Dos:
- Greeting: say hello to individual personal and remember the oldest first as they are always your priority.
- Dressing: Dress well when visiting pagodas. No shorts or tatty beer t-shirts. Shoes are fine, and rarely will you have to remove them
- Visiting: ff invited into a home, always remove your shoes at the front door when entering.
- Greeting: be ready for a common international way of welcome, greeting with 2 hands shaking if your partner is assumpted to be older than you.
- Transportation: check carefully before confirm your transportation booking and watch the measure of the taxi. Bargaining for your travel in early morning with taxi.
- Eating: start your invited meal after the oldest commence if you share that dinner/ lunch with his family.
- Photos: ask for permission when taking a photograph of someone, especially mountainous tribes in northern Vietnam .
- Always be careful of the belongings you carry with you during your holiday.
- Queuing: do not be shocked if someone cut the line to buy the tickets in Vietnam .
Donts:
- Never carry more money than you need when walking around the streets. Do not wear large amounts of jewelry. There are two reasons for not doing this:
+ It is considered impolite to flaunt wealth in public;
+ It is more likely that you may become a victim of a pickpocket or drive-by bag snatcher.
- Don't be paranoid about your security, just be aware of your surroundings.
- Don't wear singlets, shorts, dresses or skirts, or tops with low-neck lines and bare shoulders to Temples and Pagodas. To do this is considered extremely rude and offensive.
- Do not tip by cash to the local houses that you visit. You may ruin the tourism development.
- Do not try to take photographs of military installations or anything to do with the military. This can be seen as a breach of national security.
- Do not visiting the border areas without a permission or introduction letter from a travel agency.
More information at: Vietnam Adventure Tours
