Routes are designed to attach at nearby intersections, as properly as with terminals, loops and transportation facilities, where riders can continue their journeys. Xe om have virtually totally replaced that quintessential Vietnamese mode of transport, the cyclo. These three-wheeled rickshaws comprising a “bucket” seat connected to the entrance of a bicycle can carry one person, or two individuals at a push, and are actually only actually found in tourist areas . Booking ahead is sensible, and the additional ahead the higher, especially when you intend travelling on the weekend or a holiday period . Sleeping compartments should be booked no much less than a day or two earlier than departure, and even additional ahead for soft-sleeper berths on the Hanoi–Hué and Hanoi–Lao Cai routes.