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Confiscated Xmas Gifts - advice?
I recently received a package from Canada - Christmas presents from home!!!
The box has clearly been gone through. I expected that. What I didn't expect was the 2.3 kilo package is missing about 1.3 kilos worth of reading materials.
Some things have been 'removed' or is it 'confiscated'. A couple of books (Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes).
Are these now in a postal employee's living room?
Is there any way to 'appeal' or find out why something was confiscated... If nothing else I would like to make the (empty) gesture of complaining to someone official. Anyone know to whom?
Is there any hope of these books showing up?
Any advice on future shipments coming from out of country?
I am not naive about the corruption here - but I am disappointed. Advice (or am I looking at just consolation, now) is welcome.
It would make my poor mom feel better, too. ;)
Thanks!
PS - any ideas on where to find some 'complete works' of Doyle or Shakespeare here in Ha Noi?
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posted about 6 months ago by Elliewelliesj to Help!
answered most recently by Elliewelliesj about 5 days ago
Studio/space?
Does anyone know where I can rent a studio/space reasonably cheaply? needs to be fairly big, like a dance studio or aerobics studio space....just for a couple of hours at the weekend.
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posted about 1 week ago by jenniebean1985 to Help!
answered most recently by kparsons about 1 week ago
visa help!
hi
i have booked a trip to laos next week but didnt realise my vietnam visa runs out 1 day after i return to hanoi. im currently on a 1 year business visa and i need another year visa, dont think i have time to get it before i go on saturday. so do you think i will be allowed back in with just 1 day left on my visa? and if i send it for a new visa on the day my old one expires will they still issue me a new one (i guess they will maybe for extra money)?
or does anyone have any other ideas???
thanks for any help you can give!!
merry christmas and happy new year
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posted about 2 months ago by joeburg to Help!
answered most recently by TscTempest about 2 weeks ago
Blackberry doesn't work
Hi I have a Blackberry that I would like to make work in Vietnam. To receive e-mails I am told I need to have my sim card "enterprise activated". I have looked on all the suppliers' sites ie Mobifone, Viettel and Vinaphone without joy.
Any advice will be much appreciated
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posted about 3 months ago by aisute13 to Help!
answered most recently by Travelerfree about 2 weeks ago
Table tennis
I am looking for a place to play table tennis (ping pong) during weekdays at daytime. Anyone know the place I could go to?
Thanks!
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posted about 3 weeks ago by Christine to Help!
answered most recently by cetiomega about 2 weeks ago
Missing trenchcoat from Roots..!!
I know this is a HUGE long shot, but if anyone happened to take home with them a navy blue Muji trenchcoat from Roots on Friday night I would love to know...willing to pay $60 to anyone who returns it, no questions asked. It was dark, accidents happen!
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Nails
hi guys,
do you know where I can do acrylic nails in hanoi? Thanks indeed!!
Hang
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posted about 3 weeks ago by preeko to Help!
answered most recently by travelgoddess about 2 weeks ago
Getting out of the city
I'm getting a little stir-crazy in the city this week.
Can anyone recommend some good ways to get out into nature, even if just for the day?
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Looking for New Hanoian with good relationship with proactive commune/agricultural community.
We have a good relationship with a Fair Trade minded company in the USA that is wanting to source large quantities of dried loofah. We have pioneered this activity and loofah products in Viet Nam on a small scale and successfully exporting, but we are now looking to expand. This is an excellent opportunity for an agricultural community on poor land to produce a valuable crop and also to become involved in value-adding the loofah for export. We have a ready market for these products with guaranteed buyers. We are willing to provide training to a suitable community, and all crops would be pre-purchased at fair prices. This is not a one off purchase contract, and we see it as an opportunity to develop a long-term and sustainable income for a community in a poor/marginal agricultural area. Would probably suit an NGO looking for opportunities for rural poor.
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Help i melted my shoes...
Was riding pillion on a motorbike with my foot on the muffler and it melted the sole of my only pair of high heels (yes, i know, shouldnt have had my foot there...)
Where can i get my shoes resoled and re-heeled?
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Need a conference room
Hi all,
I am in need of a conference room for about 23 people next week near Tran Hung Dao and the dike road, if possible. Does anyone have any ideas about hotels or offices in the area that have daily or half-daily rates? And what those rates should be?
Thanks in advance!
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Yoga NOT in the city center
Hello everyone!
I'm looking for yoga classes. I live in the south of Hanoi, not too far from home would be great!!!
Thanks.
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Dell Laptop Screen Replacement
Hi, all!
Where is the closest place I could get a Dell laptop screen replaced? Does anyone know how much it might cost - the damage (pressure crack, of all things to happen!) is not covered under my Dell warranty. I'm dying without my laptop - help!! :(
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TWINRIX HEPA A AND B VACCINE
Do you know if Twinrix, the 2-in-1 vaccine for Hepatitis A and B, is available in Hanoi? I need my third and last shot of the vaccine soon. Can you recommend any doctor for this? Thanks a lot!
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posted about 1 month ago by normannguyen to Help!
answered most recently by normannguyen about 1 month ago
Where do youngster/teenagers hang out in Hanoi? (non-vietnamese)
I've been to Hanoi since little.....But to be honest, living in a Viet family and staying miles away from Hoan Kiem District didnt help me finding Hanoi fun at all. So now I'm back to Hanoi again and cant wait to find some same-age to hang out with...Does anyone hav any idea where do the teenagers hang out...? :( Im 16 BTW...
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Disadvantaged Youth Support
Hi All,
Sorry this is a bit of an unusual query and didn't really know which category to post it in, however to make a long story as short as I can.... I am a tour leader and also run a small support program throughout Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. It began with introducing poor, uneducated youth I grew to know over time from my working travels and would ask passengers to help them by buying something from them. From there a few people wanted to help, so I suggested supporting the kids i know in education to better their life and it grew from there I suppose. I am basically the mentor and facilitator, this is of no profit to me in any form and the 'support parent' pays for the education for the child, weather it be english school or/and returning to high school, full or part time depending on the youths life situation as we do not interrupt their daily money earnings.
I have support parents for everyone I personally know now and without going out to seek new youth who may need some aid in education, I thought someone may know of a child in need as I currently have 3 people wanting to support.
If you do please email me and I will give you some more information.
Thanks
Tif
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posted about 1 month ago by mackyhernandez to Help!
answered most recently by mackyhernandez about 1 month ago
Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya
Where can I watch a live broadcast of the Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya fight this 6th of December? I miss blood sports.
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Malaria medication???
I'll be going to Ninh Binh, Tam Coc, Hoa Lu, and Phat Diem in a couple of weeks for a 2-day trip and was wondering if I need to take malaria medication for this little trip?? I have not yet left Hanoi, so I'm not exactly sure when and where malaria meds are necessary. If I do need to take them, does anyone know if I need a doctor's prescription to buy them and where I can get them??? Thanks so much in advance!!!
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posted about 1 month ago by phobic888 to Help!
answered most recently by loominpapa about 1 month ago
Should I stay or should I go?????
First I would like to say hello to everyone, and thank you all for everything that you contribute to this site. My question is hopefully a simple one.....I am recently got my TESOL cert. and was planning on coming to Hanoi in January. However after reading other forums, and talking to a few people who sounded like they knew what they were talking about, I have been advised to wait until atleast February to travel. Susposedly this is due to the Tet festival. Apparently there are next to no schoold open and therefore I would find it hard to find a job. In fact one person recommended to me to not to Vietnam at all stating that because of the econimic situation it is getting increasingly harder and harder to find a job there. This is where I get a little confused. Some say go and some say don't. I would have just applied for a job at an international school but I do not have a BA or any degree for that matter. So I have a dilemma, and hope the members of this website could help me make my decision. Any help or opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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posted about 1 month ago by Bender to Help!
answered most recently by mackyhernandez about 1 month ago
Mosquito Bite Scar Remedies?
Ok, so I now know that mosquito bite scars form from scratching, and I've sworn it off. Could someone please recommend something tried-and-true to use on the unsightly scars that I acquired prior to being enlightened?
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