According to the spokesperson, the Ministry ofCulture, Sports and Tourism has been assigned to work on regulations towardsinternational visitors, and join hands with the relevant ministries andagencies to make a detailed report on the visa policy to the Government and thePrime Minister.
Visa procedures will basically continue to be carriedout in accordance with existing legal documents such as the Law on Foreigners' Entry in,Exit from, Transit through and Residence in Vietnam, she said.
As of February 16, a total of 14 countries and territorieshad recognised Vietnam’s vaccine passport. They are Japan, the US, the UK,Australia, India, Belarus, Cambodia, the Philippines, Palestine, Maldives, NewZealand, Sri Lanka, Egypt and Turkey.
A number of other partners are considering therecognition and will reply soon, she said, noting that the foreign ministry andVietnamese representative offices in foreign countries are working hard to wintheir recognition of the Vietnamese vaccine passport.
Vietnam has accepted vaccination certificates orvaccine passports of 79 countries and territories, which were officially sentto the foreign ministry, she said./.
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