ENTRY REGULATIONS
A valid passport and Vietnamese visa are required; visas can be obtained from a Vietnamese Embassy or Consulate before traveling to Vietnam; entry visas are not available upon arrival.

CLIMATE
Vietnam's weather is tropical in the south and monsoonal in the north with hot, rainy season from May to September and warm, dry the rest of the year

LANGUAGE
Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam however English is the de-facto second language. Other languages spoken in Vietnam are French, Chinese, and Khmer including Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian.