About Us
Viet Orient Travel (VOT) Ltd is a tour operator, founded by Viet Nguyen, one of the most favored tour guides in Vietnam. For the past 12 years, Viet Nguyen has guided many tour groups and individual travelers who have requested tours with the best quality service led by the best qualified tour guide. Viet’s customers have included university professors, businesspeople, museum and art societies, Vietnam Veterans, high school and college students, Hollywood movie stars – Robert Deniro and Sydney Pollack - and others who are fascinated by beautiful Vietnam with its famous history and rich culture. With a deep understanding of what tourists wish to learn about and experience in their trip to the country, Viet always knows how to add value beyond their expectations. Above all Viet will make your trip the experience of a lifetime.
Viet Nguyen
Founder and CEO
Viet Nguyen has been managing Viet Orient Travel since he founded. Experienced in guiding and leading tours for various groups and individuals throughout Indochina and beyond, he has combined his hearted hospitality, innovation, and enthusiation in the management of tours and travels. Viet is still loving to guide and he believes meeting and accompanying his travelers is a privilege!
Ngoc hoang
Operations
Ngoc Hoang is a Saigonese girl and a graduate from the University of Pedagogy. Escaping from a local international high school as an English teacher, she has ed our operations team and played the role of customer care for Viet Orient Tours. Ngoc loves to be your host.
Rose
Leisure consultant
Born in the coastal city of Nha Trang and studied tourism management in Singapore, Rose Nguyen has ed Viet Orient Tours as Leisure Travel consultant after her 10 years’ working with most-experienced operators., Rose enjoys working as your private trip planner and designer.
Hanh Nguyen
Reservations
Hanh Nguyen is the earliest member of our team. Born in HCMC and started her career as a tour guide. She is in charge of the reservations and a detailed operations coordinator.
Quyen Tang
Guide
Quyen Tang (Quinn) - a native of the central coastal city of Da Nang - has been our senior guide for years. Having guided for over 17 years, Quinn loves meeting people and sharing the insight of his home land history and culture and helping them to fill out their “wishlist”. Quinn tells us cycling with travelers is my favorite thing to do!
Tuan Nguyen
Guide
Tuan Nguyen was born and grew up in the North. He studied hospitality at Hanoi University in 1996 and graduated in 2000. Tuan has been guiding tours since 2001 and is keen on active trips. He likes hiking in the famous hilltown of Sapa, kayaking in Ha Long Bay, and cycling outside of Hanoi to discover his truly charming country! He loves to host travelers with specialties of his homeland and is always happy to offer this.
Tam Dinh
Guide
Tam Dinh studied the Teachers’ training college and gradated in 2002. He started his tour guiding career in 2004 and became our cycling guide. He has so far cycled over 20,000km on his biking trips in Vietnam! Who else would do more than him? His hobbies are reading and practicing martial art.
ABOUT VIET ORIENT TRAVEL
Viet Orient Travel has extensive referrals from individual and family travelers, academic and specialty tours. His success comes from bringing Western standards of hospitality and service to the adventure travels of Southeast Asia. Viet is regularly called upon by an array of International tour companies to assist them in providing his unique insight for their guests in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Perhaps no individual travel guide is better-suited to helping you explore all the fascinating wonders of Southeast Asia, in the ways that most perfectly fulfill your desires and expectations. Viet and his team at, “Viet Orient Travel” are sure to provide the most memorable experience you can imagine.
University educated in the history, geography and rich culture of Vietnam and the surrounding regions, Viet specializes in value-oriented, customized itineraries that meet your individual needs and expectations.
With a deep understanding of what visitors wish to learn and experience in their trip to the region, Viet Orient Travel knows how to add value beyond expectations.
The comments and letters from just a few of Viet’s clients speak more of him and his level of service:
Don & Lori
28 April, 2014
donhase199@icloud.com
Viet,
How are you? I hope you, and your family are well. Both Lori, and I are doing fine. You know how it is when you return from vacation, and get back into that daily grind.
Our trip to Vietnam was really spectacular. When I tell people about our trip, I always get a smile as I relive my experiences. Thanks to both you and Duc, Lori and I have many special memories. I am going to send Butch Sincock a note this week, and advice him how very pleased we were with everything.
Viet, feel free to contact me at anytime. We wish you the very best.
Your friends,
Don & Lori-
Steven amd Karen Collier from England
ed B&R biking Vietnam trip in Jan 2014
karen@lindum.me.uk
“ We know Viet in the context of his having been the local tour operator and lead guide for Butterfield and Robinson, the high end international “adventure” tour operators, we recently holidayed with for 9 days on a cycling tour of Vietnam.
Viet demonstrated that he is a man of many talents. Well educated with ourselves fortunate that he took on the lead guide role on our particular tour. This is because he is a man of great character and humor with many stories to tell of his interesting personal past and deep knowledge of the history and culture of his peoples. He was exceptionally good company and each member of our group sought him out at one time or another to plumb the depths of his knowledge and experience of life in general in Vietnam. Some hired him to take them on personal outings in their spare time.
He also dedicated himself at all times to ensuring the group were comfortable and enjoying themselves as well as directing his support team in ensuring the transport vans and bikes were always in the right places at the right time with all the equipment in perfect working order. His command of the complicated logistics involved in pre-checking our bags and flights and ensuring our bags arrived in our hotel rooms ahead of us was most impressive.
He led from the front on all our cycling excursions always patiently answering our many questions and periodically stopping to give us the history and insights into the visual spectacles along the way and recommending places to eat on our “free” nights.
We also had cause to be very grateful to him for not only spotting a problem with our onward flights (post Butterfield & Robinson) but also in helping us to sort them out, acting as our interpreter with Vietnam Airlines. It was clear to us that he is very well connected and has a great understanding of the intricacies of airline systems.
We would highly recommend him because his professional, conscientious, knowledgeable and personable approach will be highly valued by your clients and yourselves.”
Neal F. Bermas, Ph.D.
Management Consultant & Educator -New York University
New York, New York
“ Viet is a tour guide extraordinaire. I have referred many friends and colleagues to him since my first tour in Vietnam over 6 years ago. Everyone returns absolutely delighted.
He is extremely bright, educated, engaging and speaks perfect English. He is passionate and professional about his work and is excellent in providing customized tours of all types. His quick read of visitors once they arrive ensures that his clients are always pleased.
I have known Viet for many years, have met his entire family, and spent considerable time with him, his darling wife and two young sons. There are not many people whose honesty, integrity and competence I would vouch for as confidently as I do for Viet.”
Richard and Catia Bloom,
International Public Relations & Media Company New York, New York
“Viet did everything for us. All we had to do was enjoy the trip. He knows the countryside as well as the cities. We spent three weeks with him and can’t wait to return.”
Sondra Stewart
Managing Partner
Collective IQ
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Viet,
I want to thank for you for organizing a once-in-a-lifetime vacation. As you know, I had never traveled in Asia before, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I read all the tour books and the travelogues, but nothing prepared me for the unexpected surprises on my trip to Vietnam and Laos that made the trip so very special.
The variety, freshness and beautiful display of food in the open air markets, made the thought of going home to “modern” over-refrigerated, artificially lit, pre-packaged socalled supermarkets, sot unappealing.. In Vietnam, you met and were connected to the people growing the food that you would eat that evening.
What was surprising about the cities was how safe I felt. There were very few police, except those that helped tourists cross the busy streets, it didn’t seem as though there was a need for them.
At the top of my list though were the visits to the remote ethnic villages. To see the simplicity of life there, where children played (not with computer games) and adults watched (not TV) and talked and visitors who looked and dressed and lived so differently were welcomed with warm smiles and laughter, really made me appreciate the important points of life. I went home with a completely different perspective. Travel with you, for me, was life changing. I can’t wait to go back for more.
SSG Douglas Conn
Recon
4th 23rd Inf. 25th Inf Div. 69-70
Palm City, FL USA
A Return to Vietnam
A desire to return to Vietnam in the early 90’s for me culminated in 1998. I met my new friend Viet. He was our guide, interrupter and friend. Viet scheduled every memorable moment. We had great hotel accommodations to excellent restaurants. The Vans that transported us were new, dependable and on time. Over the 10 days of my tour I can’t say we had one delay or problem. Viet has a great understanding of the English language. He has infinite knowledge of the history of his country. I plan to return again in the next few years to share the experience with my wife. I will again have Viet as our guide and would recommend him to anyone that needs his services. Give him a good tip, as he is a family man.
John Wood,
Humanities Faculty Leader
Educational Trips
For over 10 years I have traveled to Vietnam with groups of secondary students. On each of these visits Viet has been our guide. Moreover I have always requested that Viet be the guide for our study tours. I have never hesitated recommending Viet to my friends who travel to Vietnam. They have always been very pleased with Viet’s services.
Viet has many qualities which single him out as an exceptional tour guide. He is exceptionally knowledgeable and he is able to impart this knowledge with ease and interest. He is disciplined and organized, always thinking ahead. He is flexible and can always deviate from the itinerary if something more interesting turns up. Above all he is liked by everyone in the group. Viet has a warm and engaging personality.
It is not surprising that Viet has guided some famous personalities around Vietnam, including Robert de Niro. His clients have included many American vets. Viet has visited America and Thailand. He understands the needs and thinking of western visitors and is always honest in his portrayal of the past.
Our international students warm to Viet. He understands the needs and interests of young people. At the end of each visit to Vietnam they write an evaluation of the tour. Viet, the guide, is always rated 10 out of 10.
If you want to see the beautiful and absorbing country of Vietnam there is no better traveling companion that Viet. I enthusiastically recommend him to all travelers to this fascinating land.
Viet Orient Travel has extensive referrals from individual and family travelers, academic and specialty tours. His success comes from bringing Western standards of hospitality and service to the adventure travels of Southeast Asia. Viet is regularly called upon by an array of International tour companies to assist them in providing his unique insight for their guests in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Perhaps no individual travel guide is better-suited to helping you explore all the fascinating wonders of Southeast Asia, in the ways that most perfectly fulfill your desires and expectations. Viet and his team at, “Viet Orient Travel” are sure to provide the most memorable experience you can imagine.
University educated in the history, geography and rich culture of Vietnam and the surrounding regions, Viet specializes in value-oriented, customized itineraries that meet your individual needs and expectations.
With a deep understanding of what visitors wish to learn and experience in their trip to the region, Viet Orient Travel knows how to add value beyond expectations.
The comments and letters from just a few of Viet’s clients speak more of him and his level of service:
Don & Lori
28 April, 2014
donhase199@icloud.com
Viet,
How are you? I hope you, and your family are well. Both Lori, and I are doing fine. You know how it is when you return from vacation, and get back into that daily grind.
Our trip to Vietnam was really spectacular. When I tell people about our trip, I always get a smile as I relive my experiences. Thanks to both you and Duc, Lori and I have many special memories. I am going to send Butch Sincock a note this week, and advice him how very pleased we were with everything.
Viet, feel free to contact me at anytime. We wish you the very best.
Your friends,
Don & Lori-
Steven amd Karen Collier from England
ed B&R biking Vietnam trip in Jan 2014
karen@lindum.me.uk
“ We know Viet in the context of his having been the local tour operator and lead guide for Butterfield and Robinson, the high end international “adventure” tour operators, we recently holidayed with for 9 days on a cycling tour of Vietnam.
Viet demonstrated that he is a man of many talents. Well educated with ourselves fortunate that he took on the lead guide role on our particular tour. This is because he is a man of great character and humor with many stories to tell of his interesting personal past and deep knowledge of the history and culture of his peoples. He was exceptionally good company and each member of our group sought him out at one time or another to plumb the depths of his knowledge and experience of life in general in Vietnam. Some hired him to take them on personal outings in their spare time.
He also dedicated himself at all times to ensuring the group were comfortable and enjoying themselves as well as directing his support team in ensuring the transport vans and bikes were always in the right places at the right time with all the equipment in perfect working order. His command of the complicated logistics involved in pre-checking our bags and flights and ensuring our bags arrived in our hotel rooms ahead of us was most impressive.
He led from the front on all our cycling excursions always patiently answering our many questions and periodically stopping to give us the history and insights into the visual spectacles along the way and recommending places to eat on our “free” nights.
We also had cause to be very grateful to him for not only spotting a problem with our onward flights (post Butterfield & Robinson) but also in helping us to sort them out, acting as our interpreter with Vietnam Airlines. It was clear to us that he is very well connected and has a great understanding of the intricacies of airline systems.
We would highly recommend him because his professional, conscientious, knowledgeable and personable approach will be highly valued by your clients and yourselves.”
Neal F. Bermas, Ph.D.
Management Consultant & Educator -New York University
New York, New York
“ Viet is a tour guide extraordinaire. I have referred many friends and colleagues to him since my first tour in Vietnam over 6 years ago. Everyone returns absolutely delighted.
He is extremely bright, educated, engaging and speaks perfect English. He is passionate and professional about his work and is excellent in providing customized tours of all types. His quick read of visitors once they arrive ensures that his clients are always pleased.
I have known Viet for many years, have met his entire family, and spent considerable time with him, his darling wife and two young sons. There are not many people whose honesty, integrity and competence I would vouch for as confidently as I do for Viet.”
Richard and Catia Bloom,
International Public Relations & Media Company New York, New York
“Viet did everything for us. All we had to do was enjoy the trip. He knows the countryside as well as the cities. We spent three weeks with him and can’t wait to return.”
Sondra Stewart
Managing Partner
Collective IQ
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Viet,
I want to thank for you for organizing a once-in-a-lifetime vacation. As you know, I had never traveled in Asia before, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I read all the tour books and the travelogues, but nothing prepared me for the unexpected surprises on my trip to Vietnam and Laos that made the trip so very special.
The variety, freshness and beautiful display of food in the open air markets, made the thought of going home to “modern” over-refrigerated, artificially lit, pre-packaged socalled supermarkets, sot unappealing.. In Vietnam, you met and were connected to the people growing the food that you would eat that evening.
What was surprising about the cities was how safe I felt. There were very few police, except those that helped tourists cross the busy streets, it didn’t seem as though there was a need for them.
At the top of my list though were the visits to the remote ethnic villages. To see the simplicity of life there, where children played (not with computer games) and adults watched (not TV) and talked and visitors who looked and dressed and lived so differently were welcomed with warm smiles and laughter, really made me appreciate the important points of life. I went home with a completely different perspective. Travel with you, for me, was life changing. I can’t wait to go back for more.
SSG Douglas Conn
Recon
4th 23rd Inf. 25th Inf Div. 69-70
Palm City, FL USA
A Return to Vietnam
A desire to return to Vietnam in the early 90’s for me culminated in 1998. I met my new friend Viet. He was our guide, interrupter and friend. Viet scheduled every memorable moment. We had great hotel accommodations to excellent restaurants. The Vans that transported us were new, dependable and on time. Over the 10 days of my tour I can’t say we had one delay or problem. Viet has a great understanding of the English language. He has infinite knowledge of the history of his country. I plan to return again in the next few years to share the experience with my wife. I will again have Viet as our guide and would recommend him to anyone that needs his services. Give him a good tip, as he is a family man.
John Wood,
Humanities Faculty Leader
Educational Trips
For over 10 years I have traveled to Vietnam with groups of secondary students. On each of these visits Viet has been our guide. Moreover I have always requested that Viet be the guide for our study tours. I have never hesitated recommending Viet to my friends who travel to Vietnam. They have always been very pleased with Viet’s services.
Viet has many qualities which single him out as an exceptional tour guide. He is exceptionally knowledgeable and he is able to impart this knowledge with ease and interest. He is disciplined and organized, always thinking ahead. He is flexible and can always deviate from the itinerary if something more interesting turns up. Above all he is liked by everyone in the group. Viet has a warm and engaging personality.
It is not surprising that Viet has guided some famous personalities around Vietnam, including Robert de Niro. His clients have included many American vets. Viet has visited America and Thailand. He understands the needs and thinking of western visitors and is always honest in his portrayal of the past.
Our international students warm to Viet. He understands the needs and interests of young people. At the end of each visit to Vietnam they write an evaluation of the tour. Viet, the guide, is always rated 10 out of 10.
If you want to see the beautiful and absorbing country of Vietnam there is no better traveling companion that Viet. I enthusiastically recommend him to all travelers to this fascinating land.
