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
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Vietnam, four ASEAN nations to move toward single visa policy
Tourism officials from Vietnam and four other Southeast Asian countries, all members of the ACMECS bloc, agreed on Wednesday to continue urging their governments to promote convenient travel for tourists, including applying a single visa policy.Hoang Tuan Anh and his counterparts from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar convened at a ministerial retreat in Ho Chi Minh City, where dialogues on easing travel barriers and issuing a single visa topped the agenda. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, four ASEAN nations to move toward single visa policy
Southeast Asian tourism ministers to discuss single visa policy
The tourism ministers of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar will meet in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday to discuss creating one visa that would enable tourists to travel freely between the five nations. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the 9th International Travel Expo scheduled to be held in Vietnam's southern hub from Sept 12 to 14. Nguyen Van Tuan, chief of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, told the press that the leaders of the five countries generally support the single-visa policy, and it is just a matter of time before the policy becomes reality. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has tasked the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism with researching how the one-visa policy would be implemented, Tuan said. The tourism sector is also planning to ask the government to unilaterally issue visa exemptions to citizens of certain countries, he said. Vietnam, along with Myanmar, has the most complicated … [Read more...] about Southeast Asian tourism ministers to discuss single visa policy
Tourism body insists on loosened visa policy for tourists
VietNamNet Bridge - The national steering committee for tourism will present to the Government draft policies meant to make it easier for international tourists to come to Vietnam, including the loosened visa policy proposal. An official of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration told the Daily that the visa-free policy should be maintained for the seven major markets, including Japan, South Korea, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Besides, the visa-free stay for tourists should be 30 days instead of 15 days like now. Early this month, the Vietnam Tourism Association also presented to the Prime Minister proposals concerning visa issuance at border gates and continued visa-free policy for tourists from the aforesaid seven markets, saying the policy has boosted the growth of arrivals from the important markets. Arrivals from Russia, South Korea and Japan totaled 1.45 million with revenues of some US$2 billion last year. If the visa-free policy is removed, there is a … [Read more...] about Tourism body insists on loosened visa policy for tourists
City wants loosened visa policy to attract tourists
City wants loosened visa policy to attract tourists Dao Loan By Dao Loan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – HCMC has worked out some propo sals concerning visa policy, including offering unilateral visa exemptions for major markets and establishing representative offices in foreign countries. These proposals will be discussed at the forthcoming meeting of the State Steering Committee for Tourism. Specifically, to attract tourists from major markets, Vietnam needs to improve the visa policy for international tourists. In addition to issues concerning travel management, accommodation and tour guides, HCMC also suggests setting up tourism representative offices in important markets like the U.S., western Europe, Japan and South Korea to effectively promote tourism images of destinations in Vietnam. Besides, there should be incentive tax policies for over-30-seat vehicles transporting tourists to encourage investment in high-quality vehicle fleets for tourists. In preparation for … [Read more...] about City wants loosened visa policy to attract tourists