Foreign tourists visit Hoi An ancient city in Quang Nam province. (Photo: Quang Nam newspaper) It is part of the Law on amendments and supplements to anumber of articles of the Law on the Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens, aswell as the Law on Foreigners’ Entry into, Exit from, Transit through, andResidence in Vietnam, approved by the National Assembly on June 24 at its fifthsession.
Upon being granted an e-visa, a foreigner can enter and exitan unlimited number of times within 90 days, without having to go throughprocedures for obtaining a new visa.
Citizens of countries that are unilaterally exempted fromvisas by Vietnam will be granted temporary residence for 45 days (up from 15days) and can be considered for visa issuance and temporary residence extensionaccording to regulations.
Currently, the e-visa issued by the Immigration Departmentto foreigners through the electronic transaction system is only valid once.Vietnam is issuing e-visas to citizens of 80 countries.
Koreans visit Vinpearl Land Phu Quoc (Photo: Vinpearl) He proposed simplifying procedures to better facilitatetourists’ travel to Vietnam.
Do Van Thuc, Deputy Director of Dat Viet Tour Company, saidthat many international tourists initially planned to spend only two weeks inVietnam. However, the country’s charm has persuaded them to stay longer, and theyhad to seek ways to extend their visas.
Many others spent up to two days on flights to the SoutheastAsian nation. Meanwhile, many tourist destinations in Vietnam are far apart,with some taking the whole day to travel.
Therefore, the upcoming extension of e-visas will help luremore foreigners to Vietnam and increase travel businesses’ revenues./.
VNA
