11-05-2016 10:27
Russia intends to increase the number of international inbound tourists by visa exemption, according to Spunik news.
04-05-2016 09:38
Brussels is also set to announce further measures to tackle the biggest influx of migrants since World War II, with an extension of border controls in the passport-free Schengen zone and an overhaul of its asylum rules.
11-04-2016 08:00
Vietnam is expected to attract more US investments and tourists following the raising of its visa validity for Americans from the existing single-entry, three-month visa to a multiple-entry, one-year version. Thanh Tung reports on the potential impact of this new visa policy.
04-04-2016 11:00
US citizens coming to Vietnam for the purposes of tourism, conventions and conferences, personal purposes or to do business with organisations or companies in Vietnam, and who meet other requirements as per Vietnamese laws on admission to the country can now receive a valid visa for up to one year with multiple entries, instead of the current three months.
11-03-2016 10:19
Visa cards are now accepted in Mai Linh taxis in Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh and some central districts in Ho Chi Minh City, providing commuters with a faster and more convenient way to pay for their taxi rides.
08-01-2016 10:03
The Jerusalem Post reported last week that the Israeli team for next month's world team championships had yet to obtain visas, despite working with Malaysian officials for months to solve the issue.
05-01-2016 10:26
Last week Norway, which is not an EU member but does belong to the Schengen area, said it would start turning back refugees without visas arriving from elsewhere in the Schengen zone.
29-12-2015 09:45
Speculation on high surcharges associated with credit card use has constrained credit card growth in Vietnam. Sean Preston, chief representative and country manager for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, of Visa International (Asia Pacific) LLC – a subsidiary of the US-based Visa Inc., talks to VIR’s Trang Nguyen on the issue and his high hopes for credit card growth in Vietnam in 2016.
18-11-2015 09:43
China’s Taiwan is piloting a preferential visa policy for high-end tour groups from Vietnam as well as those from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and India with the aim of increasing tourist arrivals, according to local press.
11-11-2015 08:38
The Government of Vietnam has told relevant ministries and agencies to weigh granting visa exemptions to tourists from almost all countries after some European nations have got such unilateral treatment.
31-10-2015 11:29
The Vietnamese tourist industry is bearing fruit from a visa-free travel policy it granted to five European countries in July, as more people from these markets have subsequently chosen to spend their holidays in Vietnam.
29-10-2015 16:00
Visa on October 28 awarded a group of students from Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics the first prize in the recent contest to raise public awareness of personal finance.
26-10-2015 09:01
Travel operators attending the recently-concluded International Trade Show for Asian Travel Market (ITB Asia) hailed Vietnam’s 15-day visa exemption for tourists from Italy, Spain, the UK, France, Germany and Belarus.
23-10-2015 08:00
Emirates airline today announced complimentary Dubai visas for passengers from Viet Nam.
14-10-2015 15:56
Vietnam will cut visa fees for several types of international passport holders and overseas Vietnamese next month, in the latest effort to boost the country’s foreign arrivals.