Friday, April 4, 2014

Hanoi Museum of Ethnology - A destination should not miss

It's was opened to visitor in November 1997, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is located  Nguyen Van Huyen road in Hanoi came in the sixth place with around 29.000 artifacts which representing the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of 54 ethnic groups Vietnamese general and Southeast Asian country

Museum of Ethnology
The Museum has been recently named in the list of the 25 most attractive meseum at Asia area.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Best time to travel Vietnam - Best time to visit Halong bay - Vietnam weather

Best time to travel Vietnam - it may be one of first question that coming in mind of you deciding on the time to travel. Suddenly, you think of some questions about the time you will departure for your trip, where is the first time you come and no experience before.
Then, you are having a question " will that be the best time to visit the country" it's directly influent to your itineniry.
In fact, in Vietnam, any time can be a good for travelling, so it's not really a right or wrong time to visit Vietnam as during most month of the year,. Because you will experience both of sunshire and rain in various area here. which means different weather pattern from the north and the south, from mountainous far north to beach.
As we know, vietnam is typically warm and humid, so it pays to imagine of country as three separate destination when reseaching weather for you intended visit and following information which help you getting more clearly.

North Vietnam Weather:
It's included some famous destination which you should not miss such as: Halong bay, Hoa Lu-Tam Coc, Cuc Phuong national park, Mai Chau, Hanoi
Hanoi and North of Vietnam have four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (Length of each seasons is three month)mostly dry winter from November until april with average temperature 15oC and month of coldest from january to March, sometime it's rain of spring.
Summer is from May to October when it's hot and humid and the regions its highest rainfall and from July to Sept are often wettest month of year. For this time, the weather sometime may be prevent boats sailing in Halong bay because of flooding. So the best time to visit the north of Vietnam is from Sept to December and May to July.
Hanoi weather rainfall
Photo: slandtravel.com

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

How to obtain a Motorbike Driver's license in Vietnam

Vietnamese driving license are mandatory for all drivers of motor vehicles as well as for riders of motorcycles with a capacity of over 50cc. Non Vietnamese citizens are only permitted to drive in Vietnam if they hold a temporary Vietnamese driver's licence. To convert a UK driving licence or an International Driving Permit into a temporary Vietnamese driver's licence, the applicant must first hold a valid Vietnamese residence permitof at least three month's validity and a current UK driving licence or a valid International Driving Permit. In Hanoi, applications for temporary driver's licences should be directed to