Monday, January 28, 2008

Meet Vietnamese online

In my free time, beside reading books, I often visit some making friends websites. I just go there to find something interesting to do, not only making friends such as post a blog, upload an image or just to say hello to my old friends.
So I also think that sometimes you might want to make friends with Vietnamese. If you are a lonely guy, you can find a nice Vietnamese girl. If you are a girl, you can find a cute Vietnamese guy :-) Who knows! So, I'd like to give you some websites that I know here:
- Myspace ( http://www.myspace.com/ ) I think I do not need to introduce this website because it is too famous. There are many Vietnamese members on this website. You just log in your account, use "browse" to find out who are in Vietnam.
- Zorpia ( http://www.zorpia.com/ ) This is also very famous website as well. It is developed from China however the members come from all the world. Everyone can post everything and it will immidiately appear on the website. Many Vietnamese people here as well.
- Vietnam Cupid (http://www.vietnamcupid.com/). This is a dating and personals site that assists people to find Vietnamese singles for dating, romance, friendship or marriage. There are lots of Vietnamese ladies seeking marriage here.
- Or you can also visit Craigslist to find some ads for making friends with Vietnamese!

Vietnam visa

Although Vietnam is very open for visitors now but visa is still required to visit Vietnam except for some citizens including Vietnamese who are living in foreign countries.

- No visa required for travel less than 30 days: Citizens of Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Laos.

- No visa required for travel less than 15 days: Citizens of Japan and South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland.

- No visa required for travel less than 90 days or several visits within 6 months: Citizens of France holding valid diplomatic or official passports

- No visa required for travel less than 60 days: Citizens of Chile holding valid diplomatic or official passports.

- No visa required for travel less than 60 days: APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) Holders from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies

- Special Phu Quoc Exception: Foreigners and Vietnamese nationals bearing foreign passports who enter Vietnam through an international border gate and then travel to Phu Quoc Island and stay in Phu Quoc less than 15 days will also be exempt from visa application. Passports must be valid for at least 45 days. After arriving in Phu Quoc Island, if visitors want to travel other localities or stay in the island for more than 15 days, the immigration department will be responsible for issuing visas right on the spot.

- No visa required for Japanese citizens who hold valid diplomatic or official passports when entering Vietnam to implement diplomatic or Government’s official tasks without concerning about the time of stay. For those who entering Vietnam not for the diplomatic tasks but hold valid diplomatic or official passports can be exempted from entry visa and permitted to stay within 90 days.

For other visitors, you'll need to get a visa for entering Vietnam. You can apply for a visa at Vietnam Embassy or General Consulate of Vietnam in your country or through a travel company. Although it is very easy for both ways but people seem to use travel company because they will do less works and the fee is lower. Sometimes they can get free visa if they book some services from a travel company. If you are interested in, you can make a Google or Yahoo search to find out what company offering the service or you can ask me. I will be very happy to help!

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Help more people

This afternoon, it was very cold. I walked to the restaurant alone to have dinner. Today my sister did not come home to cook dinner so I had to eat outsides. On the way, I thought how to help more people. For some people, they might think that I am foolish or stupid but honestly speaking, I feel very happy when I can help someone. Although I myself am fighting with life, with myself as well to earn for living, but it is not the reason why I give up helping other people. On contrary, I need to help more people because I know how hard they live. They are poor people who do not have a place to live. They sell stuff on the street, eat on the street and sleep on the street. They are poor children who stand near the school's fence and look into happy rich children who are playing inside. They are old people who have sacrified their lives for their children but they are finally homeless. They are disable people who dream about one day they become ordinary people. They are also the people who are in need of something. For example, visitors or businessmen who are interested in Vietnam. They need my help. That's the reason why I open this blog. I hope that I can do something here to help such people. Please support me!