18-03-2020 09:20
The Government has decided to temporarily halt visa issuance to foreigners for 30 days, applicable since March 18.
17-03-2020 16:01
Vietnam will temporarily suspend granting visas to visitors from any country for 15 to 30 days to limit the number of infected arrivals.
16-03-2020 10:23
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on March 14 answered reporters’ queries about entry and exit policies for foreigners who are subject to temporary suspension of entry into Vietnam within 30 days from 12:00 on March 15, 2020.
14-03-2020 12:00
As the global COVID-19 pandemic is reaching increasingly serious proportions, visitors from Europe's Schengen area and the UK will be temporarily refused entry to Vietnam starting from March 15, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today.
12-03-2020 10:30
The Vietnamese government has decided to suspend its unilateral visa exemption policy for citizens from eight European countries: Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Spain, which will officially take effect from March 12.
09-03-2020 10:23
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control plans to propose the prime minister to suspend the unilateral visa waiver programme for the EU and the UK as a way to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
07-03-2020 10:55
Seoul suspended a visa waiver programme for Japanese nationals on Friday (Mar 6) in retaliation for what it called an "irrational" plan by Tokyo to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, escalating a diplomatic row over their containment measures.
06-03-2020 09:28
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to suspend visa-free entry for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from countries whose citizens have visa-free entry unilaterally halted, firstly the Republic of Korea and COVID-19-hit nations.
04-03-2020 16:50
The government has just issued Resolution No.23/NQ-CP on suspending visa exemptions for Italian citizens in order to prevent COVID-19 from spreading.
29-02-2020 10:52
The Government of Viet Nam has announced visa-waiver program for nationals of South Korea will be temporarily suspended from February 29 in the wake of COVID-19 epidemic.
21-02-2020 11:55
Visitors from the most COVID-19 resilient markets such as the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada may soon be able to enjoy visa exemptions of up to 30 days with unlimited returns for a duration of 12 months if the recommendations of the Tourism Advisory Board are accepted by the government.
12-02-2020 20:31
Visa has issued five visions and predictions to keep in mind, which will supply basic luggage to help people be confident to enter 2020 and beyond, a new decade of technology breakthroughs.
04-02-2020 10:47
China on Monday (Feb 3) decried some countries for denying entry to people from Hubei province, at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, and cancelling of flights, as going against WHO recommendations not to take unnecessary or excessive measures.
20-01-2020 11:27
A new study has found that the majority of Vietnamese cardholders is interested in using biometric authentication methods such as fingerprints or facial recognition to complete transactions, rather than the traditional PIN method or passwords.
24-12-2019 15:36
To afford the tourism industry growth impetus, the government has agreed on visa waivers for citizens of Russia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Belarus.