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www.sjvietnam.org
+84 (0)4 719 5080
SJ VIETNAM INFOSHEET
Latest update: Thursday, 24 April 2008
Project coordinator: Miss Ngoc
(Email: workcamp@sjvietnam.org)
Contents
page
1. About SJ Vietnam ................................................................................................. 1
2. About Work camp ................................................................................................ 3
3. Meeting point ........................................................................................................ 6
4. Accommodation .................................................................................................... 6
5. Food....................................................................................................................... 6
6. Visa ....................................................................................................................... 7
7. Insurance .............................................................................................................. 8
8. Health .................................................................................................................... 8
9. Transport .............................................................................................................. 8
9. Others .................................................................................................................... 12
12. About Ha Noi and Viet Nam .............................................................................. 15
(BEFORE TO JOIN YOUR WORKCAMP, please read carefully this
document and your work camp infosheet. Visit also our website at
www.sjvietnam.org for extra, up-dated information, videos and pictures of your
work camp places and activities!)
© 2008 SJ Vietnam - Version: 24 April 2008
Latest version available at www.sjvietnam.org/infosheet/season 2008/
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1. ABOUT SJ VIETNAM
Solidarités Jeunesses Vietnam (SJ Vietnam) is an international youth NGO (NonGovernmental Organization) that promotes peace, solidarity and active citizenship
through international voluntary service. It was set up in 2004 by and for national and
international young volunteers.
SJ Vietnam is an independent, non political and non religious organization open to
everybody without any distinction of nationality, race, philosophy, financial
resources, education or sex.
SJ Vietnam organizes short-and long-term international workcamps and local
projects, actions of social integration, training activities, international solidarity
actions, and runs the first youth center for street children in Hanoi called
“International Youth House” since 2006.
All volunteers, both Vietnamese and international, are warmly welcomed to join and
participate in the projects provided by SJ Vietnam.
The goals of SJ Vietnam are:
• Work towards a society of justice, peace and solidarity.
• Break cultural misunderstanding between peoples and nations.
• Improve local and global environment, provide non-formal education, reduce
poverty and establish human rights.
• Encourage young people to participate actively in the society in which they live.
The SJ Vietnam slogan reads: “Tình nguyện để sẻ chia, học hỏi và trưởng thành”,
which can be translated as: “Volunteer for sharing, learning and being
responsible”.
SJ Vietnam is the biggest and the first workcamp organization in Vietnam. In 2008, we
count officially 3256 local members aged between 15 and 35 years old. SJ Vietnam
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uses to host around 300 short and long term international volunteer every year.
Furthermore, each year, our Vietnamese volunteers are sent abroad to participate in
volunteering projects organized by partner organizations all over the world.
In 2009, SJ Vietnam should welcome the first EVS volunteer in collaboration with the
European Commission and Solidarités Jeunesses France.
The current staff consists of 7 people: Director Miss Do Thi Phuc, Group Project
and Long term Coordinator Mrs. Trieu Thi Thu Hoai, Work camp coordinator Miss.
Nong Thi Ngoc and Mr. Duong The Tung, Project coordinator Miss. Nguyen Thi
Lan, and Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tung, IT specialist Mr. Nguyen The Duong. The
President and European representative is Mr Pierre De Hanscutter (Belgium).
SJ Vietnam is an official member of NDVA, a full and active member of the
Coordination Committee for the International Voluntary Service (CCVIS) at
UNESCO (Paris) and partner of Alliance Network.
SJ Vietnam is supported by the French student organization “Un Etai pour le
Vietnam” in Toulouse, “Coup de pouce” (France -Vietnam) and the World Bank in
Vietnam.
How to contact us?
Our office is open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6 pm GMT +7.
Our address:
No 10D, lane 28, Tay Ho street, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Tel: +84.4.7195080/ +84.4.2154993
Fax: +84.4.7195080
Youth House 1 (meeting point): N° 16, An xa, Phuc Xa street, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
Mobile: +84.982.499.221 (Miss. Ngoc) or +84.949.866.308 (Mr. Tung)
Skype: sj.vietnam (to call us for free : www.skype.com)
General email: info@sjvietnam.org
Workcamps: workcamp@sjvietnam.org
Long term projects: ltv@sjvietnam.org
Director: Phuc@sjvietnam.org
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2. ABOUT WORKCAMP
THE PHILOSOPHY OF WORKCAMPING
A work camp is neither a new kind of alternative holidays nor social-humanitarian
project! Don’t except to save the “poorest” and to understand everything in 2 weeks.
An international work camp is such an open-ended experience and depends so much
on the input of its participants that it may seem to lack definition. Rather than
providing a definition, we would like to give prospective volunteers some guidelines
for thinking about work camps so that their decision to take part in one is better
informed.
2.1.
Participation in an international work camp means: A commitment to a
group experience.
Work camps are opportunities to explore the potential of an international group
working and living together, to accomplish work, to develop dialogues, to have fun,
to spark community interaction. Work camps should not be seen first as a means for
accomplishing individual goals, such as touring a particular area, learning a
language,
looking
for
a
job,
or
having
a
cheap
vacation!
In the course of a work camp, some of these individual goals may be achieved, but
attention to them should be not detracting from the group experience. Part of the
group experience involves reaching beyond the comforts of one's own language and
familiar culture. Work campers should be aware of the importance of assisting
everyone in speaking the stated language of the work camp. Volunteers from the
same countries / language should be careful not to exclude other volunteers by
lapsing into conversations and cultural patterns, which others may not understand.
2.2.
A commitment to working out decisions and problems together.
One local volunteer is appointed camp-leader, usually together with a co-leader and both
volunteers are non-paid. Having a leader however does not mean, that she or he is
organizing everything for the volunteers as children camp. The volunteers are responsible
together for organizing the day life (house cleaning, leisure activities, work time table,
wake up, buy and preparing food), problem solving (it is not so easy to live everyday
with a group of people where each of them have a different culture, different language,
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etc),
and
decision-making
at
their
work
camp.
Orders are not issued from above (i.e. the work camp leaders); rather, the group
discusses and guides, while individuals decide. It is important to be willing to take part
in this process, which sometimes takes time and consideration of different perspectives
within the group. For example, if a work camper wants to pursue some interest,
which falls somewhat outside of the work camp plans, it is a decision that is properly
discussed by the group, even though it remains the work campers' own decision. SJ
Vietnam’s commitment to this process is an expression of working for peace and
reconciliation on a personal level, as well as on practical level through the work of
the work camp. We expect from the volunteers to become themselves a “work camp
leader” at the end of the work camp and
to be able to manage their group life
together peacefully.
2.3.
Attending the entire work camp.
It is strongly recommended that you do
not arrive late or depart early at a work
camp. A person arriving late misses the
crucial period of orientation and friendly
awkwardness as group members get to
know one another and a group spirit builds. A person departing early erodes the
feeling of solidarity in a group and leaves the remaining volunteers with a sense of
having been left behind for something more important. No matter how successful a
work camp is, an early departure can create among the volunteers a feeling of
waiting for the work camp to end.
2.4. Being sensitive to the camp's place in the community.
The work camp represents a group of people who have come together for a relatively
short period. They are guests within the community and are unfamiliar with the
intricate and subtle patterns, which exist within the community of which their
project sponsor is a part. Consequently, there is a challenge in having the work camp
gracefully blend in with the community, especially when local customs and mores
differ from the work camper’s own. Work campers should regard the differences as
opportunities to learn, not as sources of conflict.
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2.5.
Being open to learning.
SJ Vietnam appeals to a broad range of people because an open mind is a far greater
qualification than a particular skill. Volunteers unskilled at certain jobs are
encouraged to learn new skills. Often cultural stereotypes need be broken to ensure
an equal representation in jobs traditionally labeled women's work or men's work. In
this learning process volunteers may have to seek a balance between good, efficient
work and allowing mistakes to be made due to inexperience. A work camp is also an
opportunity to learn from people of different ages. Generally, volunteers are aged
between 18 and 35 (average age 22); however, there is no upper age limit and
families with children are also welcome. Volunteers may feel challenged to work
with others outside of their peer group, and yet find it refreshing to be part of a
group unified by a common purpose.
2.7. Contributing fully to the work.
The work is important. It may not always be to a volunteer's liking, nor is it merely
concocted as a vehicle for bringing people together. There are expectations by the
work camp sponsors that the work will be done, and all volunteers, though directed
by work camp or project leaders, should feel a responsibility toward doing it well. If
there is a study component of the work camp, volunteers should inform themselves
before the work camp in order to add to the discussion.
2.8.
Having lots of self-motivation.
A work camp is what each volunteer makes of it. It requires seeking out
opportunities, looking to see what needs to be done, taking responsibility. A
work camper should feel equally a part of shaping the work camp as the leaders do.
Work camps thrive on the initiatives of individuals.
2.9.
Participation Fees
Participation fees are 150 Euros for international volunteers to pay the food,
accommodation, projects, administration of your work camp, etc.
SJ Vietnam is a young organization with no external support; we need your fees to
organize and prepare the work camps, our local activities and to manage the
organization.
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THESE FEES ARE NOT ONLY FOR YOUR FOOD AND YOUR
ACCOMODATION, TRAVELING COST, WORKCAMP ACTIVITIES (35%)
BUT ALSO FOR YOUR and ALL SJV PROJECTS (35%) (School fees for street
children, medicine against tuberculosis, material for poor patient, training for work
camp leaders, local projects, …) AND TO SUPPORT SJ VIETNAM (30%) (Rent,
staff salary, electricity, phone, computer, furniture, assurances, local taxes, etc).
Please read this part and think carefully before you pay. We don’t have time to
explain you everyday and how we use each percentage of the fee.
Please understand that you are at work camps, your participation fee is not to buy
anything from us and we are not sellers of enjoyable services to you for your
holidays in Vietnam: we are non profit and voluntary organization. Please also
understand, as youth organization, we try our best to have lowest as possible
participation fees that means that you will have to be careful and responsible with
the budget during your project.
Please have this money with you at the meeting point. You can pay in Euro or
equivalent in US Dollars/ VND.
You can find ATM machines at airport and in the city.
2.10. Inscription
We accept only volunteers sent by an international voluntary organization (you can
find a list of voluntary organizations in your country at http://www.unesco.org/ccivs/
If you are Vietnamese, the member card of SJ Vietnam is including in the
participation fees). If there is no voluntary organization in your country, contact us:
workcamp@sjvietnam.org
3. MEETING POINT
The meeting point will be the first day of the work camp at our Youth House 1: N°
16, An xa, Phuc Xa street, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
Please do your best to be there before 11 am to take part in the orientation training
because it is very important for you to understand how will work your project.
If you come 1 day earlier in Vietnam, we should be able to provide you
accommodation in our Youth Houses 1, contact us before via email (don’t forget
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that during the week end there is no staff at office to read your mails or to welcome
unexpected volunteers).
4. ACCOMODATION
As a part of the community live, the volunteers will share the youth house and will
manage the house work together.
Our youth house is simple and small accommodation but it is still much better than
living condition of most Vietnamese. Our Youth House 1 that for Short term
volunteers is at nice areas of Hanoi, around 20 min from the old quarter.
Volunteers will sleep on floors and about 6 volunteers share a bedroom and 12
volunteers share a bathroom. (Please know that not many Vietnamese families have
bathrooms in their houses, especially in rural areas, it is only in houses of big cities
and “real” bathrooms are only in rich families)
You need to take your sleeping bag and camping mattress with you.
Don’t compare our living condition with any hotel neither expects that we supply
you so comfortable stay even thought our Youth Houses are in Ha Noi capital, one
of the richest cities in Vietnam.
The national volunteers as the international volunteers are required to stay in the youth
house to avoid creating sub groups of volunteers. Volunteers are not allowed to stay at
Hotel. We don’t organize work camp as an individual tourist tour but as a tool to
experiment how live together with our personal and cultural differences. The
community life is an important part of your workcamp project.
To have idea how looks like one of our accommodations:
http://vietnam.solidaritesjeunesses.org/video/volunteers/visit%20of%20SJ%20House.avi),
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5. FOOD
Vietnamese food is mostly nutritious and healthy.
Cooking methods are confined to grilling, frying,
boiling and steaming, as ovens are not used.
Vietnamese food includes a wide variety of
vegetables and herbs instead of oil, and much of
the cooking is done with water or broth. The most
popular dish is Pho (Vietnamese soup). If you are
western volunteer, you will be probably surprise.
For example, soup is customarily served for
breakfast in Vietnam (big bowls of steaming
noodle soup, with meat and any number of
ingredients added at the last minute, like bean sprouts, cilantro, basil, chili peppers,
lime slices, and green onions).
The volunteers will eat local ingredient. Some special food from your countries could be
difficult to find here or could be expensive. Please never ask for going to supermarkets to
buy your daily food. Vietnamese often go to local markets to buy fresh and cheaper food.
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The volunteers will cook together in team. Train yourself to cook (and to do the
dishes…) except if you wish to do diet during your camp ☺ It will be great if one
day you could cook something typical from your country (something easy and
cheap!). If you need special ingredients like spices and sauces, it is better that you
bring them with you. It could be difficult, expensive or even impossible to find them
here. Make photocopies of some receipt from your country if you don’t know what
to cook
If you follow a special diet, please inform us and your camp leaders as soon as
possible.
If you refuse to cook at our Youth Houses and want to go to restaurants, please pay
by yourself, we can’t cover this requirement from budget of the work camp
6. VISA
You can download the application form to get the visa at
http://vietnam.solidartitesjeunesses.org/visa
A valid passport and a visa are required of all foreigners visiting Vietnam. With very
few exceptions, there is no such thing as a "visa on arrival." Visas are issued by
Vietnamese embassies and consulates. Some overseas offices of Vietnam tourism
are able to issue tourist visas. Entry to Vietnam may be refused if your passport has
less than six month’s validity.
You should apply for tourist visas at least for the duration of your project in
Vietnam. For short term volunteers, It will be difficult for you to extend your visas
and don’t think it could be cheaper to extend your visas here, it also costs much
money!
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Do not complete your visa application until your travel plans are fairly firm. You are
required to state your intended ports of arrival and departure (for example, arriving
in Hanoi and departing from Ho Chi Minh City). Changing either of these upon or
after your arrival could result in a mountain of red tape and extra expense. Submit
your application along with two standard passport photos, your passport and the
required fee.
You don’t need invitation letter from us, apply for tourist visa ONLY.
Don’t start to explain that you come here to
be volunteers, to help the poor children,
etc…. Except if you want to spend 3 days of
explanation at embassy and not receive your
visa for “national security reasons”
Apply for your visa at least 3 weeks before
to be completely sure to get it at time!
Make at least 3 photocopies of your passport
and visa and put them in different place. Give one photocopy to your work camp
leader. Keep the other photocopies for yourself. It can be very useful if you lost your
papers. If you lose your passport or have over-stayed you will need to apply for a
new visa from the Immigration authorities in order to leave the country. This can
only be done during working hours and usually takes three to five working days. For
further information, check with your nearest Vietnamese Embassy.
Know the address of your embassy in Hanoi before coming!
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7. ASSURANCE
Don’t travel without insurance: an emergency abroad can be extremely expensive !
The volunteers need to have their own travel assurance and medical assurance.
Before you go to your work camp, you need to make sure you got adequate
insurance coverage.
What should your travel insurance policy cover at least ?
- Medical and health cover for an injury or sudden illness abroad – more information
on medical and health cover page
- 24 hour emergency service and assistance
- Personal liability covers in case you’re sued for causing injury or damaging
property
- Lost and stolen possessions cover
- Cancellation and curtailment (cutting short your trip) cover
8. HEALTH
You can find good quality
medicine infrastructure in
the big cities and even
hospital with foreign doctors
(as the "French Hospital" or
"International
SOS
hospital") in Hanoi but these
private
hospitals
are
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extremely expensive that's why you need absolutely to have a good travel assurance
before to start your trip !
We advice you to visit a physician and your dentist before coming, also to check
your vaccination status at time !
Malaria in Hanoi: you don’t need to take malaria pills; there is NO MALARIA IN
THE BIG CITIES OF VIETNAM!
Check if your TETANUS, DIPHTHERIA, POLIO and HEPATITIS vaccination are
updated. Some doctors here, advice to do a preventive vaccine against fuzz.
DIARRHOEA is a frequent travel problem. Even when traveling is in good
conditions, it is not always possible to avoid it. Ask advices and the correct
medications to your pharmacy.
We will provide you fresh water in bottles; you don’t need mobile water filters or chloral
pills.
Updated Information from Pasteur institute:
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/en/sante/vaccin/desc_pays/VIETNAM.htm (in English)
Check also the WHO web site:
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/avian_faqs/en/index.html to get
updated info about avian fuzz.
List of hospitals and doctors in Vietnam:
http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/acs_medinfo.html
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9. TRANSPORT
Getting Hanoi
The most common way for international volunteers to arrive in Hanoi is by airplane.
Noi Bai international airport (HAN/VVNB) is situated about 40 kilometers (25
miles) north-east from Hanoi and is easily reached by bus, taxi or motorbike.
Upon arrival to Noi Bai airport, you will receive a white immigration paper; you
need to keep this very carefully, since you will have to show it upon leaving the
country!
9.1. PICKING UP AT NOI BAI AIRPOT
We are very sorry that we can not have any coordinator to pick up volunteers at the
airport because it is not convenient and cheap for us to go there. However, we can
arrange a familiar taxi driver to take you from Noi Bai airport to our Youth House 1. If
you would like to be picked up or you come late evening, we can ask our realizable taxi
drivers to wait for you. Please inform us via email 2 days before your arrival of the flight
time and number.
The most comfortable way to go to our Youth House 1 is by taxi with only 30 minutes and
$14. From the airport, only go by “Airport” taxi for safe and reasonable price at 224,000
VND or $14.Don’t forget to have some US$ with you before your arrival or better take
VND at airport.
How to get to the meeting point at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) If you
have booked a taxi from us ?
After passing through passport control and baggage chain, you get out either through
LOBBY A, or LOBBY B. Get out of the automatic door and turn left (if you are at
LOBBY A) or turn right (if you are at LOBBY B). Go to the area with a lot of
ATMs and look for a sign saying “SJ Vietnam” or, our full name, “Solidarités
Jeunesses Vietnam”.
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EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER:++ 84.982.499.221 (Miss. Ngoc) or
+84.4.7195080/ +84.4.2154993 (office)
Use this number only in case of a REAL emergency. If you experience problems
with your pick up, please call the workcamp coordinator first.
Don’t forget that SJ Vietnam is not a travel or a taxi company; you are supposed to have
some basic travel experience and to be able take taxi yourself in case of something
unexpected append (as for example a delay in your flight or the taxi driver doesn’t find
you). Don’t worry too much about your arrival, it is small and well organized airport and
the taxi drivers are honest. In case of troubles ask to a volunteer or staff to solve the
problem when you arrive at youth house with the taxi driver.
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If you need more information, please contact us via fax, mail, Yahoo messengers or
by Skype (www.skype.com). Our ID is sj.vietnam and we are online all the day and
late in the evening.
9.2. HOW TO GO TO OUR YOUTH HOUSE FROM NOI BAI AIRPORT?
You need to go to center of Hanoi in 1 of 3 ways: by taxi, by minibus or by public
bus (read more in “About Vietnam and Hanoi”)
Note: When you go by taxi and motorbike taxi, they normally stop at the beginning
of the Long Bien Bridge . Please ask them to guide you to our Youth House 1 and
pay them only after you are in front of the house.
1, By taxi: cost 224,000VND (only by “Noi Bai Airport taxi” for the cheapest
price and trustable services).
Show the taxi driver our address at No 16 An Xa, Phuc Xa Street, Ha Noi and go
directly to our Youth House 1 for 30 minutes.
2, By mini bus: 35,000VND (there are minibuses from 8.30 am to 9.30 pm). You
can buy the ticket on the bus from the drivers.
Take a mini bus to go to downtown of Hanoi. The ticket is 2 USD or 32.000 VND
(12 seats). You will stop in No 1 Quang Trung (Vietnam airlines office). It is 40
minutes.
Then you can take a motorbike taxi at 40,000VND or taxi about 40-50,000VND to
our Youth House 1. Show the driver our address at No No 16 An Xa, Phuc Xa
Street, Ha Noi, near Long Bien Bridge .
3, By public bus: 5,000VND and takes an hour. You can buy the ticket on the bus
from the drivers. There is a bus each 30 minutes from 5.30 am to 10.30 pm from the
airport (but the last one from downtown to the airport is 8.30 pm).
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There are 2 buses number 07 and 17 to go to downtown (we recommend you to go
by bus number 17 for shorter trip).
A, The bus number 17: you will stop at Long Bien market (the last stop) then take a
motorbike taxi to our Youth House 1 with the price 10,000VND (try to make
bargain). Show the driver our address at No No 16 An Xa, Phuc Xa Street, Ha Noi.
B, The bus number 07: you will stop at Kim Ma bus station (the last stop) then you
take a motorbike taxi to our Youth House with the price 20-25,000VND. Show the
driver our address at No No 16 An Xa, Phuc Xa Street, Ha Noi.
Download our map of Hanoi before to leave at
http://www.sjvietnam.org/gps/hanoi_map.jpg
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How to go to Accommodation
1.From the bus stop, cross the big 2. And you go a straight and you are on
boulevard and go through this gate. the Tan Ap street.
Be careful with the motorbikes.
3. You a go ahead until you see a
three way cross roads, please turn
right. You are on Nghia Dung
Street.
4. You go a head and you will see
other three ways cross roads and you
turn left. You will a secondary school
on your right with name is
5. You walk about 10 meters and 6. Go straight until you see No. 16. It is
please turn right at the first cross accommodation
road
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How to get to our office.
1. Office address: No 2. Enter the lane. On your 3. At the cross, go to
10D, Ngo 28, Duong Tay right you will see a big and the right
Ho (same street as Tay expensive house with a nice
Ho Hotel).
swimming pool. This is not
your accommodation, just
continue your way
4. 20 meters later, at the 5. After 15 meters, you are
end of the street, turn left there and the adventure can
end for you.
We are in the two story house
with a green fence and brown
doors with an SJ Vietnam
sticker on it.
6. If the fence is
closed, try to find the
bell (a little hidden
under star-fruit tree)
or scream, sing a
song, or go inside. If
nobody answers, we
are probably not
there. Don’t cry, just
call us and cut some
star fruits in the tree
for us and the
neighbors.
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9.3. HOW TO GET TO WORK
We use local public bus for going around or to working places.
10. OTHERS
10.1 . INTERNET ACCESS / PHONE
You will find everywhere in the city internet cafe at cheap price (about 2000-9000
Vietnamese
Dong/hour).
Your
family
can
send
emergency
e-mail
to:
workcamp@sjvietnam.org
There are some Internet cafés which are 10 meters far from our Youth Houses.
In our centers, we have an internet ADSL connection.
Don’t forget that our computers are there for our staff work, not for volunteers to
play or chat.
Your friends and family can call you at the office in the morning or in the evening
(GMT +7), our phone number is +84 4 7195080 (in emergency). Working hours are
from 9 am to 6 pm.
You can buy very cheap sim card for your mobile phone with only 70,000VND ($4)
and inform your family your mobile phone number.
Country Code: +84
International Access Code from Vietnam: 00
Hanoi code: 4
Domestic Prefix: 0
Examples:
to call SJ Vietnam from a fix phone in Hanoi : 719 50 80
to call SJ Vietnam from a Vietnamese mobile phone: +84 4 719 50 80 or 04 719 50
80
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to call SJ Vietnam from outside Hanoi (for example from the airport): 04 719 50 80
to call SJ Vietnam from an other county: +84 4 719 50 80 (where + is usually 00 )
Local emergency numbers:
Ambulance: 115
Fire: 114
Police: 113
.10.2. THINGS YOU NEED TO TAKE
When thinking about travelling to Vietnam, don't be misled by cinema images of
hot, steamy jungle. Although the country is located entirely between the Equator and
the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of Vietnam has a subtropical climate and can
be decidedly chilly in the winter months. If you forget something, it isn't a disaster
because you should be able to find a substitute locally. Good quality, ready to wear
clothes are easily obtainable, although very large sizes could be difficult to find.
From December to April, the weather can be easily changeable: warm at days and
quite cold especially in the evening, take warm clothes and raining coat! You should
bring some winter clothes with you because it is about 12-20*C degree in winter in
Vietnam. Occasionally, it is 7-8*C. It is really cold, especially when there is not
central heating in our youth houses…
In the spring, summer and autumn, the weather can be extremely warm and humid
(until 35°C), take light cotton clothes (t-shirt).
You need to take your sleeping bag with you.
+ Plastic coffee cups, knife, fork, spoon, plastic plate, hat, solar cream, protective
measures against mosquito (There are few problems with mosquitoes in the towns
and cities of Vietnam, so there is no need to bring large quantities of repellent, a
small mosquito net can be more useful to sleep in peace), sleeper shoes for inside, a
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good back pack (if possible have only ONE bag to have more space in your
dormitory ), your mobile phone if you wish to stay in touch with your family,
something about your country (posters, music, postcards, map, video, etc), and your
family (to introduce you to the children and the others volunteers). We will ask you
to make a small introduction about your country, your organization, etc, music
instrument if you have one, electric lamp, carnival clothes, special food from your
country to taste it the first evening, some stories/jokes/CD music from your country,
pocket money, personal pharmacy. If you have a car or motorbike driving-license,
please take it.
TAKE SOMETHING TO EAT/DRINK FROM YOUR COUNTRY TO SHARE IT
WITH EVERYBODY of work camp.
Limit clothing that will attract attention such as short skirts or shorts, sleeveless or
plunging necklines. These clothes may attract unwanted attention or offend the
sensibilities of your co-participants or Vietnamese outside our accommodation.
10.3. FREE TIME
During weekdays, in evenings, volunteers spend time together at Youth Houses for
social activities, discussion, workshops, games, etc organized by volunteers to
understand more about others and cultural exchanges. (You can do it gathering with
other volunteers at weekend evenings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Ask our
Vietnamese volunteers or coordinators for good suggestion of places to go and
enjoy. They are very friendly and helpful even willing to take you every interesting
place. We don’t accept volunteers going out after midnight or staying out overnight.
We have to be responsible for your security when you are at our work camps).
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To enjoy the beauty of Vietnam for relaxing, you can do it before or after the work
camps.
The volunteers will have opportunity to visit deeply Hanoi and other beautiful
places. During the week, evenings will be used for cultural visits and exchanges,
games and parties. Excursions will be planned during weekends. Maybe we will
organize a trip to Ba Vi, a natural park not far from Hanoi, Mai Chau, Ha Long Bay,
Sapa or Dai Lai Lake as required by volunteers. Much as possible we will try to
organize trips that you could not do with a travel agency. We will try to show you
the secret face of the surrounding of Hanoi and as much as possible free activities.
However, for these leisure activities, we will ask to the volunteer to participate to the
extra-cost (ex: entrance fees for a museum, bus tickets for evening party , week-end,
and cinema ticket, disco, beers, etc.)
Ha Long Bay
We suggest you to travel with other volunteers in your work camp for more
enjoyable and cheaper price than you go lonely.
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After you decide the place to go at weekend with your group, please inform us
before Wednesday for reasonable booking of an exciting trip. At weekend, it is more
difficult and expensive to book a tour, hotel and transportation for you.
10.3. AFTER THE PROJECT
We would like you to send us your reports and pictures of your work camps for us
to improve our projects and post on our website.
If you want to continue your trip in Vietnam AFTER the work camp (before the work
camp we will be too busy), it is possible to stay free a short time in the Youth Houses of
in Hanoi. We will be very happy to help you and to advice you about how to organize
your trips.
11. ABOUT HANOI AND VIETNAM
12.1. HANOI
Brief introduction
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Located in the northern part of Vietnam, Hanoi is the capital of this South-East
Asian country. A thousand year old city, situated at the banks of the Red River, with
an estimated population of about 4 million inhabitants. With many colorful districts
including the French styled Old Quarter near Hoan Kiem lake, the modern New
Quarter, and the more touristy Tay Ho. Altogether, Hanoi is a buzzing and exciting
city with many interesting places to visit, a city never to forget.
Money
The Vietnamese currency is the "Vietnamese Dong" (VND). The exchange rate in
March 2008 was:
1 USD = 16 115VND
1 EUR = 25 268VND
Check
the
exact
change
at
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency
Be sure that you understand how to convert your national money to/from Vietnamese
Dong before to come!!! And please, count the money that you receive back when you
change your money…
If your currency is EURO, DOLLARS, for sure all the change offices in Hanoi will
accept to change your money, then you don’t need to buy US dollars before to come.
Don’t change money in the street!!!! It is illegal and it is the best way to get fake
money.
If you don’t like to travel with a lot of cash money, you can use your ATM card or
credit card to take cash. Check what your bank charge you to take cash abroad
before your travel. You can find everywhere ATM machines (especially
Vietcombank ATMs) accepting a wide variety of bankcards. The credit cards are not
used in the daily life; you can use them only to take cash in the ATM machines and
in expensive hotels and restaurants. Have with you the emergency phone number of
your bank to block your credit cards if you lost them or if they are stolen.
At the airport, during office hours, you can exchange your Dollars, Euros and
some other currencies for Vietnamese Dong (VND). Change enough money
also to be able to pay your participation fees.
Weather in Hanoi
In Hanoi there are four distinct seasons: Spring, summer, autumn, and Winter. But it
is possible to divide the climate here into two main seasons: the rainy season from
May to September (it’s hot, heavy rain), and the dry season is from October to April
(it’s cold, little rainfall).
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Few
days
before
to
come,
check
the
weather
news
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/VN_cc.htm
(in
English)
http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/meteo/detail_ville.php?id_ville=1227&langue=fr
French).
at
or
(in
You need some winter clothes from December to February and summer cotton
clothes and light rain clothes in summer!!!
12.2. ABOUT VIETNAM
Extra info about Vietnam
You can read useful information at http://www.vietnamtourism.com
And http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/vietnam
(in
French)
and
Newspapers:
http://lecourrier.vnagency.com.vn/
http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/index.php
(in
English),
http://vietnam.vnagency.com.vn/ (Vietnamese, English, French, Spanish, Russian,
Japanese)
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Travel Information
Beautiful places in Hanoi
Some Museum
If you are interested in this amazing feat of human determination, the Ho Chi Minh
Trail Museum (Bao Tang Duong
Ho Chi Minh, open 7.30-11am &
1.30-4pm
Tue-Sun)
is
an
introduction to the famous supply
route from the communist north to
the occupied south of Vietnam. It is
located about 13km southwest of
Hanoi and can be combined with a
visit to Van Phuc handicraft
village, or visited on the way to the
Perfume Pagoda.
The Musee de I’Homme in Paris
helped design the wonderful Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. It features a
fascinating collection of art and everyday objects gathered from Vietnam and its
diverse tribal people. The museum has excellent maps and the displays are well labeled in
Vietnamese, French and English. Interesting dioramas portray a typical village market,
the making of conical hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony, while videos show the real life
contexts. There are fabulous displays of weaving and fabric motifs. IF THERE IS ONE
MUSEUM TO VISIT IN HANOI, IT IS THIS ONE !!!
Memorial House, It’s well worth stopping at this delightful house, north of Hoan
Kiem Lake in the Old Quarter. This thoughtfully restored traditional Chinese-style
dwelling is sparsely but beautifully decorated, and gives an excellent idea of how
local merchants used to live in the Old Quarter. The restoration of the house was
carried out in 1999 in cooperation with the city of Toulouse, France. While there are
many such houses open to the public in Hoi An, there is nothing else like this in
Hanoi.
The former French Ministry of Information now houses Hanoi’s Fine Arts Museum
(Bao Tang Cach Mang, Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, open 8-11.45am & 1.30-4.15pm
Tue-Sun). Here you can see some very intricate sculptures, paintings, lacquer ware,
ceramics and other traditional Vietnamese fine arts. Reproductions of antiques are
on sale here, but be sure to ask for a certificate to clear these goods through customs
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when you leave Vietnam. The Fine Arts Museum is on the corner of Pho Cao Be
Quat, across the street from the back wall of the Temple of Literature.
There are some fascinating displays in the excellent Women’s Museum (Bao Tang
Phu Nu, 36 Pho ly Thuong Kiet, open 8am-4pm). The inevitable tribute to women
soldiers is balanced by some great exhibits from the international women’s
movement protesting the American War. And there’s much more in terms of cultural
and political information. On the 4th floor you can see different costumes worn by
the women of the ethnic-minority groups, and examples of tribal basket ware and
fabric motifs. This is one place where many of the exhibits have multilingual
explanations.
Army Museum, outside the Army Museum (Bao Tang Quan Doi, Pho Dien Bien
Phu, admission 10,000d, open 8-11.30am & 1.30-4.30pm Tue-Sun), Soviet and
Chinese weaponry supplied to the North is displayed alongside French and US
made weapons captured in the Franco-Viet Minh and American Wars. The
centerpiece 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. The displays include
scale models of various epic battles from the long military history of Vietnam,
including Dien Bien Phu and the capture of Saigon. Next to the Army Museum is the
hexagonal Flag Tower, which has
become one of the symbols of
Hanoi. Some museum guards may
offer to show you this tower, but
will then ask for a large sum of
cash to pay for the privilege.
Air Force Museum, this is one of
the larger museums in the country
and, though seldom visited y
foreigners, it’s very worthwhile if
you are a war history junkie or an
aircraft buff. Exhibits at the Air Force Museum (Bao Tang Khong Quan, Truong
Chinh ,open 8-11am & 1-4.30pm Tue-Sat) include a number of Soviet-built MiG
fighters, reconnaissance planes, helicopters and anti-aircraft equipment. Inside the
hall are other weapons, including mortars, machine guns and some US-made bombs.
There is a partially truncated MiG with a ladder so that you can climb up into the
cockit and have your photo taken. The museum has other war memorabilia,
including paintings of obvious Soviet design and portraits of Ho Chi Minh. The Air
Force Museum is in the Dong Da district, in central Hanoi’s far southwest.
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FESTIVALS & EVENTS
Tet (Tet Nguyen Dan/Vietnamese Lunar New Year, around late January or early
February). A flower market is held on Pho Hang Luoc during the week preceding
Tết. There’s also a colorful two week flower exhibition and competition, beginning
on the first day of the lunar New Year that takes place in Lenin Park near Bay Mau
Lake. Tết is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the
Vietnamese New Year which is based on the lunar calendar, a lunar solar calendar.
Tết is celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year though exceptions arise due
to the one-hour time difference between Hanoi and Beijing. It takes place from the
first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar until at least the third day.
For much, much more on Tết, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt .
Quang Trung Festival (February/March) Wrestling competitions, lion dances and
human chess take place on the 15th day of the first lunar month at Dong Da Mound,
site of the uprising against Chinese invaders led by Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyen
Hue) in 1788.
Vietnam’s National Day (2 September) Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence
Celebrated in Hanoi at Ba Dinh Sqare – the expanse of crass in front of Ho Chi
Minh’s Mausoleum – with a rally and fireworks, boat races are held on Hoan Kiem
Lake.
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EATING
In recent years Hanoi has undergone a miraculous transformation from a culinary
wasteland to a premier city for eating and drinking. The city boasts everything from
cheap backpacker joints (yes, more banana pancakes) to exquisite Vietnamese
restaurants and a growing legion of chic cafes. Restaurants, bars and cafes have a
strong tendency to change names, location, and management and just about
everything else, so ask around and keep an eye out in for current listings in the
Guide and Time out.
Pho Bo Dac Biet (2B Pho Ly Quoc Su, soups 10,000d) This is a good place to go for
a bolw of beef noodle soup (pho bo), but virtually any of the restaurants or street
stalls are fine for pho as long as you can see that the soup is still on the boil.
One of Hanoi’s most famous food specialties is cha ca, perhaps best thought of as
sumptuous little fish burgers. Cha Ca La Vong (phone 825 3929, 14 Pho Cha Ca,
meals from 100,000d a bit expensive but sooo good ), the cha ca capital of the Old
Quarter, has been family run for five generations and the meeting place of the
revolution people during the French colony . Other worthy (and cheaper) places at
which to try this local delicacy include cha ca 66 (phone 826 7881, 66 Pho Hang
Ga). You can not leave Vietnam without tasting a Pho Bo soup or a great Cha Ca
!!!!
San Ho Restaurant (phone 934 9184, 58 Pho Ly Thuong Kiet, meals around
200,000d) set in an attractive villa, San Ho has a reputation as one of the best
seafood restaurants in Hanoi. It sells seafood at market prices.
MARKETS
Dong Xuan Market is a three storey market in
the Old Quarter, 900m north of Hoan Kiem
Lake. The market burned down in 1994,
killing five people, all of whom had entered
the building after he fire started, to either
rescue goods or steal them. It has now been
rebuilt and is a tourist attraction in its own
right. There are hundreds of stalls here,
employing around 3000 people.
Hang Da Market is a relatively small market,
but it is good for imported foods, wine, beer
and flowers. The 2nd floor is good for fabric
and ready-made clothing. It is very close to
the Protestant Church.
Home Market, on the northeast corner of Pho
Hue and Pho Tran Xuan Soan, is a good
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general purpose market with lots of imported food items. It’s a good place to buy
fabric if you plan to have clothes made. SJ Vietnam female staff will be extremely
happy to show you all their favorite fashion shops.
Cua Nam Market is a few blocks north of the Hanoi train station. The market is
itself of no great interest (except may be for the flowers), but Le Duan between the
market and the train station is a treasure-trove of household goods, such as
electronics and plastic ware.
Buoi Market is located out in the far northwest, it is notable for live animals
(chickens, ducks, pigs and so on), but also features ornamental plants. Why not to
bring back at home a nice little pig? Your family will be so happy of your so original
gift.
ENTERTAINMENT
Cinemas
National Movie Centre (phone 514 1114, 87 Pho Lang Ha), One of the best venues
to catch foreign films in Hanoi.
Cinamatheque (22a Hai Ba Trung, phone 936 2648), it is an alternative and non
profit cinema, Cinematheque is earning rave reviews for its adventurous choice of
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films – from shorts to a mixed selection of art house films. The favorite cinema of
our long term volunteers!
Centre Culturel Français de Hanoi (phone 936 2164, 24 Trang Tien), Set in the
sublime “L’Espace” building near the Opera House, it offers a regular programme of
French flicks.If you speak French, there is a nice library with French newspapers.
You can also follow Vietnamese lessons.
Water Puppets
This fantastic art form originated in northern Vietnam, and Hanoi is the best place to
see it. At the Municipal Water Puppet Theatre (Roi Nuoc Thang Long, phone: 825
5450, 57B Pho Dinh Tien Hoang, performances at 6.30pm & 8pm, 9.30pm Sun), the
higher admission price buys the best seats and a take-home cassette of the music,
fans and multilingual programmes are free – it helps to read up on each vignette as
it’s performed. Check out the faces of enthralled Vietnamese kids in the audience –
they’re magic! Our children LOVE to watch this show, if you don’t want to make
them happy, bring them with your group…
SOUVENIRS & OTHER SHOPS.
Around Pho Hang Bong and Pho Hang Gai, just northwest of Hoan Kiem Lake, are
plenty of souvenir shops selling T-shirts and Viet Cong (VC) headgear. It might be
worth noting, however, that neither Ho Chi Minh T-shirts nor VC headgear are very
popular apparel with Vietnamese refugees and certain war veterans living in the
West. Wearing such souvenirs while walking down a street in Los Angeles or
Melbourne might offend someone and result in a costly trip to the dentist.
Pho Hang Gai and its continuation, Pho Hang Bong, are a good place to look for
embroidered tablecloths, T-shirts and wall hangings. Pho Hang Gai is also a good
place to have clothes custom-made. Take a look along Pho Hang Dao, just north of
Hoan Kiem Lake, for souvenir Russian-made watches.
If you don’t make it up to Sapa, there is a wide selection of ethnic-minority garb and
handicrafts available in Hanoi, a stroll along Pho Hang Bac or Pho To Tich will turn
up close to a dozen places. Craft Link (phone: 843 7710, 43 Pho Van Mieu) is a notfor-profit organization that buys good quality tribal handicrafts and weavings at fairtrade prices, and funds community development initiatives for the artisans.
There is an outstanding shoe market, on Po Hang Dau at the northeast corner of
Hoan Kiem Lake, however, it can be difficult to find large sizes for big Western feet.
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4 USEFUL WEBSITES
Vietnamese Music
http://www.sjvietnam.org/music/
Transportation
http://gotohanoi.com
www.dulichvietnam.com.vn
Flight Information
www.vietnamairline.com
www.pacificairlines.com.vn
http://vemaybay.net
Accommodation:
www.travelvietnamhotel.com
http://www.vietnamtripadvisor.com
Money Exchange
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency
Weather
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/VN_cc.htm
Time Zone
Extra Information
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
http://www.vietnamtourism.com
www.footprintsvietnam.com
http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn
USEFUL SENTENCES
1, Xin chào
2, Cám ơn
3, Bạn tên là gì?
4, Bao nhiêu tiền?
5, Bạn có khỏe không?
Tôi khỏe. Còn bạn?
Hello
Thank you
What your name?
How much is it?
How are you?
I am fine. And you?
6, Chúc ngủ ngon:
Good night
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WORKCAMP FINAL EVALUATION FORM
GENERAL INFORMATION
(It is not obligated for you to fill in all blanks but please try your best to give as much
information as possible for us to improve our work camps. Thank you very much!)
Full Name
Date of Birth
Sex
Nationality
Your
sending
organization
From:
Name of the work camp
Your address
Male
Female
To:
Phone
Your email address
Do you agree that we send a copy of your evaluation to your national work camp
organization?
•
Yes
No
1. Did you receive enough information before to join the work camp (info sheet, goal of
the work camp, clothes, etc…)?
•
Yes
No
What we or your sending organization should improve to help
volunteers to feel better prepared before their arrival?
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2. Why did you decide to participate in this work camp?
(Please write down your reasons to join this work camp, erg. to do voluntary work, or to
improve your English, or to work with international volunteers, etc.)
3. Did you obtain those objectives?
Yes!
How?
No
Why?
4. Did you discover new reasons to join a work camp in the future?
LIVING CONDITIONS IN SJ HOUSE
Accommodation
Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Comment:
Transportation
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Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Bad
Very Bad
Comment:
Food
Very Good
Good
So-so
Comment:
Leisure activities
Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Bad
Very Bad
Bad
Very Bad
Comment:
Visits in Vietnam
Very Good
Good
So-so
Comment:
Community life
Very Good
Good
So-so
Comment:
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Your proposals:
WORKING AND GROUP MANAGEMENT
What do you think about the work?
Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Your proposals:
What do you think about the camp leader
Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Your proposals:
Did you feel encourage to take initiatives during the work camp
Often
Sometime
Never
I have no idea
Your proposals:
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What do you think about the other volunteers?
Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Your proposals:
What do you think our organization?
Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Your proposals:
What do you think about finance management
Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Tell us more:
Did you find aims of our Work camps and SJ VIETNAM?
Yes
If yes, please tell us how you found that aims?
No
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If you plan to participate in another work camp in the future, will you participate in our
next work camps?
•
Yes
No
Will you continue to involve in voluntarism in your own country after this work camp?
• Yes
How?
No
Did you learn something new during this work camp?
•
Yes
No
If yes, what?
Will you continue to be in touch with some volunteer of this work camp?
•
No
Yes
Will you advise your friends to join our work camps?
•
Yes
No
What do you think about the work camp in general?
Very Good
Good
So-so
Bad
Very Bad
Your feelings:
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If you have anything else to tell us, please write down here or in an attached paper.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you for your active participation in our workcamp!
Send us your evaluation at workcamp@sjvietnam.org
The Administration Council of SJ Vietnam
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