Beautiful Vietnam tours to Halong bay

Halong bay is a must-see destination for all Vietnam tours which is the most famous world heritage site in Vietnam. Its name means the bay of descending dragon with more than 1600 islands and islets jutting out from the sea and forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Your Vietnam holiday to Halong bay will be memorable with amazing boat trip around the bay, visiting the majestic caves insides the islands featured marvelous stalagmites and stalactites in different sizes and shapes.

There are some different options of cruise trips on the bay for your Vietnam tours including day-trip, 2 days 1 night, 3 days 2 nights. Your Vietnam tour to Halong bay will be best with at least one night on board as you can enjoy the bay in different times of sunset and sunrise.

When visiting to Halong bay, your Vietnam vacation should include the exciting activity of kayaking around the islands as the sea is very calm and safe. Moreover, you will be prepared life jackets and good kayaks which are in good quality. In the evening, it is worth to try fishing under the direction of cruise staves.

About overnight cruises on the bay, they are diversified in size, designation, marine route… which will surely meet all of your demands. If you are honeymoon couple or family, you can find the cruises of 01 – 03 cabins for your Vietnam tours to Halong bay. Or if you are a big party and need private space, you can find charter cruise with equivalent number of cabin. Other suggestion which will be good to choose a good cruise for your Vietnam tours is that some cruises offer different marine routes to un-touristic such as Indochina Junk, Paloma Cruise, Au Co Cruise…

Best months for your Vietnam tour to Halong bay are from Oct to Apr with lowest rainfall. However, it is very cold on Jan & Feb with fog appearing sometimes. From May to Sep, they are summer with average temperature of 30 degree C which is very suitable for swimming on the bay. Even they will be rainy season, but we can hope to get good weather with blue sky, beautiful sunrise and sunset.

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Visa run from Vietnam

What is a visa run you might ask? Basically, a visa run is a trip that ex-pats who do not have a permanent residence visa have to make at least once and sometimes twice a year. This is done in order to obtain a new tourist visa back into the country where you're visa is about to expire.
So you have to leave the country you want to stay in, travel to a neighbouring country and then turn back around and re-enter the first country with your new tourist visa.


A typical visa run from Ho Chi Minh to Phnom Penh would be:
1. Early 'visa run' bus. (times vary from 7am, 9am or 12noon)
2. Two hour trip to the Vietnam/Cambodia border
3. Border stop and issuing of Cambodian visa (1 month tourist visa at $20US...this can take from 45 minutes to an hour. Also, make sure you take some extra passport photos just in case)
4. The total trip can take between 6 or 7 hours so you will arrive at the Central bus Station in Phnom Penh between 1pm to 6pm
5. Tuk tuk to your hotel
6. If you want a quick visa go straight to ??? Riverside and apply for your return tourist visa to Vietnam (this usually takes 2 days).
7. Enjoy 2 nights in Phnom Penh
8. Pick up completed passport and head back to good old Vietnam.

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Vietnam Visa Exemption

Most visitors to Vietnam need a visa to enter the country. Visas are exempted for the citizens of the countries which have signed a bilateral or unilateral visa exemption agreement with Vietnam. 

Vietnamese people that hold foreign passports and foreigners who are their husbands, wives and children are exempt from visa requirements to enter Vietnam and are allowed to stay for not more than 90 days. In order to be granted visa exemption certificates at Vietnamese representative offices abroad, overseas Vietnamese need conditions:

Foreign-issued permanent residence certificate (PRC) with the validity of at least six months since the date of entrance. Visa exemption paper (VEP) is granted by Vietnamese appropriate authorities.

Those who expect to stay more than 90 days must apply for Vietnam visa according to current stipulations before their entrance.

Foreigners or Vietnamese holding foreign passports are exempt from visas to enter and stay in Phu Quoc Island (Kien Giang Province) for not more than 30 days.

From 1 July 2015 to end of 30 June 2016, citizens of the United Kingdom, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain and the Italian Republic holding different kinds of passports are exempt from visa requirements and are allowed to stay for not more than 15 days.

From 1 July 2015 to end of 30 June 2020, citizens of the Republic of Belarus holding different kinds of passports are exempt from visa requirement and are allowed to stay for not more than 15 days.

Bilateral visa exemption agreement

Citizens of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos holding valid ordinary passports are exempt from visa requirements and are allowed to stay for not more than 30 days; Philippines is allowed to stay for not more than 21 days; Brunei and Myanmar citizens are allowed to stay for not more than 14 days and vice versa.

By March 2015, citizens of 75 countries holding valid diplomatic or official passports are exempt from visa requirements and vice versa, including: Argentina, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Kuwait, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arad Emirates (U.A.E), Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela.

Unilateral visa exemption

Visa with 30-day validity is exempted for officials from ASEAN secretariat holding different kinds of passports.
Citizens of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland holding different kinds of passports; citizens of Japan, South Korea and Russia holding ordinary passports are exempt from visa requirements and are allowed to stay for not more than 15 days.

VISA APPLICATIONS

Visas are issued at the Vietnamese diplomatic offices or consulates in foreign countries. Visa is issued at the border gates to those who have written invitations by a Vietnamese competent agencies or tourists participating in tours organized by Vietnamese international travel companies.

Visa applications must include a printed application filled in completely and accurately; two 4×6cm photos, a passport and visa fee.

Visa extension services are available at almost travel agencies.

Tourist visas are valid for 30 days.

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Mistakes when applying for a visa arrival to Vietnam

As an expert for Vietnam Visa services, we see many people making mistakes in applying for a visa arrival to Vietnam:

We have listed here a few mistakes that travelers may usually make. We hope you will avoid the same things when you apply for a visa on arrival to Vietnam.

1 - No visa on arrival without applying online: many people believe that they can get a visa directly at Vietnam airport without applying online. That is wrong, you can not until the visa is approved. So, you will need to apply online for an approval letter in order to pick up your visa at Vietnam airport.

2 - Visa on arrival at the border: Vietnam Visa on arrival works for air travel only. So, if you do not enter Vietnam by air, just make sure you have the visa in advance.

3 - Spelling/Typing mistakes: Many travelers fill in the Application form with wrong  detail as: full name on passport, passport number or date of birth. Normally, many people think it is not important but  in some cases, your application can be refused by the airline at the departure airport. So, make sure that you entered everything correctly and carefully.

4 - Arrival date: Many people think that the visa validity will start from the date they enter Vietnam, not from the date they provide, however, it is not. The visa validity will commence from the date you provide in advance, not from the date you will enter the country. So, just make sure that you make a clear plan of when to enter before ordering a visa to Vietnam.

5 - Visa extension: many travellers think that it is easy to extend a visa once they are in Vietnam, however, in fact, it is not that easy, and extending a visa may be a costly and time consuming process. So, if possible, just apply for a 3 month visa in advance instead of a 1 month one to save money on visa extension.

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