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Most visitors to Vietnam (except citizens of ASEAN countries and Japan) require a visa in advance. A single-entry tourist visa valid for 30 days costs around €35 (although exact fees vary depending on issuing country) and takes around 4-7 days to process; express visas take 2-3 days at twice the price. Visas are now generally valid for all entry and exit points.
A fairly convoluted visa on arrival process has recently been introduced, but this requires a prior application to Hanoi and is generally intended mostly for groups and citizens of countries without Vietnamese embassies.

Cat Ba Island

Cat Ba Island is a national park since 1986 and a tourist spot, attractive for its natural beauty and wonders endowed by nature.
Taking a ride on a car or train for two hours from Hanoi to Hai Phong, then on a high-speed vessel for another hour, you will arrive at Cat Ba Island, the biggest island (100 sq. km) out of the 366 islands on the Lan Ha Bay. There are numerous beaches, lakes, waterfalls and caves. The best time to visit the island is in October and November or December and February.

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Halong Bay

Halong Bay, with a body of water of approximately 1,500 square kilometres in north Vietnam with a 120 kilometre coastline, in the Gulf of Tonkin near the border with China, and 170 kilometres east of Hanoi. "Vịnh Ha Long"—Halong Bay—means "where the dragon descends into the sea" in the Vietnamese language. The bay consists of a dense cluster of 1969 limestone monolithic islands, each topped with thick jungle vegetation, which rise spectacularly from the ocean. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves. Hang Dau Go (Hiding the Timber Cave) is the largest grotto in the Halong area. French tourists visited in the late 19th century, and named the cave Grotte des Merveilles. Its three large chambers contain large numerous stalactites and stalagmites (as well as 19th century French graphiti).
Some of the islands support floating villages of fishermen, who ply the shallow waters for 200 species of fish and 450 different kinds of mollusks. Many of the islands have acquired their names as a result of interpretation of their unusual shapes: such names include Voi Islet (elephant), Ga Choi Islet (fighting cock), and Mai Nha Islet (roof). 989 of the islands have been given names. Birds and animals including bantams, antelopes, monkeys, and iguanas also live on some of the islands.
The bay was World Heritage listed by UNESCO at the 18th meeting of the Committee of the World Heritages of UNESCO (in Thailand on
December 17th, 1994). It is one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations. Halong Bay has been the setting for local naval battles against Vietnam's coastal neighbours. On three occasions in the labyrinth of channels between the islands the Vietnamese army stopped the Chinese from landing. In 1288 General Tran Hung Dao stopped Mongol ships from sailing up the nearby Bach Dang River by placing steel-tipped bamboo stakes at high tide, sinking the Mongol fleet. During the Vietnam War, many of the channels between the islands were heavily mined by the navy of the United States, some of which pose a threat to shipping to this day. The surrounding land region of Halong City is rich with high grade coal deposits, and is mined by the Vietnamese government.

Hostels in Cat Ba and Halong City (Vietnam)
Hoang Huong Hotel Bayfront Tel. 888-274 Cat Ba	Sunflower Hotels Tel. 888-215 Cat Ba
Bong Lai Hotel Tel. 845-658 Bai Chay Halong City	Hotel Viet Phuong D, Le Thanh Tong Tel. 826-197 Ha Long City

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