Cooking in Hoi An tourism

Hoi An is famous not only because it is an ancient town, but here, there is also a particularly tourism related to cooking. Lonely Planet has ranked cooking services in Hoi An in the top 10 for visitors to get the special travel experiences in the world. In addition, there are other prominent activities in the world such as surfing in Hawaii (USA), yoga in Rishikesh (India), studied calligraphy at Kyoto (Japan), the kung fu at the Shaolin Temple (China), learning Spanish Houses in Patagonia (Argentina)... Why is Hoi An cooking the high rank?

Cooking in Hoi An tourism

There are trips generated by many companies and organizations. They reserved for tourists to visit countries in Asia; and it is often associated with unique culinary activities. Especially, the dinner is with specialties of each country, but most attractions are instructions for cooking classes at the local delicacies. Through these activities, visitors have the opportunity to go to the market to choose raw materials, spices... and each cook food. This is truly a great experience without any cookbook can meet.

Paradise of culinary enthusiasts

There is the organization with cooking classes for guests at many places, but the Hoi An ancient town was the high ranking for several reasons as: First of all, is the charming scenery of the Hoi An ancient town with classes cooking. Continuously, all are held in the quiet garden or in the ancient house. Some local specialties are unique but there is not anywhere is the same, besides the characteristic dishes of the Vietnamese cuisine such as Pho, Bun Bo... The learners are instructed to go to the market in Hoi An. This is a place the sellers are very friendly; at the same time, the raw materials for cooking are always fresh; and it is followed by the dedication with the skilled chefs who are teaching.

There are two features that make up the tourist attraction in Hoi An. Those are the services as the tailoring and cooking instructions. The tailors here are so focused. However, one thing is sure to note that Hoi An is a haven for culinary enthusiasts. And after you've eaten "devoured" in some restaurants, the next thing on the list of "things you have to do here" is attended into a cooking class. That will help you can make a real dinner with specialties of Hoi An.

Cooking in Hoi An tourism

It is here; many people have become tricky. They love all things in the process of preparing for a family meal in Hoi An. Everything was perfect as the girls image as the pork sellers in the market with the giggling smiles, welcoming visitors with these people with a Heo word (It means like "Pig" that many people have confusion with the wrong pronunciation of the "hello" word!); and you should try to do a barbecue dinner, although only after a short lesson about cooking. With a love for cooking, some people have learned, while they observed quietly some cooking classes here. Some other people even have a menu of the dishes; it is long enough to write a book, but they never cook a meal at this place, because the food in the streets is still cheaper.

Cooking in Hoi An tourism

Learn to cook?

The cooking classes are like The Morning Glory Restaurant (106 Nguyen Thai Hoc), the Red Bridge Restaurant (at Village No. 4 in Cam Thanh), the Green Bamboo Restaurant (Truong Minh Hung street, Cam An Ward).

The cooking classes in the Green Bamboo restaurant are organized as in a real family; that is the place you are welcomed as the same of the most loved ones. These classes are held at the Tra Que vegetable garden which is an indispensable destination in Hoi An, where you grow vegetables in the local style. Here, there are the foot massages with the herbs are grown in the garden.

The guests can also sign up for a "half-day tour" to learn how to cook at Taste in Hoi An (109 Nguyen Thai Hoc) that the organization is Neville Dean. He is an Australian who lived in Hoi An with his wife a few years ago. Currently, the tour of this recipe is attracting a large number of visitors. They usually contact to apply the Vietnam entry visa in groups to want to know to Hoi An not only because it is a legacy of the world, but it also has these unique cooking courses. They mainly come from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Of course, visitors from other countries around the world, such a preference cannot be excluded.

Vietnam visa exemption for 5 Western European countries

The Government has just issued the Resolution No.46/NQ-CP on Vietnam visa exemption for citizens of 5 Western European countries

The Government has just issued the Resolution No.46/NQ-CP on Vietnam visa exemption for citizens of 5 countries including the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy when entering Vietnam. Citizens of 5 countries above entering Vietnam with the duration not exceed 15 days since the date of entry, regardless of type of passport, immigration purposes, meeting the following regulations of Vietnam law will be exempted visa. Mr. Nguyen Quy Phuong, Director General of Travel Department said, on June 18th, the Prime Minister issued the formally Resolution on unilateral visa exemption for citizens of Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Spain. Accordingly, citizens of these countries entering Vietnam do not need to apply a visa Vietnam with the duration of 15 days, with effect from July 1st, 2015 to June 30th, 2016. Providing that, these citizens to Vietnam must acquire passports with the validity of at least 06 months since the date of entry. In addition, the next entry to Vietnam without visa must be at least 30 days before the date of the last exit.  To specify, the date of entry is on 4 August, and the date of exit is on 18 August. Then, the second entry is on 22 August. For the second entry, it is a must to have normal Vietnam visa, as the duration between the last exit and the second entry is not 30 days. Therefore, the visa exemption is optimal for tourists with a single entry with the last exit is 30 days before, and they will have a stay of less than 15 days. Other cases of single entry with stay of more than 15 days, and multiple entry must apply for visa to Vietnam. Particularly, for multple entry, the first entry can use the exemption, from the second time, it is a must to get new visa.

At the regular meeting in May 2015, the Government agreed with the solutions to overcome difficulties and develop Vietnam tourism of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, including visa exemption, electronic visa, facilitation of processes and procedures for granting visas. German, Britain and France are traditional markets with large volume of tourists and high spending. In the first 5 months of the year, the numbers of tourists in these markets to Vietnam are respectively 68,000, 90,000 and 99,000 arrivals. Mr.Tran Chi Cuong, Deputy Director of the Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that Italy and Spain are the two new markets. The visa to Vietnam exemption will certainly attract more tourists from these markets. In Resolution No. 92 / NQ-CP on some measures to promote Vietnam tourism development in the new period issued late 2014, the government also asked the Ministry of Public Security in the coordination with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies to review, study, propose for expanding the visa-free countries associated with ensuring national security and order, public safety. Currently, Vietnam visa exemption is applied to countries of Japan, South Korean, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Russia and Belarus. Vietnam also exempts visa for 9 ASEAN countries on the basis of reciprocity. Additionally, tourists coming to Phu Quoc Island will be exempted visa to Vietnam for 30 days. By dint of the regulation on free visa for Vietnam since 2014, the number of Japanese tourists coming to Vietnam increases by 2.43 times, that of South Korean is by 3.6 times, and that of Russia is by 7.45 times (from 2009). Many international travel companies said this is a positive policy for tourism. Though we cannot currently assess the specific impacts of the exemption from visa, tourists and foreign travel companies will be happy with this policy. "This is a good policy. In the immediate future, even in this summer, visa Vietnam exemption will have good impact on the Italian and Spanish tourists who travel a lot in the summer, while the other markets have to wait until the end of the year" Ms. Bui Viet Thuy Tien, Executive Director of Asian Trails Co. specializing in the European market, said. According to Mr. Tuan, the visa exemption is a favorable step but only a part in attracting international tourists to Vietnam. When having the advantage of visa, tourism must connect to aviation of those countries to take tourists to Vietnam and to promote Vietnam tourism in those countries. In addition, the current shortcomings as the quality of service, human resources, and the tourism environment need to be solved. 

Time-limited Vietnam visa exemption for Belarus citizens

Immediately after the regular session in May 2015, the Government decided on Vietnam visa exemption for citizens of the Republic of Belarus. This shows the attention of the Government to the visa policy aiming to create the favorable conditions for tourism development and attracting foreign tourists to Vietnam and openness in international integration.

vietnam visa exemption

Citizens of the Republic of Belarus entering Vietnam with the duration not exceed 15 days since the date of entry, regardless of type of passport, immigration purposes, meeting the following regulations of Vietnam law will be exempted visa. The exemption policy when entering Vietnam for Belarus citizens will be implemented in a period of 5 years, from January 1st, 2015 to June 30th, 2020 and will be reviewed and renewed under the Vietnamese regulations.

Until now, the number of tourists from Belarus to Vietnam are very few, mainly businessmen and investors, but with the exemption of visa Vietnam for citizens of the Republic of Belarus, Vietnamese Government believed that Belarus tourists and investors to Vietnam will increasingly outnumber, the friendship cooperation relation between the two countries will further develop.

Earlier, at the regular meeting in May 2015, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung required ministries, departments and localities to promote tourism development, a key economic sector of Vietnam. Accordingly, the Government approved the solutions to resolve the difficulties and develop Vietnam tourism of the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism. There are 5 measures to simplify the immigration procedures applied around the world as transparency of information, facilitation of procedures, visa application at border gates, concessionary policy for a number of priority subjects, unilateral visa exemption for several country, electronic visa (e-visa) application, implementing regional agreements.

Policy on Vietnam visa exemption makes great contribution to the development of Vietnam tourism. On January 1st, 2015, Vietnam also exempted visa to Vietnam for citizens of 7 countries including Russia, Japan, South Korea, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, and Finland. Accordingly, citizens of 7 countries above entering Vietnam with duration not exceed 15 days since the date of entry, regardless of type of passport, immigration purposes, meeting the following regulations of Vietnam law will be exempted.

Since 2014, after applying visa exemption policy, Japanese tourists to Vietnam have increased by 2.43 times, Korean tourists have increased by 3.6 times, and Russian tourists (since 2009) have increased by 7.45 times. As proposed by the Ministry of Culture, Sport, and Tourism, besides 7 countries being exempted Vietnam visa on arrival, Vietnam will extend the unilateral visa exemption for the countries which are the major markets with large number of tourists, demand for longer stays and higer spending.

Launch online Vietnam visa system

The first-ever online Vietnam visa management was first put into use on March, 2014, allowing users to declare and register online visa at a certain level.

online vietnam visa system

This framework gives regulations on visa to Vietnam printing in a legitimate method. This framework reinforces the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue visas, hard control the circumstances of movement and encourage the powers at the fringe review to control on migration in Vietnam. This is the first run through Vietnam has claimed an authority site supporting numerous outside dialects for outsider or the Vietnamese settling in over the world to get to, look for data; at the same time, this framework likewise permits the announcement to enroll online visa entrance into Vietnam at administration level 3.

Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh said that these initiatives reflected the Ministry's determination to modernize work processes and integrate information technology into management. He also emphasized the closely coordination between Information Center, Bureau of Consular Affairs, and related agencies to ensure this system to be well-operated, promote the efficiency and be actually effective tool to promote operation quality and efficiency of the Foreign Affairs, contributing to the goal of building e-government in Vietnam. Simultaneously, the utility of online Vietnam visa on arrival issue is expected to attract more foreign individuals and businesses to visit and work in the country, contributing to promoting people-to-people exchanges and national socio-economic development.

Online Visa apply

Database Center is the foundation of extremely information technology infrastructure of the Foreign Affairs, including infrastructure facilities, network systems, and modern servers getting international standards. This system ensures 24/7 stable operation on security and environment, catering to the information system and databases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Center will offer the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to accelerate the application of information technology in the visa Vietnam management process. These are two packages of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Information Vietnam Technology and Communications Development Project with Ministry of Information and Communications investor.

The Online Vietnam Visa Management System received praise from Victoria Kwakwa, Director of the World Bank in Viet Nam, for reducing the visa processing time to two business days. Yet she also urged Ministry of Foreign Affairs to secure the financial budget and maintain the information technology system.

Source: http://www.vietnamvisa.alotrip.com/

The visa exemption for citizens of Azerbaijan

The governments of Vietnam and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on the visa exemption on 09th-Apr-2010. So, the citizens of two countries will be exempt from the date whom the start effect is 21st-Aug-2010.
The details are in the following cases:

- The citizens of Vietnam and Azerbaijan are holding the diplomatic or official passports are still valid; it covers as well as their family members, which are in the adolescent age, listed in the passports. They will get the free visa in the period of stay not exceeding 01 months after the entry, stay, exit or transit through the territory of the rest country.

- The citizens of one of the two countries are holding the diplomatic or official passports are still valid, after entry into the remaining country's territory as members of representative bodies such as diplomatic or consular and international organizations; it includes their family members, who are living with them. These people will have to do the registration at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the rest country to be received. 
Source: http://www.vietnamvisa.alotrip.com/

The Immigration Management Office offer visa procedures in Vietnam

Vietnam visa is an important type certificated by the Vietnam government at the Vietnam diplomatic representative agencies and consulates in oversea or at the borders of Vietnam as Noi Bai international airport, Tan Son Nhat international airport To help the visa process of foreigners easier and more convenient; they should learn more about the Vietnam visa procedures as follows.
Procedures issue, renew, supplement and modify visa Vietnam and apply for the temporary residence card: Foreigners who wish to make and finish the procedures above need to submit their file to the Immigration Management Office or the Police provinces and cities directly under the Central Government.

Vietnam Visa Procedures

In the case, foreigners want to get, extend, supplement and modify Vietnam visa on arrival and the temporary residence card for the travel purpose, on behalf for foreigners, the Vietnam international travel company will be responsible for working with the Immigration Management Office or the Police provinces and cities directly under the Central Government.
In the case, foreigners want to apply for visa Vietnam, visa extension, visa supplement, visa change and the temporary residence card to visit their relatives, to marry, to adopt, to cure their application have to be certified by the ward, commune or the authorized agencies of local residence.
Visa procedures in case of lost passport:
In the case passport of foreigners is lost in Vietnam, they should report it immediately to the commune, ward about the place where their card is lost or contact with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy / Consulate of them in Vietnam to apply the new passport or other documents that can be used as a valid passport. And then, you should apply for the new visa to Vietnam.
Visa procedures in case of changing the temporary residence purpose:
Foreigners who want to change the purpose of their stay in Vietnam must be guaranteed by agencies, organizations and individuals to complete all the procedures with the Immigration Management Office or the Police provinces and cities directly under the Central Government (that have guarantee agencies , organizations or individuals).
Visa procedures to apply for the temporary residence card:
Foreigners who have resided temporarily in Vietnam for over 1 year and want to apply for temporary residence card should send their temporary residence card to the Immigration Management Office or the Police provinces and cities directly under the Central Government.
Source: http://www.vietnamvisa.alotrip.com/