Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Shopping in Vietnam could give you conical hats, lacquerware bowls and flag T-shirts. All are fine - you can compare them with everyone else's. Or really get talking and bring home souvenirs that no one can match. Open the Vietnamese phrasebook and make this trip your own. * Comprehensive food section * Tips on cultural etiquette * Useful phrases for finding accommodations, dealing with health emergencies and hitting the town * Easy-to-use pronunciation guide * Two way dictionary and sentence builder Coverage includes: Basics, Practical, Social, Food and Safe travel. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet and Ben Handicott. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)