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Sample Itinerary
Short-term Travel Seminar to Vietnam
While each Center for Global Education travel
seminar is uniquely designed, the following is a representative
sample itinerary of a travel seminar to Vietnam. This sample
generally represents the types of encounters you would
experience on a trip, as well as the pace of the program. Each
trip’s actual itinerary will vary based on program focus,
length, timing and local events.
Day One
Morning Depart North America for Vietnam
Day Two
Late Evening Arrive in Hanoi. Transfer to hotel.
Day Three
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Introductions, orientation, and overview of the program.
11:00 am Welcome by the Secretary General of the Vietnam-USA Society
12:30 pm Lunch
2:30 pm Driving tour of Hanoi with a visit to a bank to change money and
a walk through the Old Quarter with street market
4:30 pm Break at the hotel
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Walk
by Memorial at Truc Bach Lake where Senator John McCain was shot
down before being taken prisoner
Day Four
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Presentation on history and culture of Vietnam by a professor
12:00 pm Visit pagodas at West Lake (Tran Quoc, Quan Thanh)
1:00 pm Lunch on your own in the West Lake area
3:00 pm Visit Temple of Literature
6:00 pm Dinner with reflection
Day Five
7:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Tour
the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, presidential palace, and museum
12:30 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Meet
with the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Fund about efforts to clear
the countryside from unexploded bombs remaining from the war
4:00 pm Meet
with a peace activist from the US who worked both in North and
South Vietnam during the war
6:30 pm Dinner with the US peace activist and US war veteran
Day Six
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Free
time or optional visit to an art museum
11:30 Meet
for lunch
1:00 pm Lecture about the 29 minority groups in Vietnam with a staff
member and tour the Museum of Ethnology
5:00 pm Water puppet show at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre
6:30 pm Dinner
Day Seven
8:00 am Breakfast and reflection
11:00 am Check out of hotel
11:30 am Drive to Cuc Phuong National Park with lunch en route
5:30 pm Check into lodging at Cuc Phuong National Park
7:00 pm Dinner
Day Eight
7:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Tour
Primate Rescue Center and Turtle Conservation project
11:30 am Lunch
1:30 pm Guided hike within the park
6:30 pm Dinner
Day Nine
8:00 am Breakfast and reflection
10:00 am Free time
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Check out of the hotel and depart for Muong Village
3:30 pm Arrive in Muong Village for overnight homestays. Settle into
homes and tour the village
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Muong cultural performance
9:30 pm Overnight in large groups with the families
Day Ten
7:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am Conversation with several village members
10:30 am Depart village
12:00 pm Lunch en route
1:30 pm Check into hotel in Van Long and free time
6:00 pm Reflection
7:00 pm Dinner at hotel
Day Eleven
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Boat
ride in Van Long Reserve
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Depart for Halong Bay
6:30 pm Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Halong Bay
Day Twelve
8:00 am Breakfast
10:00 am Take private boat through Halong Bay, stopping to swim, visiting
caves, and staying overnight on it
Day Thirteen
9:00 am Return to Halong Bay
9:30 am Depart for Hanoi
10:30 pm Meet with factory workers near Haiphong, a newly industrial area
with assembly plants for many major companies
1:00 pm Lunch at a craft center providing vocational training for
disabled persons
6:00 pm Check into hotel in Hanoi
6:30 pm Dinner on your own
Day Fourteen
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Meet
with Buddhist students (monks and a nun) at a pagoda to discuss
their work and life
11:00 am Visit Friendship Village to learn about
their work with veterans and children affected by Dioxin/Agent
Orange: Meet with Director, eat lunch, and visit to classrooms
and workshops
3:00 pm Visit to the National Hospital of Traditional
Medicine and meet with Director and others to discuss issues
related to health and HIV/AIDS
5:00 pm Reflection
6:00 pm Dinner
Day Fifteen
7:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am “Economics and Globalization” lecture by a senior economist with
the Vietnamese government
10:15 am Speak with a staff member from an international development
organization
12:30 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Presentation on Vietnamese traditional music and instruments
with a local musician
4:00 pm Meet
with the representatives from the Political and Economic
Sections of the U.S Embassy
6:00 pm Dinner
Day Sixteen
7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Depart for airport
10:00 am Fly
to Ho Chi Minh City
12:00 pm Arrival and check into the hotel
1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Guided tour of the city
7:00 pm Dinner
Day Seventeen
7:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Tour
an English language training center by the Vietnam-US Society
10:30 am Meet with an organization working on HIV/AIDS issues
12:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Tour
the War Remnants Museum
4:00 pm Reflection
6:00 pm Dinner
Day Eighteen
7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Depart for tour of the Mekong Delta, including visiting a
floating market
6:00 pm Return from the Mekong Delta
7:00 pm Dinner
Day Nineteen
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Free
time for shopping or packing
12:00 pm
Lunch on your own
4:00 pm Final reflection
6:30 pm Dinner
9:00 pm Depart for the airport
11:50 pm Depart for North America
Day Twenty
2:00 pm Arrive in North America
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