Longer e-visa validity will boost tourism: Govt
HCMC – The Government said that the proposal for extending the e-visa validity to 90 days would help attract foreign tourists and investors who want to explore investment opportunities in Vietnam. On behalf of the Government, General To Lam, Minister of Public Security, has submitted a report to
New visa policy proposal sent to National Assembly
HCMC – The Government has officially written to the National Assembly proposing a new policy for changing immigration procedures and e-visa issuance, and lengthening a visa-free stay for foreign visitors. The proposed policy includes granting e-visas to citizens of all countries and territories,
Govt considers lengthening visa-free stay to 45 days
HCMC – The Government is weighing increasing the duration of visa-free stay for international tourists to 45 days from the current 15 to attract guests from abroad. If approval is forthcoming, foreign tourists who come from countries to which Vietnam unilaterally gives a visa waiver can stay in
Gov’t to devise favorable policy for tourism: PM
HCMC – The Government would work out policies to tackle difficulties facing the tourism sector, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. He was speaking during a national conference held this morning, March 15, to find ways to step up tourism recovery and development. Though Vietnam sees tourism an
HCMC prepares to welcome back Chinese tourists
HCMC – The HCMC tourism authority is getting ready for the return of groups of tourists from China, as the northern neighbor has given the green light for the arrangement of group tours to Vietnam from March 15. China’s move to resume outbound tours for groups of guests to Vietnam is what travel
Inbound tourism requires quick response
Many people believe that Vietnam’s tourism industry should make further efforts to draw international tourists from markets such as India, Australia and Southeast Asia. As predicted, the process of welcoming back tourists from the Chinese market, which accounted for 30% of total international
Conference highlights need to relax visa policy to attract int’l guests
HCMC – A tourism conference on the visa policy was held by Thanh Nien newspaper on March 10. Addressing the conference, Nguyen Ngoc Toan, editor-in-chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper, said many countries have favorable visa policies for international guests. According to VisaGuide.World in late 2022,
Vietnam proposes China put it on inclusion list for group tours
HCMC – Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has written to the Chinese Culture and Tourism Ministry proposing China allow the resumption of group tours to Vietnam. Tourism cooperation between the two countries has been a bright spot in bilateral cooperation, the ministry said in its