Pre-Trip Research/Reading

Before I travel to any country, my usual practice is to find out a little bit more about the history and culture of the place.

Here are some websites that you can check to broaden your understanding of the country of Vietnam:

http://www.vietnamtourism.com/e_pages/news/index.asp

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/vietnam/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam

The following websites talk about Hanoi specifically:

http://www.vietscape.com/travel/hanoi/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanoi

Which type of audience do you think these websites are targetted at?
These websites are your SOURCES of information and guess what ...
You can actually apply the source handlings skills you have been learning in class to evaluate these websites (aka sources of information)
i.e. Inference, Comparison, Reliability, Usefulness and Assertion

When reading these websites (or any other website for that matter), ask yourself questions:
Who is it written by?
Who is the intended audience?
What is the aim?
What is the intended effect?
Do I need to check against other sources?

Put on your thinking cap and keep an inquisitive mind!