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Vietnam Diaries (Halong Bay & Ninh Binh province)

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Though it's a continuation of my previous post about the Vietnam trip, I decided to talk a little about the day I landed and the weather. A very dear friend, Mr. R, was kind enough to give me feedback on my last post and said I could have included a few more details. So here it goes! We landed in Noi Bai airport and headed to the visa counter, which is on the opposite side of immigration. We had done our homework and hence, we just had to submit the visa application forms with a photo attached for each person. Then, we were expected to wait for the visa to be stamped on the passport. There were sofas to sit and wait patiently.  The immigration officers were neither friendly nor rude. Our  photo is flashed on the TV screen when the visa is ready and since mine was flashed for our group of 5, I felt like a TV star!  If you want to know the cost of the visa and accompanying documents, ask me in the comments! The dress code of the female airport staff were elegant. It was