越南旅行英语

A. 写一篇你去旅游(越南)的英语作文

Trip to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam - April 2009

This trip report will focus on the short trip that my wife, Nikki and I took to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam in the period from April 6-11, 2009. In the city we checked out some of the attractions such as Reunification Palace, War Remnants museum, Jade Emperor pagoda, Cu Chi tunnels etc. The trip report is split into sections and this first page will focus on the stay in Ho Chi Minh City. On the next pages you will find information about the hotel we used (Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon), an interactive Google map of Ho Chi Minh City and more photos from HCMC.
Please get in touch on [email protected] if you have any questions or comments. All pictures are taken by Nikki and Gard with our Canon EOS 450D, Canon IXUS and Olympus mju 750.

Prelude
Nikki and I have been to Asia several times before and we have been to places like China, Thailand,Japan, Malaysia etc. But for a while we have been talking about expanding our horizons and this time it was time to visit some new countries. So in connection with a business trip to Malaysia, we decided to visit Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Siem Reap/Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Map of Vietnam. Map provided by www.worldatlas.com.


Planning the trip
I have to admit that we didn’t plan our trip to Ho Chi Minh City that well. The period leading up to the trip was pretty busy but we did buy the DK Eyewitness Guide for Vietnam and Angkor Wat. We also got in touch with Kate, an old class mate of Nikki from South Africa (currently living in Ho Chi Minh City) and she was a god send indeed. And we also organized the flights in and out of Vietnam, booked the hotel etc ahead of time.

Note: For flights in Asia you should check out AirAsia for cheap tickets.

From our experience, hotels in SE Asia tend to offer a higher level of luxury for a relatively good price per night. We mainly referred to TripAdvisor to pick our candidates. In the end it was between Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers and Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon. We ended up with the latter but in retrospect I think we should have gone for Sheraton (especially since I’m aStarwood Preferred Guest). The Renaissance cost us 170 USD/per night but when we booked it we accidently forgot to make sure breakfast was included. So we ended up upgrading to Club level for an extra 50 USD in order to get breakfast, lounge access etc. But if you stay in this area there is a great place called Juice where you can have a western breakfast if you don’t want to eat at the hotel. Here is the review of the hotel Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon.

Note: In Vietnam they use Vietnamese Dong. Right now 1 USD is about 17900 Dong. You can get Dong at ATM’s in Ho Chi Minh City and it seems to be the preferred currency. Make sure to check the exchange rate before you arrive in Vietnam as the exchange rates changes constantly

When it comes to vaccines you should check with your local authorities’ recommendations. Ho Chi Minh City and parts of Vietnam are considered malaria areas, so take necessary precautions.

The trip begins
After my business trip to Malaysia I flew to Bangkok and met up with Nikki there. And on Monday April 6th we got up at 04.45 AM in order to catch the plane to HCMC – I wonder who was the genius that decided we had to get an early start :-) At least we were able to have a quick breakfast at the hotel before we left. The taxi to Suvarnabhumi airport was about 400 Baht (about 11 USD) and the check in at AirAsia was quick – we did have to pay 300 Baht in overweight so make sure you check this when buying tickets. Our one way ticket from Bangkok to HCMC was 4574 Baht (about 130 USD) for the both of us. Our AirAsia flight was on time and at 07.45 we took off from Bangkok in an Airbus 320. I was looking forward to flying AirAsia again as they’re posters and ads feature pretty good looking flight attendants (what can I say...I’m a guy). I was quite disappointed when we boarded as the male flight attendant was not quite what I was expecting. Well, at least Nikki had something to look at ;-)

Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
The flight to Vietnam was only a bit over an hour and we landed at about 9 am. The landing strip was a bit bumpy and we passed by lots of old bunkers and old terminals. But when we came to our gate it turned out to be a brand new and shiny terminal. As I have a Norwegian passport I didn’t need a visa and I just went to immigration and Nikki had gotten her visa sorted out in advance so we both passed through immigration without any problems. My immigration officer was an older lady in a green army uniform. She resembled what I envision it would be like arriving in North Korea :-) After immigration we picked up our suitcases and these were scanned as we went through customs.

Note: make sure to check if you need a visa before you arrive in Vietnam. Rules change constantly so it’s probably best to organize this in advance.

Before we left for Vietnam and Cambodia I had heard that US Dollars were the preferred currency. But we decided to change some dollars into Dong and we started by exchanging 40 USD and got 680.000 Dong back! It is tricky converting when the numbers are like this so I downloaded an application on my iPhone and that helped me keep track of the currencies. There are booths in the arrival area where you can book a taxi. We paid 9 USD to go from the airport to our hotel Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon. There was also an airport tax when leaving the airport and that was 5000 Dong (30 cent) Make sure you have 1 dollar bills or local currency when paying for the taxi.

Coming out of the airport area and into the traffic was quite an experience. There were thousands of Vespa style motorcycles everywhere. They passed the taxi on the left and right hand side, some were driving on the pavement, some were carrying entire families, some were transporting goods etc. I guess the highlight was one guy on an old three wheeled motorcycle transporting a couple of 10 meter long ladders. It just seemed to be very, very chaotic but the traffic seemed to flow.
The weather was hot, humid and sunny as you would expect in South East Asia. In order to check what weather to expect, visit a web site likeWeatherbase. We enjoyed temperatures of up to 35 degrees celcius (about 95 Fahrenheit) with some rain showers.
When we checked into the hotel we went to the lounge on the 18th floor and got a great view of the city. The hotel is located right next to Saigon River (as the name indicates) and there were lots of activities on the river...barges transporting all sorts of stuff, small ferries transporting motorcycles across the river, bigger ships in dry docks etc. When I saw the river the first time it seemed to flow “upwards” and later on the evening if flowed downstream as I expected to...I guess this is e to the tide from the ocean?

Time to check out Ho Chi Minh City
After checking into the hotel we basically went out to wander a bit around town to get used to the city. Walking around Ho Chi Minh is a bit of a challenge because of all the motorcycles that I described earlier. This means that crossing the road becomes like an “Evil Knievel dare devil” stunt but as long as you walk slowly across the street, take it step by step and look at the bikers you should get the hang of it pretty fast. We got out of the hotel around noon and it was warm and humid. We started out by having a small lunch at a place that we found and it was a set menu for 30000 Dong (about 1.7 USD) for each of us. It was not a big meal but sufficient. On the way we also ran into a few people on the streets selling stuff – I did buy 10 postcards for 1 USD from one kid but I have to admit they were the most boring postcards I have ever seen. One young girl that I ran into wanted to sell me postcards after I had bought the first bunch so I said no. But she kept on following me and she was starting to ask me why and started pushing me around. It got a bit funny actually as it was all done in a friendly way.
After walking around Ho Chi Minh City for a day it was great to get back to the hotel. First of all the noise in the city is quite overwhelming – the horn is used in abundance and it is used in all forms of “communication” when driving. But it was also nice to get back to the hotel to take a shower as the city felt very, very sty. I don't think I have felt anything like it since we went to Beijing a few years back.

B. 我想春节自助去越南旅游，不会越南话，英文也不能，是否有同步口译软件，让我去越南游不用烦恼。

根据去了一趟越南来，自个人觉得英语+万能的肢体语言就能走天下了，去到越南，最好掌握一些基本的英语，如问路、问价how much、入住酒店check in、点菜要菜单menu、厕所toilet（越南讲WC好多人不懂的）等，基本的英语还是需要记点，不行的在手机弄个翻译软件，肢体语言相信你懂的。在越南一定要大胆说，大胆问，要有礼貌，很多当地人还是很愿意帮助游客的，春节相信你会遇到很多中国游客的，部分越南学生会懂一点中文，不过主要用英语交流，所以好歹要会听懂一些基本的日常用语。

C. 去越南旅游语言怎么办。英语口语要到什么程度

越南旅游不用担心，主要景点都是比较成熟的旅游区，不用担心自己的英语，越南人也说不好，英语要掌握数字，问价格，入住旅店的相关用语就好了。请参考旅行英语。祝您有一个愉快的旅程^_^

D. 写一篇你去旅游(越南)的英语作文

国 名：越南社会主义共和国
Official Name:The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
国 旗：国旗旗地为红色,旗中心为一枚五角金星.红色象征革命,五角星代表越南劳动党.另一种说法是,五角星代表工人、农民、士兵、知识分子和青年.
自然地理：位于东南亚中南半岛东部,北界中国,西与老挝和柬埔寨接壤,东部和南部临南中国海.地形狭长,南北长1600公里,东西最窄处为50公里.地势西高东低,境内四分之三为山地和高原.北部和西北部为高山和高原,最高峰黄连山的番西邦峰海拔3142米.中部长山山脉纵贯南北.主要河流有北部的红河,南部的湄公河.红河和湄公河三角洲地区为平原.
Location:Situated in southeast Asia,bordered to the North by China,to the West by Laos and Kampuchea,and to the East by the south China Sea.
面 积：329556平方公里.
土地利用－耕地24％,永久牧场1％,森林和林地40％,其他35％；人均耕地0.3英亩；海岸线长－3443公里；陆地边界－3818公里.
Area:329 556 sq.km.
land use-24% cropland,1% permanent pasture,40% forest and woodland,35% others; arable land per capita-0.3 acres; coastline-3,443 km; land borders-3,818 km.
人 口：7632.4753万（1999年4月1日）；7690万（1998年）.
密度－每平方公里215.8人,城市人口占20.8％（1995年）；男性占49.2％,女性占50.8％；年增长率1.8％（2000年）；平寿命－70.2岁；男67.7岁,女72.4岁.
Population:76.324753 m.(apr.1,1999); 76.9 m.(1998)
density-215.8 inhabits per sq.km.; urban pop-23.5%(1999); male-49.2%,female-50.8%; growth rate-1.8% per year(2000); avg.life expectancy-70.2 years,male- 67.7 years,female- 72.4years(2000).
首 都：河内；人口－350万（1999年）.
Capital:Hanoi; Population- 3.5 m.(1999).
时 差：比格林尼治时间早7个小时；比北京时间晚1小时.
Time:7 hrs earlier than GMT; 1 hrs later than Beijing Time
语 言：通用越南语.
Language:Vietnamese is the official language.
民 族：越族（京族）占人口89％以上,岱依、芒、侬、傣、赫蒙（苗）、瑶、占、高棉及其他少数民族占近11％.
Ethnic Composition:Viet (Kinh)-over 89%; Tay Muong,Nung,Thai,Hmong (Meo),Yao,Cham,Khmer and other minor nationalities-near 11%.
宗 都：居民多信奉佛教和天主教,还有和好教和高台教.
Religion:The principal religion is Buddhism and Roman Catholic.There are also Hoa Hao and Cao Dai.
货 币：1越南盾＝10角＝100分；1美元＝13893.5越南盾（1998年12月）.
Currency:1 dong =10 hao = 100 xu; US$ 1 = 13,893.5 dong (Dec.1998)
节 日（2001年）：新年（1月1日）、春节（阴历新年,1月24日）、西贡解放日（4月30日）、五月节（5月1日）、国庆日（9月1－2日）.
Holiday(2001):1 Jan.(New Year's Day),Jan.24 (Tet,Lunar New Year),30 Apr.(Liberation of Saigon),1 May (May Day),1-2 Sept.(National Day).

E. 去越南旅游用什么语言交流能讲英语吗

如果是越南和广西的交接处，很多越南人会讲中文的，其他地方的话，英文交流吧，越南专人属的英文水平普遍比中国人还要高，起码我在越南遇到的越南人英文都不错，如果你英文不太好的话，像我一样，我就用我那很烂的英文加起手语，从北越走到南越都没问题。

至于签证， 个人建议你还是找间大一点的旅行社叫他们代签吧， 省了很多手续和麻烦的，给多100-200块钱而已，比你自己跑领事馆方便多了。

另外，个人建议你去越南旅行的话，身上别带人民币了，换成美金吧，因为人民币在那边比较难兑换，而且可以兑换的地方不多。

越南有自己的语言的，越南语是越南的国语，也是越南唯一的官方语言，有85至90%的越南人将之作为母语。历史上，越南语曾使用汉字与喃字表记，现代则使用以拉丁字母为基础，添加若干个新字母及声调符号的国语字。

早期的时候，越南人并没有为自己的语言发明适合的书写系统。大约从东汉开始，汉字（越南人称之为“儒字”）开始有系统和大规模的传入越南。
学过中文的人会讲中文的。

F. 不会英语的人去越南旅游可以吗

首先需要说的是越南人会说英语的也很少，一般人都不会说，高级商店和旅馆英语比版较通用。如果去河内权会说中国话的人倒是有的。建议你买1本信息比较新的旅游书，上面一般有中文和越南话的拼音字母对照。要去的地方最好先学会发音，配合肢体语言吧。

G. 过年去越南旅游，听说越南的英文普及率蛮高的，会简单的英语在那边旅游没问题吧。

是的，不止越南，现在去哪个国家，只要是人气比较旺盛的，会英语就没有问题了。

H. 不会英语，去越南旅游方便吗

越南人很少懂说英语,故不会英语,也无所谓,最重要先搜集充足资料,去书店买越南自助游做指引.
想自由行去越南旅游又不懂语言要想顺利完成，仅靠决心和勇气是不够的，特别是长线路旅行，出国前的准备工作一定要很充分，主要是几个方面：
一、尽可能的收集各种相关资料，资料来源可以是网上的旅行游记、攻略，相关国家的中文旅游书，或者请教去过的人等。
资料包括：行程线路，景点名字及背景资料，吃住行信息，货币信息，淡旺季信息，交通信息、签证和出入境信息等，这些对不懂外语的人，一样没有了解清楚，可能旅行变得很糟糕甚至寸步难行。
一般在网上收集资料，主要参考旅游网站，旅游网站的信息最多、最全面。有中文LP（lonely plane）的国家，也下载来参考，但LP看起来很费劲。
二、交流工具也很重要，填出入境单、过境、办签证、取钱等等难度相对较高的时候都需要用它。
手机、ipad都可以充当翻译机，下载安装好翻译软件就可以用，在线和离线翻译软件都需要。有网络时，用在线翻译，它可以翻译句子，虽然不是很准确，但外国人能理解大概意思；离线翻译只能译单词，没有网络就只能用它了，关键时候一个单词就解决问题。

三、语言不通在国外生病是一件麻烦事，准备好各种药就相当于带了半个医生。不懂外语的人出国必然要麻烦些。
有了充分的准备，在国外交流总结了几点：
一、尽可能的运用肢体语言，称为比比划划，动作越夸张越好，想办法表达出要表达的意思，外国人知道不会外语，会站在对方角度去揣摩意思，没人会笑话，就算笑了，也是一种很友好的笑，重要的是不要怕别人笑，笑最多的其实是自己的同路人，总是笑得前仰后翻。
二、把要问的问题写成英语或者当地语言，比如地名、宾馆名、景点名、车站名等，再拿出来问人，不需要语言，只需要动作就可以解决问题，有时比说更管用。把查到的信息用手机、ipad截图或者拍照，相当省事。
随身带上纸和笔，说不清楚，比不明白就画图，发挥足够的想象力，就能表达清楚，另一个用处是请别人给写路条，在路上和外国人画图，很实用。
三、把旅行当免费留学，路上学习一些常用英语单词，不但学得快、记得牢，而且都是最实用的，比花钱请老师强。
四、国外生活着很多华人，也有很多中国人旅游，还有不少诸如新加坡、马来西亚、香港、台湾的人都会中文，甚至部分日本、韩国人也会一些简单中文，寻求他们的帮助是最有效的。
五、因时因事因地因人随机应变，这点很重要。每个人有不同的方法，大家只能意会了。

I. 去越南旅游语言怎么办.英语口语要到什么

可以试一下rockyenglish的旅游英语课程，你去越南的时候可以用的上

J. 去越南旅游，需要讲英语吗

不用担心，越南人的英语不是很好，我推荐你下载有道翻译官，到了那里用肢体语言，用手比划就能沟通的，我刚回来，交流没问题的，买东西价格他们可以敲在计算器上显示给你。