The Vietnam Guidebook Book

The Vietnam Guidebook is the first comprehensive post-war travel guide to Vietnam. Despite its brutal history, Vietnam has managed to emerge in the 1990s as one of Asia's most beautiful and restful destinations. Vital information, much of it impossible to obtain from other published sources, is included: Visa and entry requirements; Money; Health precautions; Traveling within Vietnam; Hotels, restaurants, shopping; Cities and regions open to foreign travel. Plus indispensable sections on Vietnamese history, culture, climate, government, and economy, as well as a complete language section with Vietnamese vocabulary and phrases.

With restored diplomatic relations imminent, travel to Vietnam has begun to book for business people and tourists as well as returning servicemen and women. This guide, now revised and updated, remains the most comprehensive and authoritative post-war guide to this intriguing country. 75 photographs. 30 line drawings. 14 maps.