Vietnam reviews visa exemption for seven countries

The Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, South Korean, and Swedish visitors are being considered to have 30 days Vietnam visa exemption…

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has instructed relevant agencies to report about the impact of the free visas visitors from seven countries have been enjoying before the government decides whether it will continue with the policy.

He instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to review the policy’s political, economic and security impacts and submit its findings to the government, VnExpress reported.

Between 2004 and 2009 Vietnam unilaterally waived visas for single-entry visits of up to 15 days for Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, South Korean, and Swedish visitors.

At a recent meeting of the State Steering Committee on Tourism, many officials urged Vietnam to not only continue the exemption, but extend the length of stay to 30 days.

Earlier in April, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) for failing to take advantage of the policy to promote tourism, saying the underused policy had forced it to accept losses of US$50 million annually.

After that, VNAT proposed that the government continue the visa exemption because otherwise, Vietnam would become less competitive, as several other countries in the region waive visa fees to promote tourism.

Vu The Binh, VNAT deputy chairman, said nothing should be done to dissuade tourists from South Korea, Russia and Japan from coming to Vietnam. Last year, revenue from those tourists was $2 billion, of which the government collected $200 million in VAT.

Vietnam is not a very attractive tourism destination in the region and a visa requirement would worsen the situation, he said.

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e-Vietnamvisa.com provides express visa services this Summer 2013

Being one of the most active and reliable visa agency in Vietnam, e-Vietnamvisa.com has just come up with a very effective express visa service which guaranteed to handle a visa approval letter within 1 – 2 hours in this Summer 2013, for both leisure and business travelers.

Normally, a visa applied at the Vietnam Embassy in abroad will take 3 – 5 days to complete. The applicants have to not only spend much time on queuing in front of the Vietnam Embassy which is tiring and boring but also spend more money on moving toward the embassy or sending off the documents by post. For those who is living far from the Vietnam Embassy, visa application becomes more complicated.

With the express visa services, you just stay comfort at home accessing in the visa agency’s website www.e-vietnamvisa.com to submit your visa application online, you will be likely to get an instant confirmation from the most dedicated, reliable and professional visa agency to arrange your Vietnam visa approval letter within 36 hours. These online procedures will take a couple of minutes and you can stay in Vietnam up to 3 months, for single or multiple entry, for both leisure or business purposes. If it’s not an emergency situation, you should make a choice to apply for normal processing visa to save your money. Otherwise, you can give a request for rush visa  to have an approval letter authorized by the Vietnam Immigration Department within 1 – 2 hours guaranteed.

What document do the applicants need to prepare for online visa application?

Just a valid passport which is 6 months validity at least and 2 passport-sized photos, that all. The specialty of Vietnam visa online is that the applicants don’t have to send off the passport to anywhere or anyone, you will keep it by yourself and just present it at the departure airport with the approval letter to board your flight. At arrival airport, it will be submitted to the Immigration Officers to have a visa stamped on the passport.

So how can travelers apply for a Vietnam visa online?

You are pleased to follow these simple steps below:

Firstly, go online our website www.e-vietnamvisa.com and find out an online application form. To save the service fee, you had better select an appropriate processing time for your visa.

Secondly, you are redirected to an online payment gateways to pay for service fee. It will give you the specific guidance for each payment method.

Thirdly, relax and do other things to prepare for your trip while we are expediting your visa in our side. Upon completion, a visa approval letter will be delivered to you via email

Fourthly, you print out the letter, bring with your passport and photos and some USD for stamping fee to board the flight. At arrival airport, you will find an Immigration Counter to submit all these documents, pay the stamping fee and have visa stamped on your passport. All has been done now and welcome to Vietnam!

 

 

 

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