women in a family which enhances much the taste of the foods. In this day and age, Vietnamese women are busier with their social roles and cannot cook breakfast so frequently, so street-food stalls and restaurant are more appropriate choices. This article is going to present 9 most popular breakfast dishes in Vietnam which can both be cooked at home or found at restaurants.

1. Pho

Pho is not only the most popular breakfast in Vietnam but is also internationally renowned as a symbol of Vietnamese gastronomy. Thousands of Pho stores deliver thousands of taste, that’s why some Pho stores are much more well-known than the rest, and the mystery hidden in the broth of Pho. Although the same ingredients are stewing bones of cows and pigs to cook Pho Bo (Pho with beef) and stewing bones of chicken and pigs to cook Pho Ga (Pho with chiken), an excellent pot of soup is determined by extra spices. Rice noodle used in a bowl of Pho is made of a special type of rice called “gao te” which is famous for its fragrance. Best served Pho are Pho Bo Tai (rare fillet) and Pho Ga (boneless white chicken meat). Others variety of Pho are Pho Bo Gau, Pho Bo Tai Nam and Pho Sot Vang. Lemon and chilly are indispensible for the best taste of Pho.

Here's my wisdom

A long time ago, when animals still had the power of speech, the buffalo used to have sharp front teeth while the mighty tiger was a pure golden beast. A young peasant was resting under a mango tree one fine afternoon. He and his water buffalo had plowed the rice field the whole morning and stopped for a while to have something to eat. While the buffalo grazed and the peasant is enjoying his meal, a tiger came up to the buffalo, demanding answers for something that had puzzled him for a long time now.

“I have watched you everyday from the edge of the forest,” the tiger said, “I noticed the quite curious spectacle of your toil. How is it possible that that Man, a small and upright being who neither has great strength, sharp vision or a keen sense of smell manages to lead you and make you work for him? You are ten times heavier and stronger. Your horns are sharp enough to cut him and your hooves are mighty enough to trample him. The only weapon he carries is a flimsy bamboo stick, yet he rules you and you never run away.”

Son Doong, the world's largest cave

Son Doong, a cave belongs to the Phong Nha-Ke Bang grotto system in central Quang Binh Province, has been discovered to be the biggest in the world.

Son Doong cave, discovered by a local 18 years ago, is more than 200 meters wide, 150 meters high, and at least 6.5 kilometers long, though the explorers said they were unable to explore it fully. Bristish explorers have recently discovered that So Dong is much larger than the world’s biggest known cave. The biggest section of Son Doong is five kilometers in length, 200 meters high and 150 meters wide, said Howard Limbirt of the British Cave Research Association team searching the area April 10-14, 2009. Son Doong is much larger than Deer Cave in Malaysia, currently considered the world’s largest, an explorer said (Deer is 90 meters wide, 100 meters high and 2 kilometers long). The Son Doong cave has replaced to take pole position as the world’s largest cave.

Bích Việt - Đất Nước Bên Bờ Sóng

Lyric:

Khi còn trong nôi nghe mẹ ru,
Cha đáng giặc cuối trời
Khi ta cầm súng ra đi
Người thân ta thức cùng sao trời.
Thương đất nước bao năm
Vẫn hát câu tiễn biệt
Việt Nam đất nước bên bờ sông
Bão tố của cuộc đời
Hoá niềm tin thiêng liêng.
Việt Nam đất nước bao trận thắng
Chiến đấu vì độc lập tự do hôm nay.
Cho ta hát lên Người Việt Nam ơi!
Việt Nam đất nước bên bờ sóng
Đất nước bao trận thắng.
Mãi mãi niềm tin Ôi Việt Nam

Khi đạn bom rơi
Nghe vọng vang tiếng nói Bác Hồ
Khi xuân về nắng đưa hương
Mà lòng ta muôn lần nhớ Người
Thương đất nước 
Bao năm vẫn khát khao xây dựng
Việt Nam đất nước bên bờ sóng
Bước tiếp chặng đường dài 
Người vượt bao gian nan.
Việt Nam đất nước bao trận thắng
Mãi mãi vì cuộc đời hạnh phúc tương lai
Việt Nam đất nước bên bờ sóng
Đất nước bao trận thắng
Mãi mãi là niềm tin Ôi! Việt Nam. 

The best time for traveling to Nha Trang

Vietnam Travel - The best time for traveling to Nha Trang would probably be March or April. The least windy months of the year are May, April and June. In general Nha Trang is not windy ennough to windsurf, with the exception of Doc Lep beach ( 35 km north of Nha Trang), which is usually reserved for experts.

The weather in Nha Trang is warm and comfortable anytime during the year can be favorable for a trip to the tourism city. In summer often lasts from May with sunlight and hot weather, suitable for natural tourism such as ecotourism, ocean tourism or water sports; while the other months could be pleasing for tourists to visit cultural and historical places such as Ponagar Temple Tower, Vinpearl or The Nha Trang Aquarium.

While most of the South of Vietnam is turned into water for half of a year by monsoon winds, Nha Trang experiences only four “wet months”, from September till mid-December, which are also a time to reconsider visiting Nha Trang. In the first eight months of the year, this coastal city enjoys a warm and beautiful weather and so any day between January and August is good time to start your holiday in Nha Trang.

Quan Lạn island

Bái Tử Long bay

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View from window of speed boat when I traveled from
Quan Lạn island back to the mainland. There are
many islands like this in the bay.

After I was back home from Hà Giang, I booked another tour to the far north (Cao Bằng province), but the tour was cancelled a couple of days before the trip. I decided to change to a 3-day tour to Quan Lạn island. April 30 and May Day are one of the biggest festivals in Vietnam, so hotels are fully booked in advance and prices often go up. I chose to travel on a tour as it was very close to the holiday and it was also more convenient. My 3- day tour (from 28 to 30 April) costs US$150. Quan Lạn is one of the islands in Bái Tử Long bay (north east of Hạ Long bay). We left Hanoi at 5:30am and traveled 216km to Cái Rồng port, then we changed to a speed boat. After 45 minutes we arrived at Quan Lạn island. It took us 6 hours to travel from Hanoi to the island. We couldn’t go faster as the police always check traffic speeds on the highways and impose heavy fines on drivers who break the speed limit. 

Ha Tinh

Ha Tinh is located on the Northern Central of Vietnam, surrounded by Nghe An Province on the north, Quang Binh Province on the south, Laos on the west, and East Sea on the east.

Locating at the east of Truong Son Mountain Range, Ha Tinh's terrain is both narrow and sloping, tilting towards the east. To the west is a high mountain range (with average height of 1,500m), following with a range of hills, small and narrow elongated plain and coastal sandy banks.

Mountainous terrain accounts for 80% of the province's natural area that is sharply differentiated and divided, forming deferent ecological areas. There are 14 rivers such as Ngan Pho, Ngan Sau, Cay. The coastline is 137km in length which is suitable for making salt, rearing shellfish such as shrimps, crabs, oysters, snails...

Ha Tinh belongs to the tropical monsoon area. The annual average temperature is 23.7ºC. There are two clear seasons: Raining season lasts from August to November. Annually average rainfall is from 2500mm to 2650mm, account to 54% of whole year. Dry season is from December to July next year. The weather is dry, hot and highly vaporizing West- Southern wind (blowing from Laos).

The province has many special internal tourism places ecologically, historically, culturally, namely National Park of Vu Quang, Ke Go reservoir, Hong Linh Mountain, interests inhering to poet Nguyen Du, monument of comrade Tran Phu - First General Secretary of Vietnamese Communist Party, Dong Loc Road Junction - a monument sticking with glorious victory of Vietnam against the US. Then, tourists are able to relax in Xuan Thanh, Thien Cam, Thach Hai or Deo Con beaches, or in medical treatment area of Son Kim Hot Spring.

Ha Tinh preserves many temples, pagodas such as Cua Dieu Tower, Huong Tich, Bich Chau, Yen Lac pagodas, Tam Lang, Chieu Trung temples.

Coming there, visitor do not forget make tour to some of handicrafts villages such as Van Cham, Minh Long iron, Duc Lam cooper, Cam Trang pottery, Thai Yen wood, Ha silt, Ho cloth.

Quan họ - unique culture of Northern region

Quan họ singing is a Vietnamese folk music style characterized both by its antiphonal nature, with alternating groups of female and male singers. Most of the songs in the repertoire deal with topics of love and sentimentality. Quan họ is recognized as the Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 2009.

The Quan họ singing Tradition
Ca quan họ, also called quan họ Bắc Ninh singing, is an antiphonal singing tradition in which men and women take turns singing in a challenge-and-response fashion drawing on a known repertoire of melodies. Usually a pair of women starts, presenting in unison a complete song called câu ra (challenge phrase") lasting three to eight minutes. A pair of men of the opposing team responds with another song called câu đối ("matching phrase"), which must match the melody of the women's song in order to be considered correct. Next it will be the men's turn to challenge the women with a song that can be completely different from the previous pair of songs.

Star Apple (Vú Sữa)

Star apple is a fruit commonly grown in the orchards of central and southern parts of Vietnam, though the most famous ones are located in Can Tho Province in the Mekong Delta. The fruit appears round with a smooth texture that is often green or violet. But when cut open, it reveals a fragrant white flesh resembling the shape of a star, of which how it is named after. The fruit’s Vietnamese name, Vu Sua (meaning milk from the breast), is owed to the milky sweet juice contained in its flesh.

The star apple could be eaten in many ways. A simple way would be to peel the fruit with a sharp knife and take bitefuls from it, careful not to swallow its seeds. But this may cause most of its sweet-tasting juice to be wasted. Cutting up the fruit into two parts and using spoon to scoop out the pulp carefully is less messy and saves its precious juice for you to enjoy. Orchard growers eat the fruit as a whole by first squeezing it until it becomes tender and that the juice mixes up with its meat. They then drill a small hole on top of the fruit and drink the flow of mixed-up meat and sweet juice.

Sapa Pictures (Cảnh đẹp Sapa)

Sapa Pictures

Vietnam Pictures - Sa Pa District is located in Lao Cai Province, north-west Vietnam, and 380 km north-west of Hanoi, close to the border with China. The Hoang Lien Son range of mountains dominates the district, which is at the eastern extremity of the Himalayas. This range includes Vietnam's highest mountain, Fan Si Pan, at a height of 3142m above sea level. The town of Sa Pa lies at an altitude of about 1650 m. The climate is moderate and rainy in summer (May—August), and foggy and cold with occasional snowfalls in winter.

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Discover Ha Long Bay - Vietnam

Ha Long Bay (literally: "descending dragon bay") is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phảtown, and part of Van Don district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bái Tử Long bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. These larger zones share similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.

Embassies & Consulates

Vietnam Travel - Embassies of foreign countries in Vietnam & Vietnamese Embassies in other countries:

Country Foreign Embassy in Vietnam Vietnam Embassy abroad Albania 49 Dien Bien Phu, Ha Noi Tel: 84-4-8253865  Tirana, Tel 2556, Telex 2253 AMBRSV AB Algeria 12 Phan Chu Trinh, Ha Noi Tel : 84 -4 - 8253865  Fax : 84 -4 -8260830 Website :http://www.ambalgvn.org.vn 30 Chenoua Hydra, Anger, Tel 600752 Australia 66 Ly Thuong Kiet, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8252763 Web: http://www.ausinvn.com  6 Timbarra Crescent, O'Malley, Canberra, ACT  2603 Tel (062) 866509, Fax 864534 http://www.au.vnembassy.org  Belgium B3 Van Phuc, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 252263 Avenue De La Floride 130, 1180 Bruxells, Tel (02) 3749133 Fax 3749133  Bulgaria 2 Van Phuc, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 252908 Sofia-1113, Ul. Ilia, Petrovl, Tel 639043, 658486 Cambodia Hanoi: 4 Thuyen Quang, Tel 8264816 Ho Chi Minh City: 41 Phung Khac  Khoan, Tel: 84 - 8 - 8292751 Son Ngoc Minh area, Phnom Penh, Tel 25481 Canada 39 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8265840 470 Wilbrod Street, Ottawa, K1N 6M8, Canada Tel: (613) 236-0772    Fax: (613) 236-2704 China 46 Hoang Dieu, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8253736, 253737 32 Guangua Lu, Jianguomenwai Dajie, Beijing, Tel 5321125, 5325414 Cuba 65 Ly Thuong Kiet, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 825477 http://www.vietnamembassy.cu  5A, Avenida No. 1802, Miramar, Cuidad de la Habana, Tel 296262 Czech 13 Chu Van An, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8254131 Holeckova 6, Praha 5, Tel 546498, 531723 Denmark 19 Dien Bien Phu, Ha Noi Tel: +84 (4) 8 231 888 Web: http://www.dk-vn.dk  Gammel Vartov Vej 20, 2900 Hellerup,  Denmark Telephone: 45 3918 3932   Fax: 45 3918 3932 http://www.vietnamemb.dk  Finland Suite 603, Central Building, 31 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi. Tel: 84 - 4 - 826 6788 Web: www.finland.org.vn Aleksanterinkatu 15, 5th floor 00100 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358 9 562 6302 / +358 9 622 9900  France Hanoi: 49 Ba Trieu, Tel: 84 - - 252719, 254367, 254368 Ho Chi Minh City: Consulate 102 Hai Ba Trung, Dist 1, Tel. 8-8297231 http://www.ambafrance-vn.org  62 Rue Boileau, 75016 Paris, Tel 45245063, 45276255, Fax 45243948 Germany 29 Tran Phu, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8253836 http://www.germanembhanoi.org.vn  Konstantinstrasse 37, 53179 Bonn, Tel (0228) 957540, Fax 351866 Hungary 43-47 Dien Bien Phu, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8252748 V1 Benczur U. 18, Budapest, Tel 429943 India 58 Tran Hung Dao, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8253409 42F, South Extension, New Delhi, Part 1, Tel 624 586, 623 823 Indonesia 50 Ngo Quyen, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8256316 25 Jalan Tenku Umar, Jakarta, Tel 6221/3100358, 325347, Fax: 6221 3100359 Telex 073 45211 SRVNM IA Italy  9 Le Phung Hieu, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 825624 http://www.embitalyvietnam.org  Plazza Barberini 12, 00187 Roma, Tel 4755286, 4754098 Japan 49 Nguyen Du, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8257902 50-11, Motoyoyogi-Cho, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Tel 81334663315, Fax 813 3466 3312 Korea,  (People's Dem. Rep.) 25 Cao Ba Quat, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8266621 7, Munxu Str., Pongyang, Tel: 291 Korea, South Tel: 722 704 3570/1, Fax 822 793 1009 Korea(Republic of Korea) 4th floor, 360 Kim Ma, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8315111 http://www.hanquoc-emb.net  Add: 7 Munsu Street , Pyongyang Tel: 381 7353 - Fax: 381 7632 Consulate: 381 7111 Code: 00- 850-2http://www.vietnamembassy.co.kr  Laos Hanoi: 22 Tran Binh Trong, Tel: 84 - 4 - 8254576 Ho Chi Minh City: Consulate 43 Phung Khac Hoan,  District 1,  Tel: 84 - 8 - 8292751, 8292744 1 Thanon That Luang Rd, Vientiane, Tel 413400, 413403, 413409 Malaysia A3 Van Phuc, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8253371 4, Peslaran Stonor, Kuala Lumpur, Tel (03) 2484354, Fax 2483270 Mexico Calle Sierra Ventana 255, 11000 Mexico, DF, Tel 5401612, 5401632 Netherlands  Daeha Office Tower, 360 Kim Ma, Hanoi. Tel. 84 4 8315650 http://www.netherlands-embassy.org.vn  Myanmar Building A-3, Van Phuc, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 253369, Fax: 84 - 4 - 252404 40, Kmin Kochin Road, Yangon, Tel 50361 Philippines E1 Trung Tu, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8257948 Philippines 54, Victor Cruz, Malate, Manila, Tel (632) 500364, 508101, Fax 508101 Poland  3 Chua Mot Cot, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8252027 0-468 Warszawa, Ul. Kawalerii 5, Tel 413369, 415867 Romania 5 Le Hong Phong, Ha Noi Tel: 84 4  8252014 15 Strada Autruliu, Bucharest, Tel 116120, Fax 11604 Russian Federation 58 Tran Phu, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 825463 Ul. Bolshaia Piragovxkaia 13, Moskwa, Tel 2450925 Singapore B4 Van Phuc, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8233966 10 Leedon Park, Singapore 1026, Tel 468347 http://www.vinatradesingapore.org  Slovakia 13 Chu Van An, Ha Noi Tel: 84 4  8254131 Sweden 2 Van Phuc, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8254824 http://www.hanoi.embassy.ud.se  Slotsvaeg 26, 125 71 Alvsjo, Tel (08) 861218, 861418, Fax (08) 995713 http://www.vietnamemb.se  Switzerland  77b Kim Ma, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8232019, Fax: 84 - 4 - 232045 Ch. F. Lehmann 34, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Tel (022) 798 98 66, Fax 798 98 58 Thailand 63-65 Hoang Dieu, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 235092, 256053, 262644 83/1 Wireless Rd., Bangkok, Tel (02) 2517201, (02) 2515836 http://www.vietnamembassy.or.th/  United Kingdom 116 Ly Thuong Kiet, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8252510 http://www.uk-vietnam.org  12-14 Victoria Road, London, W8 5RD, Tel (071) 9371912, Fax. 8376108, USA 7 Lang Ha, Ha Noi Tel: 84 - 4 - 8431500 Web:http://www.usembassy.state.gov/ 4 Le Duan Blvd, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City; Tel 84-8-82209433 1233 20th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington DC, 20036 Tel (202) 861-0737, Fax (202) 861-0917 http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org Consulate 1700 California, San Francisco, Tel (415) 922-1577 http://www.vietnamconsulate-sf.org

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