Under Decree No.7/2017/ND-CP dated January 25, 2017, citizens from 40 countries are eligible for e-visas under a pilot programme.

Foreigners in Vietnam.

The new decree, No.17/2019/ND-CP, on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Decree No.7 regulates that countries from 35 countries are eligible for the programme, including Austria, Iceland, Belgium, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Qatar, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Croatia, Estonia, Fiji, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Macedonia, Micronesia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, San Marino, Cyprus, Switzerland, China (applicable for Hong Kong and Macao passport holders and inapplicable for China’s e-passport holders), Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Serbia and Slovenia.

International border gates Tay Trang in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, Na Meo in the central province of Thanh Hoa, La Lay in the central province of Quang Tri, Duong Dong port in the southern province of Kien Giang and Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will also allow immigration by e-visas.

Accordingly, a total of 16 border gates and nine ports in Vietnam will allow foreigners to enter the country with e-visas.

The new decree will take effect within two years, starting on February 1.

More than 96,000 foreigners granted e-visa in past nine months

As many as 96,478 foreigners requested and received e-visas in the past nine months (since February 1), including 93,266 that accessed the application system by themselves and 3,212 that completed the procedures through domestic agencies and organizations.

 

Vietnam to grant e-visas to citizens of six more nations

Citizens of additional six countries can now apply for and receive Vietnamese e-visas.

 

Australia, Vietnam launch work and holiday visa

Australia and Vietnam will commence a reciprocal work and holiday visa arrangement from March 1.

 

Open visa policy could double foreign arrivals to Vietnam by 2020 – tourism group

Current visa exemptions for citizens of Western European countries will expire this June.

 

Visa waiver for 5 European countries urged to be extended

The HCM City Tourism Association has asked the Government to extend the visa waiver for tourists from five Western European countries - France, Italy, Germany, the UK, and Spain.

 

Visa exemption for Western European visitors to be extended

Visa exemptions for visitors from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain who intend to stay in Vietnam no more than 15 days, will be extended from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

 

Source: VNA