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Visit Thien Mu Pagoda in Hue, Vietnam

The Thien Mu Pagoda just outside Hue was a hotbed of anti-government protest during the early 1960's. The Thien Mu Pagoda is one of the must see Tourist sight in Hue and is home to the Austin motorcar made famous by Thich Quang Duc's self immolation in 1963.

Surprisingly, it also became a focus of protest in the 1980s when someone was murdered near the Pagoda and anti-communist demonstration was started right here in Thien Mu Pagoda , closing traffic around Phu Xuan Bridge. Monks were arrested and accused of disturbing the traffic and public order. Things have calmed down and a small group of monks, novices and nuns now live at Pagoda.

Behind the main sanctuary of the Thien Mu Pagoda is the Austin Motorcar which transported the Monk Thich Quang Duc to the site of his 1963 self immolation.

Self immolation of monk Thich Quang Duc

Thich Quang Duc travelled to Ho Chi Minh City and publicly burned himself to death to protest the polocies of President Ngo Dinh Diem. A famous photograph of his act was printed on the front page of newspapers all around the world. Thich Quang Duc's death soon inspired a numbers of others self-immolation.

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Many westerners were shocked less by the suicides than by reaction of Tran Le Xuan, known as Madame Nhu, the President's notorious sister in law, who happily proclaimed the self-immolations a 'barbecue party' and have said, Let them burn and we shall clap our hands. Her statements greatly added to the already substantial public disgust with  Diem's regim; the US press labelled Madame Nhu the ' Iron Butterfly ' and ' Dragon Lady ' . In November, both President Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu (Madame Nhu's husband) were assassinated by Diem's own military. Madame Nhu was out side the Vietnam at the time.

A memorial to Monk Thich Quang Duc can be found at the intersection of D Nguyen Dinh Chieu and D Cach Mang Thang Tam, around the corner from the Xa Loi Pagoda, in Ho Chi Minh City, South Vietnam. many Vietnam Tours providers have include visiting Xa Loi Pagoda. travelers, also, planning a trip ( Visa to vietnam, flight etc) Vietnam,  for vacation or tourism purpose will visit many places , we encourage them to visit the memorial as well.

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Off the beaten tracks of Vietnam are beautiful and worth to visit, here is Guide on How to Visit Suoi Voi Spering. About 15 KM north of Lang Co is the inland turn off to Elephant springs, Suoi Voi, a secluded recreation area where one could easily spend a day traipsing through the forest and swimming in cool, crystal-clear streams. It's a pleasant detour and highly recommended for bikers and cyclist who are braving their way along the Highway 1.

The main springs, a short walk from the parking area about 1 KM from the entry gate, feauters huge boulders, one in the shape of an elephant's head and the stunning back drop of Bach Ma mountain Range in the distance. Time permitting, further exploration will lead to less populated swimming holes including Vung Do Pool, about 200m beyond the main area.

Foreign visitors here are scarce and most seem to be rushing in one direction or another along the coast, and on weekdays you may find you've got the whole place to yourself, Sundays, however are jam-packed with young Vietnamese lovers seeking a bit of privacy.

Getting to the Spring from Highway # 1?

for getting to the spring from highway 1, look for the large faded sign reading 'Suoi Voi' . you will see the 19th century Thua Lau Church just a head of you after making the turn off. From here follow the dirt road for a few Kilometers to the entry gate

You'll need to buy an entry ticket here and also pay for the parking. Hold onto your ticket as you may be asked to show it more than once, there are some basic food stalls near the springs, but you're best off bringing a picnic lunch, otherwise if you are on Vietnam Tours then your tour might get lunch included.

Tonkin Visa Agency organize weekly tours to Suoi Voi Springs, about another 15 KM north of this turn off if the village of Cau Hai, and the turn off to reach Bach Ma National Park.

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Getting a Vietnam Visa on Arrival from Australia

Australian passport holders willing to visit Vietnam either for tourist or business purpose can easily obtain for a Visa on Arrival, regardless of traditional way that applicants should refer to the embassy and submit passport and other documents and waiting for 5 days to get a visa to Vietnam, then Visa on Arrival is the most simple way to get your Visa to Vietnam done, please follow the simple steps as following in order to apply online for a Visa to Vietnam.

How is the process of Vietnam Visa on Arrival?

Applicants must follow the three simple steps to submit their request in order to apply for an Approval letter; here is the process one-by-one:

1. Browse through Tonkin Visa official and recognized Visa website (VisaVietnam.Pro) Fill in the Visa application form using the correct information as shown on your passport, applicants are required to submit the accurate information in order to get the approval letter approved by the Vietnam Immigration department.
2. Please kindly make sure about information you’ve been submitted, afterward, move to the second step to submit the Visa services fee, this process can be done using your credit card through the online form in our website.
3. We review your submission and start the process to get your Vietnam Visa Approval letter, the visa processing is depend on your selected options out of 3 options ( Normal for 2 days , Urgent for 1 day, Express for 4 working hours)

How About the Cost of a Vietnam Visa on Arrival for Australian? ( Apply with Tonkin Visa)

• One Month Single Entry Tourist Visa: 16 US$

• Three Month Single Entry Visa: 25 US$

• One Month Multiple Entry Tourist Visa: 18 US$

• Three Month Multiple Entry Visa: 32 US$

We at Tonkin Visa, have special prices for Our Visa services fee for group travelers

I got the Approval letter, what’s next?

Once we sent you the approval letter, then simply print it out and present it for boarding the flight (need it), then upon arrival at Vietnam’s International Airports, you should present the visa approval letter with 1 passport sized photo and filling a visa form and present it to the Visa officers, you should pay the Stamping fee as 45 US$ for one month and 95 $ for 3 month Visa directly to the immigration officers. And wait for few minutes to get your Vietnam visa stamped into your passport. That’s it and welcome to Vietnam.

Free of charge Visa to Vietnam

We at Touching Indochina Travel (Tonkin Visa), offers Free Vietnam Visa for applicants who takes 4 days and more Tours with us, please check our Vietnam Package Tours and feel free to ask away your related questions.

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Cham Museum in Danang, Vietnam

The best Danang tourist Attraction probably has to be the Cham Museum ( Bao Tang Cham). Founded in 1915 by the Ecole Francise d’Extreme Orient, the open air collection of Cham Sculpture is the finest in the world. Many of the sandstone carvings like altars, lingas, garudas, ganeshas and images of Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu are breathtaking; making this a museum you can visit again and again.

A trilingual guidebook, Museum of Cham Sculpture – Danang on the museum written by its director, Tran Ky Phuong, Vietnam’s most eminent scholar of Cham Civilization, provides excellent background on the art of Champa; it also includes some details on the museum’s exhibits, the book is usually on sale at the entrance.

It is well worth finding a knowledgeable guide to show you around and let you experience how great the history of Cham was, Vietnamese PackageTours offers daily tours and guide to visit Cham Museum.

The artifacts of the Danang’s Cham Museum, which date from the 7th to 15th centuries, were discovered at Dong Duong (Indrapura), Khuong My, My Son, Tra Kieu (Simhapura), Thap Mam (Binh Dinh) and others sites, mostly in Quang Nam and Danang Provinces. The museum’s rooms are named after the localities in which the objects displayed in them were found.

The four scenes carved around the base of the 7th century Tra Kieu Altar tell part of the Ramayana epic and are influenced by the Amaravati style of south India.

Scene A (16 Characters)
Tells the story of price Rama, who broke the sacred bow (Rudra) at the citadel of Videha thus winning the right to wed King Janak’s daughter, Princess Sita.

Scene B (16 Characters)

Shows the ambassadors send by King Janak to Prince Rama’s father, King Dasaratha, at Ayodhaya. The emissaries inform king Dasaratha of the exploits of his son, present him with gifts and invite him to Videha to celebrate his son’s wedding.

Scene C (18 Characters)
Shows the royal wedding ceremony including three of prince Rama's brothers, who are marrying three of Princess Siat's Cousins.

Scene D
11 apsaras heavenly maidens dance and present flowers to the newlyweds under the guidance of the two gandhara musicians who appear at the beginning of Scene A.

Getting to Cham Sculpture Museum

The museum, near the corner of D Nu Vuong and D Bach Dang, is open daily from 8 to 11 am and 1 to 5 pm. Admission fee is US$2.

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Traveling to Vietnam is a journey full of memory experience seeing new things from Vietnamese peoples. Make sure you have a Visa to Vietnam beforehand. however, here in this Article i am going to write About the life of Cyclo drivers in Vietnam.
Through the smoke and pollution, groups of battered old men lean against their Cyclos - Three wheeled rickshaw, operated by pedal power, with a seat attached to the front. Win, a veteran Cyclo driver recently explained, It's hard to earn one's living. You have to bend in order to pedal and earn a little money.

Before the American war many Cyclo drivers were doctors, teachers or Journalists, but like many of their friends they were punished for siding with the Americans. After the cease-fire, tens of thousands of them were stripped of their citizenship and sent to re-education camps for seven years or even more. Over 20 years later, it is still impossible for them to return to the jobs they are qualified to do and, as most do not have an official residence permit which means they can not own property or business, it's technically illegal for them to be in the city. Many of Cyclo drivers have never had families because they could not afford a home to live in.

Around the restaurants, hotels, nightclubs and Karaoke bars of central Ho Chi Minh City , It;s hard to miss miss them in their work clothes and tar-stained sandals, victim from years of being caught in the jagged chains of the cyclos. The coming  and goings are a constant form of entertainment and business for the Ho Chi Minh City's Cyclo drivers. Nothing misses their sharp eyes. Their courteous propositions hide their desires to stablish your first name and claim you as 'Their property' while you're in Ho Chi Minh City, Once known, cries of your name across crowded streets will hound you as the determined drivers compete for your business.

Cyclo drivers are, however, excellent city guides - these days Vietnam Package Tours Organizers are using Cyclo to just maximize the local culture combine on their tours as Cyclo drivers know every corner of the city and can give you a potted history of the key sites, Also, the front seat of a cyclo really is one of the best ways to see Ho Chi Minh City - but it does take some getting used to. In heavy traffic  it's like riding a roller-coaster at a fairground; the traffic races towards you at starting speeds from into a gap that magically appears in the traffic, while you thank the gods that you are still in one piece.

Tourists love to reverse roles and have a go in the saddle, mistakenly thinking that it is easy to spend one's day cycling from place to place, but their opinions quickly change. Inmost cases they find the cyclos too hard to peddle and, if they advance at all, they don't  get vary far on the uneven, potholed roads.

The Cyclo driver's home is usually a street corner, which is made colorful and interesting by using wooden tables and small, multicolored, plastic footstools which support them only inches off the ground. Their floor is broken up bits of pavements slabs and the Cyclo drivers drinks cabinet's nestles just behind them.

After a day Sightseeing, they might invite you to join then for either a whisky in a Coke bottle or the local beer Ba, Ba, (Ba Pronounced it 'baa-baa-baa'slowly because in Vietnamese  it can also sound like you are saying'three old women'!!). An evening with these guys in always worthwhile, but remember it's not always tobacco being smoked in those wooden pipes.

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Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Visiting Vietnam and other Indochina peninsula reminds one name to anyone's mind, South east of Asia is a great destinations to travel to, in this article i would like to let you know more about Mekong delta in Vietnam side, for being in Vietnam you will need to have your Visa to Vietnam in advance, yes, that's true, you are in Vietnam now and thinking of a visit to Mekong delta regions, The Mekong Delta is the inclusions of the great Mekong river’s journey through south east Asia from the mountains of Tibet to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

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Source of Mekong Delta River

The Mekong Delta River is the world’s 12th largest in terms of length, The Mekong Delta River source from Jifu Mountains in Tibet it runs 4900 km through China’s Yunnan province, passing Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. But the Mekong Delta Rivers between Cambodia and the Vietnamese border near Chau Doc the Mekong splits into two and the Bassac River runs parallel to the main river as flowing to Vietnam. 

Mekong Delta River in Vietnam

Once into the Mekong Delta area in Vietnam side, the river splits further into a complex series of small canals and rivers where sediment from the river has been deposited and turned the region into an extremely fertile agricultural zone. This area is heavily cultivated and the rich soil enables enough rice to be produced to feed the whole country and even more to export. The colorful villages and Cai Be floating Market are one of Vietnam’s most visited tourist attractions.

Getting to Mekong Delta regions in South Vietnam

Most visitors to the Mekong Delta arrive on Daily Vietnam Package Tours from Ho Chi Minh City, or as part of the weeklyVietnam Package Tours , some travelers just visit the area for one day, in this case you should decide which part of Mekong Delta region you want to visit, while some other travelers include their journey for an Overnight stay.

Some adventurer Tourist, including myself, prefer to travel deeply to experience the life in Mekong Delta Regions, in this case you will need to rent a Motorbike, or travel independently with a Vietnamese Guide from Ho Chi Minh City

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من عمان، مسقط، قد يتم تطبيق آخر لفيتنام تأشيرة لدى وصوله في غضون بضع ساعات عن طريق تقديم استمارة على الانترنت من خلال موقع بسيط كما www.VisaVietnam.Pro أيضا، من عمان، كل طالب قادرون على الرجوع إلى السفارة الفيتنامية في مسقط وتطبيق في 

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فيتنام فيزا في وصول (الفيزا في المطارات فيتنام) هو مفيد خاصة لأولئك الذين يعيشون بعيدا عن السفارة الفيتنامية، أو أولئك الذين لا يريدون للإرسال جوازات سفرهم إلى السفارة، أو شخص الذين تعبوا من السفر لمسافة طويلة من وقت لآخر ثم الانتظار لساعات لتقديم الوثائق في قنصلية أو السفارات  فيتنام

المزايا الأخرى لفيتنام تأشيرة لدى وصوله هي أنها أسرع وتجهيز وتوفير التكاليف وطرق الدفع أكثر كفاءة. ومع ذلك، فيتنام تأشيرة لدى وصوله قابلة للتطبيق إذا كنت السفر إلى فيتنام عن طريق الجو

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Vietnam Visa on Arrival for Nepalese Citizens

Citizens of Nepal are required to obtain a visa to visit Vietnam. Unfortunately, not many Visa agencies Vietnam offer Vietnam Visa on arrival  for citizens of Nepal, we at Tonkin Visa Agency are able to help you to apply for a Vietnam Visa without referal to any embassy, Nepalese have to follow up the steps below in oorder to apply for a Visa to Vietnam. 

How to obtain a Visa on Arrival from Nepal?

There are a few simple steps to which should be done to apply for a Visa to Vietnam , here we go:

1. Browse through VisaVietnam.Pro 
2. Fill out the application form as it shown on your passport
3. Prove at least 3 night hotel booking
4. Scan the return reservation for your air ticket
5. Submit the Visa Services fee as 125 US$
6. Receive the Visa approval letters in 4 - 6 working days
7. Flight to Vietnam and get the Visa stamped into your passport upon arrival

Airports to fly and pick up the Visa on Arrival

1. Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Saigon ( South)
2. Danang International Airport (Center)
3. Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi ( North)

Tonkin Visa Agency is a leading Visa and Travel Agency based in Hanoi, Vietnam. we are providing Visa services for citizens of certain country like Nepal. For more information, please contct us:

Address: 18 Yen Ninh Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Cost of Backpacking Travel in Vietnam

Asking yourself about getting to Vietnam, a country located in South-east of Asia in the edge of the south china sea, bordering with Laos, China and Kingdom of Cambodia, before departure you should consider about Visa to Vietnam ( can be done in embassy or Online), as you can't get the Visa at the land borders, so, prepare about that, by the way, the first things come to anyone's mind about Vietnam is that a country with natural beauty, a tropical region that has rain half of the year etc etc, right? But, regardless of these beauties, Vietnam is a country filled with interesting places to visit, Mekong delta in south and Halong bay in North, Ho chi minh city that i call it New york of Vietnam and charming Hanoi. Along with a general relaxed atmosphere and busy daily life, Vietnam is also a good choice to Travel cheap to, let's see How?

Vietnam currency is Vietnamese Dong or VND, 1 US$ is about 21.000 VND

Cost of Backpacking Travel in Vietnam

Budget Guest Houses and Accommodation in Vietnam for Backpacker travelers is in the form of Guest Houses that normally offer a selection of different dorms, rooms, with fan with A/C, double or single bed rooms.

The cheapest Dorms can be found for an about 100.000 VND ($ 5), while the single bed usully start up from 140.000 in big cities like Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City

Expect to pay from 170.000 VND to 220.000 VND for a double fan or even sometimes A/C room.

Cost of Transportation in Vietnam

There are hundred's of motor bikes, locally called Xe om, drivers that are waiting at any corner to ride you to your destination, Sleeping bus, good buses and Train's are available for traveling through Vietam, night trains of Hanoi - Hue, Hanoi Lao cai (Sapa) and other destinations are very popular. however, if you take a Xe om then consider to agree the fare before riding, according to distance. Drivers will probably say a price that is twice or so higher than the actual fare, so how much you pay is all depend on your bargain skill, Xe om should cost around 15,000 to 50,000 VND depending on where you are going.
There are also several daily flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi to Danang, Nha Trang and vice-versa

Hanoi to Sapa ( Lao Cai Train Station): Overnight Train about 10 Hours, Prices are vary depends on what type of train you choose
Hanoi to Hue with Bus or Train
Hanoi Danang
Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Train

Cost of foods and eating in Vietnam

Food can be quite cheap in the large cities like Hanoi and Or Ho Chi Minh City, but I was surprised how food prices get me shocked in places like Nha Trang, learn more at Nha Trang Travel Guide

Street Foods

Vietnamese Street Foods are cheap, delicious but it may be different from what you eat in home for sure, your journey to Vietnam cant be completed without trying different street foods, either on Vietnam Tours or traveling solo!

Sit Down Restaurants

The main cities of Vietnam, are stocked with lovely International restaurants that include the likes of French, Indian, and Italian, mexican etc cuisine. Meals at fancy sit down restaurants run in the range of 80,000 – 300,000 VND per dish.

Cost of Drinking beer

Drinking Beer in Vietnam is like a very common way of relaxing, the prices for Beers in Vietnam start from 5000 VND for Local Bia Hoi to 15000 bottled one either Saigon or Hanoi Beer, of-course prces for bottled beer are vary from place to place, i paid even 65000 VND for the Beer Hanoi in a night club in Hanoi.

Cost of Sightseeing / Attractions

 A day Trip to Halong Bay by Joining grops cost around 50 $, i strongly advice you to get any Vietnam Package Tours that includes a day trip to Halong bay, traveling alone to Halong bay may cost sometimes as double as possible.

Hanoi day trip cost around 15 $

A day trip to Mekong delta cost starting from 15 $ for joining a group tours

Entrance to most of the Tourist sights cost from 20.000 VND

Overall Cost of Travel in Vietnam

Vietnam is very beautiful country to Travel around, its chilled out that if you would like to follow in the lifestyle and just chill out, it’s possible to do it for around $15 per day (or even less if you are more experienced than me) . I spent about 250.000 to 300.000 per day, seeing plenty of things and enjoyed my time in Vietnam.

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