1. TRAVEL TRAVEL-VIETNAM - Before I visited Vietnam, I took a look at the Web site of the Vietnamese embassy in Washington. 2. But officials at Vietnamese embassies, consulates and travel offices acknowledged the special policy for June. 3. Foreign Ministry spokesman Tran Quang Hoan confirmed that the Vietnamese embassy in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, had lodged a formal protest over the killings. 4. Hendon said this time he entered Vietnam alone and by land, with a visa he obtained from the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh, capital of neighboring Cambodia. 5. In a letter to the Cambodian Foreign Ministry sent Wednesday, the Vietnamese embassy said the Khmer Rouge attacks occurred three times within one week in late April. 6. Some Vietnamese embassies have continued to adhere to rigid visa requirements. 7. The sources said the Vietnamese embassy here told the Department of Foreign Affairs that the offer was unnecessary because Vietnam allows freedom of religion. 8. Vietnamese embassies and consulates around the world have told would-be travelers that only tour groups can come this month. 9. Vietnamese embassies and travel agencies in cities around the world are denying visas to all but pre-booked tour groups. 10. Four Cambodians admitted under cross examination on Tuesday to being involved in a hand grenade attack on the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh in April last year. |