VIETNAM

VIETNAM

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FLIGHTS

• Asiana Air: LAX Seoul, South Korea Hanoi, Vietnam

• Cost: $1,066.65• April 22nd – 30th

• “Asiana Airlines A380.” Flightglobal.com. 1/11/12. <http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/a380/asiana-airlines-a380-79575.aspx>

Money/Cost• Exchange rate: 16,548.3

Vietnamese Dong (VND)/1 US Dollar

• Airfare: 1066.65 dollars• Hotels

– 2 nights in Hanoi: 90 dollars– 2 nights in Danang: 38

dollars– 3 nights in Ho Chi Minh

City: 105 dollars– 1 night in Hanoi: 45 dollars

• Trains– from Hanoi to Danang: 40

dollars– Danang to Ho Chi Minh

City: 46 dollars– Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi:

67 dollars• Food

– ~1-6 dollars/meal– 8 days = about 50-60 dollars

w/ extra food, drink, etc.

Travel

• Hanoi Danang

Ho Chi Minh City

Da Nang

Travel By Train13 – 15 hrs Hanoi to HCMC

Attractions

• Holidays– April 30th: reunification

day – reunification of Vietnam in 1975

• Hanoi:– Many museums:

• Army Museum, Women’s Museum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, Museum of Viet History

– Hoan Kiem Lake

• HCMC:– HCM Museum, Ben

Thanh Market, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, Emperor Jade Pagoda

“Hoan Kiem Lake.” 1/19/12. http://www.the-travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Hoan-Kiem-Lake.jpg

Geography• Lowest point: South China Sea

– 0m• Highest point: Fan Si Pan –

3,144m (~9,000ft)• Rivers (11,000mi),

Forest(42%), Mountains(40%). Only 20% of land is flat

• 329,560 sq km • About the size of New Mexico

• “Vietnam.” populsat.info. 1/12/12. http://www.populstat.info/Asia/vietnamg.htm

• “Vietnam Visa.” 1/19/12. http://vietnamvisa.co.in/

Climate• SEASONS:– November – April: dry

season/winter• Monsoon winds

– Summer/wet season: May – October

• North is warmer and more moist than south

“Halong Bay.” 1/19/12. http://www.checkinvietnam.com/upload/booking/zone/Halong-Bay-Vietnam.jpg

Language

• Vietnamese is spoken in Vietnam

• Bạn có nói tiếng Anh không? – do you speak English?

• xin chào. – hello.

• Mostly herbs, very healthy– Fish paste, soy paste, rice,

herbs, fruit/vegetables– Chicken, pork, fish, beef

• Back and forth influence between Chinese food and Vietnamese food– Rolls, dumplings, etc.

Food

“Vietnamese Food.” 1/19/11. http://www.targetwoman.com/articles/vietnamese-food-recipe.html

Viet History

• Ruled by Chinese from 3rd century BC to the 1500s AD

• French Colonize in 1800s

• Japan occupied Vietnam in WWII

• Indochina War: 1941-1954: Ho Chi Minh opposes French & Japanese occupations

• Vietnam War: 1963-1976: USA helped South Vietnam fight Communist insurgence

• We lost.

• “ATTENTION all Korean and Vietnam War Veterans.” 1/17/12. http://votingamerican.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/attention-all-korean-and-vietnam-war-veterans/9648b722066573fd67ceb2e912734973-2/

Modern Vietnam• Communist Government• Religions: mainly mixed Buddhism,

Taoism, and Confucianism• Much ancestor worship• Some Christianity (about 8%)• Population: 86,967,500 people• Requirements for entry: Valid

passport w/ at least six month remaining validity and Vietnamese visa or visa exemption

• Economy: Based mainly on agriculture and industry

• Vietnam is Southeast Asia’s 3rd largest producer of oil– ~400,000 barrels a day

• “Ho Chi Minh City.” 1/17/12. Viet.travel. http://viet.travel/city/en-US/Ho-Chi-Minh-City,2/type,Beautysalon.htm

Current Events

• USA is attempting to clean ‘Agent Orange’ Herbicide out of Vietnam’s jungles– A.O. has Dioxin: a toxin– Great for US – Viet

relationship

• Vietnam to enforce two-child-per-family law– Improved living

conditions = easier to have more kids

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• “Vietnamese Cuisine.” Winkipedia. 1/19/12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_cuisine

• Frommer’s. 1/19/12. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/hochiminhcity/198_indattr.html

• “Vietnam Country Profile.” BBC News. 1/19/12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1243338.stm