Cost of tourist visa for Australian in Vietnam

I am travelling to Vietnam on an Australian passport for two weeks in
September/October. I need a single entry tourist visa.

I have downloaded the visa application form from the Vietnamese embassy
website, and am ready to send it off with a cheque for the visa fee, but
nowhere on the form or on the website does it indicate what the amount is.

My attempt to email the embassy was returned as their mailbox is full, and
all three phone lines are permanently engaged. The voicemail box is full and
unable to accept messages. (Inspires confidence, doesn't it?)

Can anyone tell me what the correct amount is, or where I can find out?

Alternatively, is there a travel agent in Melbourne that can do it for me?

I don't know Melbourne - but in every other Australian capital city there
are several Vietnamese Travel Agents who'd handle that for you. West End in
Brisbane.



"louis14" <sunking@versailles.com.au> wrote in message
news:4872adb7@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>I am travelling to Vietnam on an Australian passport for two weeks in
>September/October. I need a single entry tourist visa.
>
> I have downloaded the visa application form from the Vietnamese embassy
> website, and am ready to send it off with a cheque for the visa fee, but
> nowhere on the form or on the website does it indicate what the amount is.
>
> My attempt to email the embassy was returned as their mailbox is full, and
> all three phone lines are permanently engaged. The voicemail box is full
> and unable to accept messages. (Inspires confidence, doesn't it?)
>
> Can anyone tell me what the correct amount is, or where I can find out?
>
> Alternatively, is there a travel agent in Melbourne that can do it for me?
>

I have solved the problem. Although I'm in Melbourne, I looked up the
website of the Consulate in Sydney, which had a different email address for
the Embassy in Canberra, so I resent my email.

But then I decided to ring Sydney, and they answered straight away, and they
told me to send it to them (not the Embassy in Canberra) with a $70 payment.
Sydney also had an easier-to-use form.

Interestingly, the Embassy in Canberra have now replied, wanting $75, but
I've already sent it to Sydney.