Vivian’s guidebook

- Just 5 min. walking to the bus station in the Nguyen Van Troi boulevard. Bus working time: 4h30 - 20h30. - Download "GRAB" App on your mobile phone for Car/Motobike order - Call (028) 38272727 for Vinasun taxi or (028) 38383838 for Mai Linh taxi - 5-10 min. by car or motobike to the international Tan San Nhat airport . - 5-10 min. by car or motobike to the Saigon train station. Add: 1 Nguyen Thong street, Ward 6, Distric 3, Hochiminh city - Want to try a city tour by "XÍCH LÔ", an ancien mean of transportation, contact: Email: info.xichlotours@gmail.com | info@xichlotours.com Tel/ Zalo: 090264 7769

- Children may be jet lagged when travelling to another country, let them enough rest to ensure their health for the whole trip. - There is full smoke and dust outside, children should wear paper mask for outing trip - The weather in Hochiminh city is erratic with rain and sun, well prepare coat and hat for children when going out. Apply sunscreen to children to avoid scalding - Always bring mineral / drinking water /milk in basket to avoid water shortage or thermal shock during hot weather. Avoid buying water / milk of unknown origin along the way - Don’t forget anti-mosquitoes / insect cream - Prepare separate food for children. Some older children who can eat aldult foods may catch food poisoning due to strange or unhygienic food, take anti-digestive disorders together. - Child abduction is quite common, never let children out of sight or hands. The kidnappers often use another child to ask for adult help to lure us away and kidnap our children. - Some kidnappers snatch children in parent’s arms. Always hold your baby strongly in your arms and if a stranger snatches your baby, hold him while turning him in the opposite side to the kidnapper - Put the child's name, parent's name, address, telephone number, hotel address on a piece of paper and put it in the child's pocket or on a card and put the card on the child's neck - Tell children to remember some essential things such as: phone numbers of parents, child and parent name; do not talk, do not accept confectionery of strangers or follow strangers ...

- Write down the address and contact phone number of your staying for easy travelling or getting lost - Bargaining when buying anything at the traditional market - Cover your password with your hand when withdrawing money at ATMs - Bring a small umbrella in case it rains - Do not buy branded items at flea markets or places of unknown origin as they may be replicas. - Do not buy items from street vendors because they may be crooks taking advantage of fake goods, pickpockets, robbers ... - Do not give money to children, adults or adults taking children because they may be fraudsters.

- Do not eat or drink foods of unknown origin - Do not bring too much money or valuable assets as they may be pickpocketed or robbed. Always wear pocket, bag, purse… in front of you - Especially for women travelling alone: if you see a strange child crying on the road, showing you an address and asking you to take him to that address, take the child to the police station rather than lead to it, as that may be how criminals rob, rape or kidnap you. - Do not carry bags for other people. There may be illegal goods/ items inside.

- Full money. - Should proactively exchange your currency into the one of travelling country so that you can use immediately when needed - Passport and identity card - Copy of marriage certificate (for check-in hotel when travelling with family) - Copy of birth certificate of children (for check-in domestic aircraft without passport, ID card) - Emergency telephone number - address of Vietnam Embassy (when travelling abroad)

- 2 personal photos (passport size), copies of personal information in the passport (used when passport loss) - List of necessary travelling items (to check when coming home, or declare when luggage loss) - Driver's license, insurance (if you drive yourself while travelling) - A notebook with addresses and phone numbers to contact in case of emergency. Note: These documents should be arranged neatly in a body bag for declaration when needed and be careful in crowded places.

- Mobile phones and chargers - Camera, battery, charger, memory card - Ipod / Discman / MP3 player, battery, laptop... (suggestion) - Multifunctional socket (when traveling abroad) - Small hair dryer...

- Digestive / diarrhea drugs - Cold / sore throatmedicine / fever medicine - Sunscreen, anti-chapping, anti-allergy - Insect cream - Medicine oil / Vitamin C, B1 - Bandages, gel - Anti-motion sickness medication - Ordered medicines for personal need - Medicine for children Note: Medicine should be stored in your carry-on luggage or in a handy place

Depending on time and where you go to bring appropriate clothes - Hats with brim and can be folded - Sunglasses / paper mask - Comfotable T-shirts / unironing clothes - Long pants, shorts, skirts - Nightwear - Sport shoes / sandals - Underwear - Socks, gloves, scarfs, warm jackets and sweaters (for traveling in cold area) Note: Cover clothes in plastic bag before putting in suitcase to avoid car smell

- Brushes, toothpaste, comb, face towel - Shampoo, shower gel, facial cleanser - Shaving cream and tools for men - Mouthwash solution - Cosmetics - Hair gel - Makeup remover solution Note: liquid/paste should be contained in small, compact bottles for easy use and avoid custom clearance.

- Shoulder bags for essential and important items - Bags, suitcases - Some favorite magazines/ books - Pen/ Paper notes - Travelling map, guide books - Sewing bags - Plastic bags for dirty clothes / vomit bags - Earplugs / Eye masks (when sleeping) - Sleeping pillows (on car / air planes) - Small knife / Lighter - A thin blanket - Rainwear, umbrellas - Snacks Note: sharp items should be put in checked baggage

- Towel - Wet paper - Diaper - Light blanket - Baby sling bag - Many outwear (for changing), warm clothes, socks - Baby oil and powder - Some favorite toys - Clips, hair bands for girls - Milk, juice, baby food - Milk boxes, bottles, milk making tools, bottle warmers, sterilizing utensils ... - Shoes / Sandals - Coats (even when travelling to a hot area, the weather may impact baby health) - Bath oil, shampoo and toiletries

- Do not give toothpicks to others to avoid argument, should give the toothpick box for users to take - Use chopsticks properly: o Do not use chopsticks to pick up food from other people's chopsticks. Instead, take the bowl out to receive the food from someone else serves. The act of connecting chopsticks that gives think of collecting the ashes of dead people cremated, this should be avoided. o Do not poke chopsticks into the rice bowl as it is one of the funeral rites o Match a pair of chopstick evenly, avoid using short and long chopsticks that bring bad luck and death.

o Do not knock the chopsticks against the sides of the bowl associating beggars' behavior. In the past, only beggars used their chopsticks to knock on bowls / pots to make a sound for almsgiving. The act of knocking the chopsticks into the bowl is considered rude and unlucky or invokes the soul of the dead. - Giving gifts should avoid scarfs (bringing difficulties); glass or cups (suggesting a separation). - Giving flowers should avoid daisies, lilies (often used for offerings), or lilies suggest a separation ... - Do not invite unmarried/young girls to eat bananas with 2 left stick together

- Don't praise babies/ infants beautiful, healthy, plump babies ... the common wish is: "Good luck, grow up fast". - Travelling by the occasion of VN Lunar New Year, attention while being paid to visiting Vietnamese houses at beginning day of lunar new year. It's very important for Vietnamese to choose the 1st person who enters their house on the 1st day of lunar new year. They believe that this 1st persons in the age consistant with the owner, healthy, cheerful ... will bring good luck for the owner through the year. Avoid visiting VN people on this day or if you do, carefully ask the landlor

- Pregnant women should not visit the Vietnamese home on the first day of the lunar new year nor should be the first client to shop at any store in the early morning because it will bring bad luck. - Should wear elegant clothes when visiting pagoda, chuch, sacred places of worship. Avoid wearing shorts, skirts that are too short or revealing clothes ...