VIETNAM - THE HIDDEN CHARM
Vietnam is home to numerous attractions such as ancient architecture, UNESCO world heritage sites, high mountains, beautiful waterfalls, sunny beaches and a cluster of wonderful places. It comes across as a country full of surprises. However, not much was known about it so far.
Vietnam embarked on the Doi Moi (Renovation) in 1986. Since then, the country has seen dramatic changes, first and foremost in the economic thinking. The centrally-planned economy was replaced by the socialist-oriented market economy; national industrialisation and modernisation were initiated together with the policy of multilateralisation and diversification of external economic relations, openness and international integration. The Doi Moi helped Vietnam rapidly escape hunger and poverty and lay the initial foundation for an industrialised economy, as well as maintaining a high growth rate and a relatively equal society. Vietnam is now the world's largest robust coffee, cashew nuts and pepper exporter, and the second largest rice exporter worldwide.
Today Vietnam is also an outstanding travel destination. It is considered as a safe place in the world that is as yet untouched by terrorism and tsunami. Vietnam has lured more and more international arrivals. In 2005, Vietnam welcomed four million arrivals and it is expected that the international arrivals will be eight millions in 2010. The development of tourism industry in Vietnam brings jobs to more than 234,000 people directly and an additional 510,000 indirectly in associated business and industries.
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TO EXPLORE THE REAL VIETNAM AND HER PEOPLE, GO WITH LITTLE VIETNAM !
Show you the hidden Vietnam - the one that only Vietnamese people know and many miss - its cities, ancient cultures, ethnic minorities, national parks, beaches and tropical islands. All tailor-made Little Vietnam style!
*What makes Little Vienam Tours different from all the others?
Little Vietnam Tours specializes in arranging customized tours to suit your requirements. Our door to door services will take you where ever you want to go at the time and pace to suit you. Our personalized service gives you the ultimate freedom and flexibility so you can all relax and enjoy the holiday. Tell us what you would like to see and do, browse through our Sample Tours or use our web site to design your holiday yourself. No one does it better!
Our tour operators are always pleased to help you design your itinerary to give you the best possible experience of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
You will always be dealing with real people that respond immediately to your questions or concerns, not only before you arrive, but also throughout your travel in Indochina.
You'll have your own friendly, caring personal tour operator who will take time to explain the customs and cultures of the people you'll meet, and supply detailed, objective descriptions of places and hotels. When you arrive, he or she will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our tour operators' expertise is at your disposal!
Our guides are carefully selected for their personality, wide knowledge and genuine enthusiasm for our style of tours. Never boring - you will find them formative, professional but down to earth with a real passion for showing you a very best of Vietnam!
* Discover the real Vietnam
You will get a little bit more out of your travels, and give a little bit back to the special places and people that you encounter. You will get deeper and more real travel experiences. The values you get are authenticity - experiences integral to local people's traditions, cultures and rituals rather than those created for tourism, or those whose existing meanings and uses have become lost as they have packaged for tourism.
* Responsible Travel
Little Vietnam Tours only uses local guides from the destination you visit to escort you. He or she will open your eyes to their cultures and ways of life far better than an expat guide could ever do. They will also earn a much needed income from you. That is one of the ways you profit local people and help us to share the benefits of tourism with local people. Contact us , tell us what interests you, and we'll design you a top-quality, no obligation, customised tropical vacation within 24 hours.
* Small groups leave fewer footprints
Little Vietnam tours' itineraries are more suitable for couples or friends and individuals at all ages, backgrounds and nationalities but united in a desire to break away from regimented, impersonal big coach tours. Small groups are environmentally more friendly and their effect less disruptive to local communities. It also means you get the chance to get away from crowded tourist haunts, taking scenic backroads to places you may not have heard of, but wouldn't want to miss. Small groups leave fewer footprints!
LITTLE VIETNAM TOURS
Website:http://www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn
Address: 105H1, Vinh Phuc Street
Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Telephone: (0084) 04 761 7504
Facsimile: (0084) 04 761 7505
Skype account: littlevietnamtours
Our Hanoi Office is open from 08.00 to 17.00 on weekdays and from 08.00 to 12.00 on Saturdays - all local times
