Prices are usually shown without a currency notation, e.g. Vietnam treats drug offences extremely severely. Expats who brave the traffic at all typically have an apprenticeship of a few weeks or months riding on the back of others' motorbikes to learn the ways of the traffic, before attempting to ride themselves. Visitors arriving with a Tourist Visa purchased and approved by the government from their website may still be required to pay an additional fee ranging from USD 100 to 200 for "corrections" to their visa. Rich tourists should not have a problem being overcharged. Fortunately, anti-LGBT violence is extremely rare. Though the ride will be slow, hot and sometimes dangerous, you'll generally need to pay more than for a motorbike for the equivalent distance. A metered trip from the airport to Ben Thien Market (close to Backpacker central) costs around 150,000-180,000 dong depending on the route the driver follows - plus the 10,000 dong Airport toll. Try not to drink too much water, as rest stops, especially for overnight buses, may be just somewhere where there are a lot of bushes. Contrairement à la Thaïlande, où on peut facilement être par exemple professeur sans permis de travail (mais il faut alors faire le "visa run" tous les mois au Cambodge, ce qui devient fastidieux), les autorités vietnamiennes sont très pointilleuses sur le sujet : il faut. In the period leading up to Tết, the country is abuzz with preparations. Visitors who refuse to pay are detained in a locked, guarded room with no internet until they are able to arrange a flight back to their country of departure, on the same airline they used to fly to Vietnam. Vietnamese consists of four main dialects: the northern dialect spoken around Hanoi, the north-central dialect spoken around Vinh, the central dialect spoken around Hue, and the southern dialect spoken around Ho Chi Minh City. Usually they will accept a more reasonable fare, but be prepared to face the driver's anger, so it is better to do this with a few witnesses around. In addition, most roads do not have lane markings and even on those that do, drivers generally ignore the lane markings. The airport toll fee is Saigon is 10,000 dong (Jul 2012). A day-long boat trip forms the core of almost any tour of the Mekong region. Some open at 07:00 and some at 06:00 or 08:00. As a result of its colonial legacy, educated senior citizens are able to speak French. In the centre of town is the Fine Arts Museum has all kinds of arts on display, from high-quality wood and stone carvings to fabulous ceramics and textiles. The last Emperor Bao Dai abdicated in 1945 with a proclamation of independence following soon after. If you can get hold of a handful of dong it is only 2,000 dong per person, but they charge US$2 for the same "service" if you only have US dollars.