Recommended Reading
Mobile libraries are carried in the minibus when the group is at least seven people in size. Books include guide books, books about local history, and often some fiction written by local authors. Feel free to use these books at any time during the tour. Books worth reading include:
Vietnam Guide Books
Insight Guide – Vietnam
Rough Guide to Vietnam
Footprint Vietnam Handbook
World Food Vietnam - by Richard Sterling
General Book
A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain - Robert Olen Butler
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places : A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace - Le Ly Hayslip
Catfish and Mandala: A 2 Wheeled Voyage through Vietnam - Andrew X. Pham
The Girl In The Picture: The Story Of Kim Phuc, the Photograph and the Vietnam War by Denise Chong
The Quiet American - Graham Greene
‘River of Time’ - Jon Swain
Bridge Across my Sorrow - Christina Noble
The Vietnam Reader Edited - Walter Capps
Saigon - Anthony Grey
History Book
Vietnam: A History - Stanley Karnow
A Bright Shinning Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam - Neil Sheehan
Two Cities - Neil Sheehan
In Retrospect. The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam - Robert McNamara
- Recommended Reading
- Important Dates Affecting Touring, And Compulsory Meals
- Tipping Policy
- Electricity
- Baggage, Clothing
- Health, traveller's Medical Kit
- Safety-Security
- Mobile Phones-Internet Access
- Vietnamese Embassies & Consulates in abroad
- Currency
- Insurance
- Customs
- Activities
- Accommodation
- Vietnam Weather
- Cheap Flights to Vietnam
- Tourist Visa
