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School Schedule

Studens should check in on Sunday July 5th afternoon.
The opening session is scheduled to take place on Monday July 8th at 8:30.
The school will end on Thursday July 16th at 15:00.
Session hours are 8:30 - 12:00 and 13:20 - 16:40
All school sessions will be held in the ICISE conference Center

Conference facilities

The following equipment will be available:
video projector for computer presentations,
overhead projector,
internet access will be available at the school site and at the hotel.
A wireless hub is installed and covers the whole conference building.

Accommodation and registration

Students are expected to stay and have meals in the ICISE lodges which is fully supported by the organizer. For lecturers, ccommodation in the four star Seagull Hotel in Quy Nhon is guaranteed if your registration is made before June 1st. After this date, if the Seagull hotel is full, you will be accommodated in a neighbouring hotel.

All sessions will be held in the ICISE conference center, 10 minutes taxi (or one hour walk) away from the hotel. (you can visualise it on this map). Daily bus transfer (morning and end afternoon) will be provided by the conference organization.

Students will be expected to arrive on Sunday July 5th, and will leave on Thursday July 16th in the evening or later.

For lecturers, breakfast and dinner will be served in the hotel while lunch will be served at ICISE.

Travel

There are two main international airports in Vietnam : Hanoi (Noi Bai airport : HAN) and Ho Chi Minh(Tan Son Nhut airport : SGN). The nearest international airport is DaNang International airport. It is about 5 hours from Quy Nhon by train. However there is no arranged bus from the train station to the hotel.

In order to welcome you and organize your transfert from Quy Nhon airport to the conference hotel, please inform the conference secretariat (rencontres.vietnam@gmail.com) at least two weeks in advance of your flight number as well as the date and the arrival time in Quy nhon.
Conference buses will be available at Quy Nhon airport on Sunday July 5th (morning and afternoon flights). People from the ICISE center (staffs or volunteers) will be present at the Quy Nhon airport on Sunday July 5th for assistance and help.
Conference hotel address:
Hotel Hai Au : 489 An Duong Vuong Street, Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province.

As a rough guide to organize your trip, you can have a look to flights schedule hereafter but check a possible updated at corresponding websites

Immigration / VISA

We list here some rules as they applied in summer 2017: we will strive to update these informations regularly, but you should make sure they indeed apply to July 2018 before traveling.

All participants do require a visa to visit Vietnam, except for few exemptions listed below. Vietnam Visa exemption is granted to holders of a passport from:

  • Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos for visits of 30 days at the maximum.
  • Philippines for visits of 21 days at the maximum.
  • Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. for visits of 15 days at the maximum.

To obtain a visa

Please inform the Rencontres du Vietnam secretariat of your internet visa number and your arrival date and time at the entrance airport.
This internet visa procedure is cheaper but it does take some time (~ 60 min) at the airport immigration office, depending on the queue. Do not forget to have with you 2 passport photos and USD in cash as required by the internet visa service.