tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16455220415020654222024-03-13T19:36:40.177+08:002016 Punggol Secondary School Cultural Immersion Programme to Vietnam, HanoiAik Huihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11316658104264177480noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645522041502065422.post-31731109178082557272016-06-02T00:00:00.003+08:002016-06-06T18:10:20.797+08:00Day 4 (1/6) - Halong Bay Night Market<div class="MsoNormal">
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For various tourists who visit Halong City, Halong Night Market is a place that they should not miss out. The market is a group of more than a hundred stalls selling diverse types of products, such as handicrafts, handmade accessories, clothes and other items such as swimwear, lotion or hats. Tourists tend to come to this place to purchase unique products of the city- necklaces made from seashells, snails, wooden small boats or T-shirts with images of Halong Bay. Tourists can expect a great variety of souvenirs in the night market, something for them to bring home to remind them of Halong City. Halong Night Market opens 7 days a week, from 6pm to midnight. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>Mdm Rosmiyati Bustamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459694168222530220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645522041502065422.post-61878305823078880542016-06-01T18:07:00.004+08:002016-06-01T18:08:32.874+08:00Day 4 (6/1) - Pearl Workshop<div class="MsoNormal">
One of the destination was a visit to the pearl workshop
at Halong Bay. The students were able to witness the whole process of making a
valuable and expensive pearl jewellery. Most of them were very surprised by the
magical process to create the beautiful jewellery from the skillful hands of
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pearls. It was amazing how intricately the artisans worked on their pearls
after they are harvested from the water. With sophisticated techniques and specialized
tools, the artisans skillfully create a perfect pearl.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16337497060778650414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645522041502065422.post-21139596224247235702016-06-01T16:45:00.000+08:002016-06-01T18:10:40.381+08:00Day 4 (1/6) - Ha Long BayHalong Bay is a wonderful sculptural work of nature. Its blue sea holds thousands of islands in various dramatic forms, standing in groups or scattered around. Ha Long Bay's ancient karst landscape results from complex geological processes taking over five hundred million years, resulting from the earth's movements, sea regression, tectonic down-warping and sea transgression, to create thousands of limestone islands emerging from the sea.<br />
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Many of Halong Bay's limestone caves have been 11000 to 700000 years in the making. These caves are the results of water seeping into cracks and slowly eroding the limestone. Halong Bay is a biodiverse site with ecosystems including: tropical rain forests, mangrove forests, tidal mud flats without mangroves, sandy tidal flats, sea grasses, coral reefs, caves and lagoons.<br />
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Though receding in number, Halong Bay is also the home of fishing communities, where the traditional cultural values are well-preserved.<br />
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At the vegetable farm, our students learned how to grow vegetables.
They learned the process of farming from seasoned Vietnamese farmers. This includes
setting up plants in rows and deciding on the garden plan details such as how
many rows they need, what size they should be, and how much space they need
between them. Farm responsibilities were then allocated to the group members.
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Through this farming process, the students will come to understand
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work. They will gain the systems-based thinking and farming skills needed to
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We had the privilege of visiting Hung Thang Elementary School
in Halong Bay. The school offers the national curriculum and offers full-day
schooling. Not only that, it also offers many extracurricular classes. Each student has to pay about $250 a month. This includes tuition (roughly $150 a month),
meals, and transportation. This cost is apparently on par with most private
schools in Hanoi—a number that is increasing rapidly. The staff is trained in
information and communications technology (ICT) and they were required to teach
by using IT via the LCD placed in front of the classroom. The school was
notable for the sheer joy that emanated from its students throughout the campus
and in the class that we saw. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tro Xa Hoi Orphanage is where many children have either been abandoned or
brought to the centre because their parents are unable to provide for them. We
visited this centre to perform our service-learning. Not only that, it is
pertinent that these children know that despite their circumstances, they are
valued, greatly loved, cherished and that they can have hope for a bright
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orphanage, our student volunteers are assigned to different jobs and tasks,
such as assisting the local staff in playing games with children, teaching them
English, dance, music, arts and other activities. Not only that, they also helped
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Vietnam History Museum lies silently on the back of the renowned Hanoi Opera House, at No.1 Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hoan Kiem District. This museum was built in 1926 under the name Louis Finot Museum by the Ecole Française d’Extreme-Orient and finish in 1932. After being taken over by Vietnamese Government, the museum changed its official name to Museum of Vietnam History and opened to the public on 3 September 1958.</div>
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Easy to spot thanks to a large collection of weaponry at the front, the Military Museum displays Soviet and Chinese equipment alongside French- and US-made weapons captured during years of warfare. The centrepiece is a Soviet-built MiG-21 jet fighter, triumphant amid the wreckage of French aircraft downed at Dien Bien Phu, and a US F-111.</div>
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The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Complex is an important place of pilgrimage for many Vietnamese. A traffic-free area of botanical gardens , monuments, memorials and pagodas, it’s usually crowded with groups of Vietnamese who come from far and wide to pay their respects to 'Uncle Ho'. Within the complex are Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House and the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh Museum and the One Pillar Pagoda.</div>
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Located in an area rich in clay, the village has advantage of ingredients to create fine ceramics. Moreover, lying besides the Red river, between Thang Long and Pho Hien, two ancient trade centers in the north of Vietnam during 15th-17th century, Bat Trang’s ceramics were favorite products not only in domestic market, but also foreign ones thanks to Japan, Chinese and Western trading boats that were passing by. </div>
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Visiting Bat Trang, tourists can take a walk or join a buffalo tour for sightseeing and shopping. Besides many ceramic stores along the road in the village, tourists should visit Bat Trang Porcelain and Pottery Market where they can directly make pottery products by themselves. Many youngsters and foreign tourists are interested in in this pottery- making experience, and spend a whole day in the market to make a gift for family or friends</div>
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Located at 57B, Dinh Tien Hoang street, nearby Hoan Kiem Lake, Thang Long Water Puppet Theater is a familiar address for both domestic tourists and foreign ones, who want to enjoy water puppet shows and discovery the beauty of this unique Vietnam traditional art. </div>
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Traditional content of water puppet performance like daily life of Vietnamese farmers (cultivating, tending buffalo, catching fishes…), communal entertainment (swimming contest, dragon dancing…), or historical legends (Le Loi returns precious sword…), with modest performance way have appealed audiences for centuries. However, the artists of Thang Long Water Puppet Theater want to renew the old puppet shows with effect of light, music and combination between people and puppets.</div>
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It sounds risky, but the theater has been successful since the beginning the beginning and received favors and praises from audiences. </div>
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Located in the middle of Ha Noi, a rapidly developing city where changes take place every hour, Ha Noi Old Quarter with its old-styled narrow streets full of antique brick houses seems to nostalgically resist the flow of time while still actively trying to adapt to the dynamic atmosphere of the modern city.<br />
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Once a bustling area where merchants and artisans gathered to sell their products, Ha Noi Old Quarter consists of many small, meandering streets, each bears the name of the goods that was specifically traded there such as Hang Bac (Silver Product), Hang Ma (Paper Product), Hang Go (Wood Product), just to name a few.<br />
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Touchdown - Welcome to Vietnam!</h3>
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Weather in Hanoi for the next week. Are you prepared?</h3>
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<br />Aik Huihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11316658104264177480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645522041502065422.post-54967307854804457342016-05-25T17:12:00.000+08:002016-05-31T18:42:09.212+08:00D-Day minus 3<br />
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<span class="s1">Hi All!</span></div>
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This is the official blog for Punggol Secondary School Cultural Immersion Programme to Vietnam, Hanoi from 28th of may to the 2nd of June. We will be visiting a couple of places! A rough itinerary is shown below for you to follow us on our journey.<br />
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<b><u>Flight Details</u></b></h2>
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Day 1</h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1245hrs:
After immigration clearance, meet and greeted by our Vietnam </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">representative.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1300hrs:
Depart to downtown.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">1330hrs: Lunch at RED HOUSE Halal Restaurant</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1430hrs:
After lunch, continue with </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">Hanoi
City Tour</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> to visit: </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">Vietnam
Museum of Ethnology 1978</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1700hrs:
End city tour, hotel check in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1800hrs:
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Dapart</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> hotel to enjoy </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">Water
Puppet Show</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1845hrs:
End of show.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">1900hrs: Dinner at TANDOOR Halal Restaurant</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">2000hrs:
After dinner, tour </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">Hanoi
Old Quarter by Electrical </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">Buggie</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">
& after </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">that explore Night Market for Souvenirs on foot</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">2130hrs:
Back to hotel.</span></li>
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Day 2</h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">0700hrs:
Breakfast at hotel.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">0800hrs:
Proceed for </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">Hanoi
City Tour</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> to visit:</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%; text-indent: -0.31in;">Ho Chi Minh</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%; text-indent: -0.31in;">
Complex</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%; text-indent: -0.31in;">House-on-stilt</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%; text-indent: -0.31in;">Presidential
Palace</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%; text-indent: -0.31in;">One
Pillar Pagoda</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%; text-indent: -0.31in;">Army
Museum</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">1230hrs: Lunch at D’LION Halal Restaurant.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1400hrs:
After lunch, visit </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">Bat
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">Trang</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">
Ceramic Village</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> for
hands-on-</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">activity ~ making pottery with guidance from
local staffs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1700hrs:
End activity, return to city.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">1830hrs: Dinner at RED HOUSE Halal Restaurant.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1930hrs:
After dinner, back to hotel.</span></li>
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Day 3</h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">0630hrs:
Breakfast at hotel.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">0800hrs:
Leave hotel for Full Day VIA </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Programme</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> at </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">VPV Orphanage</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">(</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"><a href="http://www.vpv.vn/">www.vpv.vn</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">) – </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Trung</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> Tam </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Bao</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Tro</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Xa</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> Hoi 3, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Mieu</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Nha</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Cummune</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Tay</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> Mo </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Ward, Nam </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Tu</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">Liem</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> District.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">1230hrs: Lunch at NGON Restaurant.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1330hrs:
After lunch, carry on with VIA </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">programme</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1700hrs:
End </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">programme</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;"> with gift donations & photo
taking for memories.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 140%;">1830hrs: Dinner at TANDOOR Halal Restaurant.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 140%;">1930hrs:
After dinner, back to hotel.</span></li>
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Day 4</h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">0600hrs:
Breakfast at hotel.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">0730hrs:
Check-out & leave Hanoi for </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;">Halong</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;"> Bay</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;"> (180km ~ 4hrs drive).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">0930hrs:
Along the way, visit Paddy Field for </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;">Paddy
Field Lesson</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;"> ~ ready to </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">get muddy for experience on rice planting
& learn about the </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;">Geography
and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;">Agricultural </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">the paddy field.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">1100hrs:
End activity. Continue journey to </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">Halong</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;"> Bay.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;">1300hrs: Seafood Lunch at HANAVIET KOREAN Restaurant.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">1400hrs:
After lunch, proceed to</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;">
HUNG THANG Secondary School </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">for </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">cultural exchange.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">1700hrs:
End school visit with gift exchange & photo taking for memories.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">1730hrs:
Hotel check in</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 130%;">1830hrs: Seafood Dinner at CO NGU Restaurant. *Seafood *Vegetarian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">1930hrs:
After dinner, back to hotel.</span></li>
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Day 5</h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">0630hrs:
Breakfast at hotel.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">0800hrs:
Transfer to the pier for </span><u style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">5
hours-cruising</span></u><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> on
luxury junk to explore </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Halong</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Bay, one of the famous heritages
in the world. Visit </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%;">Dau</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%;"> Go
Cave, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Dog Island, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Dinh</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Huong</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Island, Ga Choi Island, and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%;">CUA
VAN Fishing </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%;">Village</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%;">1100hrs: Seafood Lunch will be served during cruise trip.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1400hrs:
End cruise trip. Back to hotel.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%;">1800hrs: Seafood Dinner at CO NGU Restaurant. *Seafood *Vegetarian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1930hrs:
After dinner, back hotel or explore </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%;">Halong</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%;">
Night Market</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;">2100hrs: Back to hotel.</span></li>
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Day 6</h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">0445hrs:
Morning Call.</span></li>
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Luggage down, check-out.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">0530hrs:
Breakfast at hotel.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">0600hrs:
Depart back to Hanoi.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1000hrs:
Arrive at airport for flight check in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1235hrs:
Flight bound for Singapore.</span></li>
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