Venue
Quy Nhon
Quy Nhon is a coastal town in central Vietnam that can be reached by plane from Hanoi and from Ho Chin Minh City (Saigon). Arriving from abroad, the second alternative is recommended because of the fare and the time duration of the journey (one hour instead of one and half hour). Indeed, from Ho Chi Minh City, there are daily flights at 6:00 and 14:25 (Vietnam Airlines) and at 08:40 (Air Mekong) but it must be checked. From Hanoi there is a single flight at 6:00 (Vietnam Airlines) every days excepted on Wednesday. See also the useful booking sites (Vietnam Airfare, Jetcost). The airport is around 20 km north-west of Quy Nhon.
Alternative solutions are bus and train (useful informations are here). The bus is the cheapest means of transport. Buses are becoming on more international standards. The express buses are faster than local buses, which stop anywhere on request. There are also buses chartered by private companies. The express train connecting Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City is named the Reunification Express. There are 3 per day in each direction. Trains that are registered SE are the fastest, while the TN are (much) slower, see Golden Trains (between Saigon & Quy-Nhon).
Travel
There are two main international airports in Vietnam: Hanoi (Noi Bai airport: HAN) and Ho Chi Minh (Tan Son Nhut airport: SGN).
As there more flights from Ho Chi Minh to Quy Nhon, it is more convenient to fly from foreign countries to Ho Chi Minh than to Hanoi.
In order to welcome you and organize your transfert from Quy Nhon airport to the conference hotel, please inform the conference secretariat of your flight number as well as the date and the arrival time in Quy nhon.
Conference buses will be available at Quy Nhon airport on Sunday July 3rd (morning and afternoon flights) and Monday July 4th (morning flights).
Conference hotel address: Hotel Hai Au : 489 An Duong Vuong Street, Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province.
As a rough guide to organize your trip, you can have a look to flights schedule hereafter but check a possible updated at corresponding websites.
Sunday July 3rd: Ho Chi Minh to Quy Nhon
Ho Chi Minh - SGN 07:45 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 08:55 |
Vietnam Airlines VN 1392 |
Ho Chi Minh - SGN 10:05 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 11:15 |
Jetstar Pacific BL 252 |
Ho Chi Minh - SGN 13:50 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 15:00 |
Vietnam Airlines VN 1396 |
Ho Chi Minh - SGN 14:45 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 15:55 |
VietJet Air VJ 310 |
Saturday July 9th: Quy Nhon to Ho Chi Minh
Quy Nhon - UIH 09:40 |
Ho Chi Minh - SGN 10:45 |
Vietnam Airlines VN 1393 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 11:50 |
Ho Chi Minh - SGN 12:55 |
Jetstar Pacific BL 253 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 15:45 |
Ho Chi Minh - SGN 16:50 |
Vietnam Airlines VN 1397 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 16:30 |
Ho Chi Minh - SGN 17:40 |
VietJet Air VJ 311 |
Sunday July 3rd or Monday July 4th: Hanoi to Quy Nhon
Hanoi - HAN 06:00 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 07:35 |
Vietnam Airlines VN 1621 |
Hanoi - HAN 10:25 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 12:00 |
Vietnam VietJet Air VJ 431 |
For those arriving via Hanoi, you can also take a flight to Ho Chi Minh City for catching up the afternoon flight to Quy Nhon.
Saturday July 9th or Sunday July 10th: Quy Nhon to Hanoi
Quy Nhon - UIH 08:20 |
Hanoi - HAN 09:50 |
Vietnam Airlines VN 1620 |
Quy Nhon - UIH 12:35 |
Hanoi - HAN 14:10 |
Vietnam VietJet Air VJ 432 |
Websites of above airlines
- Vietnam Airlines http://www.vietnamairlines.com/
- Jetstar Pacific http://www.jetstar.com/vn/en/home
- VietJet http://www.vietjetair.com/Sites/Web/en-US/Home
Immigration / Visa
All participants do require a visa to visit Vietnam, except for few exemptions listed below.
Vietnam Visa exemption is granted to citizens of:
- Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos for visits of 30 days at the maximum.
- Philippines for visits of 21 days at the maximum.
- Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia and Finland for visits of 15 days at the maximum.
Apply for a TOURIST VISA either at your nearest vietnamese consulate or through the Internet (you will have to retrieve it on your arrival) at websites:
- Visa on Arrival (1) www.getvisavietnam.com
- Visa on Arrival (2) http://www.myvietnamvisa.com
This internet visa procedure is the simplest and the cheapest, but it will take you some time on arrival in Vietnam at the airport immigration office (up to ~ 60 min waiting, depending on your position in the queue). Do not forget to bring with you 2 passport photos and the required amount of USD currencies (exclusively) in cash.
Please inform the conference secretariat (rencontres.vietnam[at]gmail.com) of your internet visa number and your arrival date and time at the entrance airport.