Tourists from the Republic of Korea visit Vietnam (Photo VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam welcomes the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s adoption of new visa regulations for Vietnamese citizens, which will help promote the people-to-people exchange between the two countries, spokesperson for the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has said. She made the statement at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on December 6. “We welcome this step from the Republic of Korea and believe it will facilitate the two countries’ people-to-people exchanges, and promote tourism and cooperation in trade and investment, thus contributing to strengthening the Vietnam-RoK strategic partnership,” she said. From December 3, Vietnamese residents living in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang are eligible for a multiple-entry visa valid for up to five years to the RoK. To apply for this Korean visa, residents have to pay 80 USD and wait for no longer than … [Read more...] about Vietnam welcomes RoK’s new visa policy
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South Korea issues five-year visa for Vietnamese
The Hanoitimes - The move is in response to South Korea`s "Look South" policy and partly due to the fame the Vietnamese national football team coach Park Hang-seo acquired in this South East Asian country. Vietnamese having permanent residence in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city and Da Nang are eligible to be granted multiple-entry visa to South Korea, valid for five years from December 3, 2018. South Korea issues a five-year visa for Vietnamese. Accordingly, the new visa policy will ease immigration procedures for Vietnamese residing in those three cities. Visa holders could come and go South Korea as long as the document is valid. The move is in response to South Korea's "Look South" policy and partly due to the fame the Vietnamese national football team coach Park Hang-seo acquired in this South East Asian country. “I believe the love of the Vietnamese audience for Park Hang-seo has awakened the Korean government,” said South Korean Ambassador to Vietnam Kim … [Read more...] about South Korea issues five-year visa for Vietnamese
U.S. citizens can now get one-year Vietnam visas
U.S. citizens can now get one-year Vietnam visas Tu Hoang By Tu Hoang - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI - The National Assembly (NA) has passed a resolution approving a diplomatic note on issuing one-year multiple-entry visas for U.S. citizens. The resolution came out last Saturday after State President Tran Dai Quang proposed the legislature endorse the diplomatic note on April 4. According to Quang, the U.S. had many times raised concern over Vietnam’s visa policy for U.S. citizens. Especially since the NA approved the law on entry, exit, transit and residence of foreigners, the Americans had been able to get three-month visas but without an extension of stay. The U.S. said the Vietnam visa policy did not match that of the U.S. applying to Vietnamese passport holders and the expanding relations between Vietnam and the U.S. Therefore, the U.S. requested Vietnam to increase the validity of visas for U.S. visitors to one year with multiple entries. With the NA Standing … [Read more...] about U.S. citizens can now get one-year Vietnam visas
Vietnam to issue one-year visas for Americans
Vietnam to issue one-year visas for Americans The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - Vietnam will issue one-year multiple-entry visas for U.S. citizens, instead of three-month visas, following the National Assembly’s approval on April 4. The legislature gave the nod to the new visa rule applicable to American passport holders after State President Tran Dai Quang asked the NA for approval of a diplomatic note on visa issuance between Vietnam and the U.S. According to the new State President, the U.S. had requested the validity of Vietnam visa for the Americans to be lengthened to one year and have multiple entries to travel here for business, tourism, personal matters and other short-term stays. Since the 2014 law on entry, exit, transit and residence of foreigners in Vietnam was passed by the NA, U.S. citizens have been able to get three-month visas with no extension of stay. Deputy Hoang Thanh Tung from Soc Trang Province said the approval of the diplomatic note would facilitate … [Read more...] about Vietnam to issue one-year visas for Americans
Vietnam plans to extend visa validity for US tourists from 3 months to 1 year: report
Vietnam's government is working on a plan to extend the validity of tourist visa for US citizens from three months to one year in a bid to attract more arrivals, Vietnam News Agency reported. The report, however, did not indicate any timeframe. It quoted tourism minister Hoang Tuan Anh as saying at a meeting with the US State Department on Monday that Vietnam aims to bring the annual number of US arrivals to one million by 2017. Last year US arrivals hit 443,776, up nearly 3 percent from 2013. Currently, a general tourist visa to Vietnam for US citizens is valid for 30 or 90 days, with single or multiple entries. Between January and July this year, Vietnam attracted 301,907 US tourists. Tuan also said the United States has become the largest foreign investor in Vietnam's tourism sector over the last few years. Vietnam is easing its visa policy this year as it tries to boost the tourism sector after consecutive declines in arrivals. It has recently offered visa waivers to five … [Read more...] about Vietnam plans to extend visa validity for US tourists from 3 months to 1 year: report