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VISA:.

You'll need a visa to enter Vietnam. Since you will attend a conference in Vietnam, the Vietnamese side will issue a kind of "official" visa for you. (Of course, you may also  "do it yourself" and ask for a tourist visa at a Vietnamese Consulate if you wish).
 

Do Duc Thai (Prof. at Hanoi National University of Education) will take care of this visa problem for the conference. He will send a request to the Interior Ministry of Vietnam, with the list of foreign participants of the conference. The Interior Ministry will then issue an approval letter for each participant, send that letter by fax to the corresponding Consulate (where you want to pick up your visa), asking the Consulate to issue a visa for you. Each letter has a reference number. We will inform you of the reference number. Then you can go to the Consulate or send your passport there, together with the reference number, and they'll issue the visa for you.

Please send to Do Duc Thai (ducthai.do@gmail.com) as soon as possible (we would really appreciate if you could do it before February 10th!) the following information:

1. Your surname and given names
3. Date and place of birth
4. Nationality
5. Professional address
6. Home address
7. Passport: number, date of issue, date of expiry, the issuing authority
8. At which Vietnamese Embassy will you pick up your visa ?
(all the above fields are mandatory)
9. Scanned file of main pages of your passport


If you have any accompanying person, then we'll need the same information concerning him/her too.

(Please note that the Vietnamese Interior Ministry takes at least 1 month in order to issue the letter, so we need to send them the request before February 15th in order to ensure that everything goes smoothly)

If you have any question/problem, please don't hesitate to contact Do Duc Thai for this.
Thank you very much!


Some addresses:
EMBASSY OF VIETNAM IN PARIS, FRANCE
Address: 62-66 Rue Boileau, 75016 Paris, FRANCE
Telephone: (331) 4414 6400 Fax: (331) 4524 3948

Embassy of Vietnam in Madrid (the only one in Spain)EMBAJADA DE VIETNAM EN ESPANA
C/ Segre 5
28002 MADRID - ESPANA
Tel : 0034 91 5102867  Fax : 0034 91 4157067

P/S: If you need an official invitation letter for Hanoi Geometry Conference, please just let us know, and the Hanoi National University of Education (the organizing institution for the conference) will send you one promptly.

HOTEL

By default, we will reserve rooms at the following hotel for most
participants:  Army Hotel, 33 C Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
http://www.vietnamstay.com/hotel/army/
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293924-d454987-Reviews-Army_Hotel-Hanoi.html

This hotel is situated in a quiet street in the center of Hanoi  (walking distance from many points of interest). It has a swimming pool (free access). The negotiated price is about $60/day/single room including breakfast.

If you prefer to reserve a hotel by yourself, please send an email to Do Duc Thai to let him know that, so that or local organizers will not reserve a hotel for you !

If you need a double room or a suite (for a family), or want to share a double room with another
participant, please also let us know!

Since the University is not in the center of Hanoi, we will request a special university bus to take the participants from the hotel to the university and back every conference day.

If you prefer to look for a hotel by yourself, here are some possible places to start:

(Prices vary from under $20 to above $100 per night)

SOCIAL PROGRAM  includes:

Excursion to HaLong Bay

Halong Bay is a marvellous place in the World. The Halong Bay is also
an UNESCO heritage.
We hope the participants of our Conference will enjoy this excursion.
Here is the detailed plan of our excursion:

1. Saturday 23 rd:
+) We will leave the Army Hotel for Halong Bay at 9am.
+) Lunch in HaiDuong around 11:30am.
+) From 2pm to 4pm: Visit KIEP BAC and CON SON temples.
+) Arrive at the Halong Pearl Hotel around 6pm.
(This is a four stars Hotel, see Website: www.halongpearl.vn)
+ Dinner: at the same Hotel.
+ Evening: Free for visiting Halong City.

2. Sunday 24th:
+) Breakfast: 7am at the same Hotel. After that check-out.
+) 7:30am leaving the Hotel for visiting to the Halong Bay.
+) Lunch on the boat
+) We will leave Halong Bay for the Noi Bai International Airport,
after that come back to the Army Hotel (We will arrive at the Noi Bai
Airport around 4pm).

Total price: 100USD + 10 USD (for tax) = 110 USD