tourism authority seeks visa waiver for 19 countries to boost arrivals

Tourism authority seeks visa waiver for 19 countries to boost arrivals

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) says it is proposing visa waivers for more countries and that foreign arrivals in the last three months of the year are expected to surge.
15 day visa waiver puzzles tourists

15 day visa waiver puzzles tourists

The Government's new visa exemption policy for travellers from five European countries could boost tourism better if it was for longer than 15 days, tour operators and visitors have said.
vietnamese japanese firms launch building management company

Vietnamese, Japanese firms launch building management company

The Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera – CTCP) on September 24 opened Visaho Joint Stock Company in the capital city.
citi vietnam unveils citi premiermiles visa signature

Citi Vietnam unveils Citi PremierMiles Visa Signature

Citi Vietnam announced today that it has launched its first Visa Signature credit card – Citi PremierMiles exclusively targeted at the affluent traveler segment.
whats on september 15 30

What's on September 15-30

Improvisational Concert by Hanoi Collective Orchestra, Vietnam – USA Collaboration Contemporary Dance Tour, ROME (Jerome Reuter) Live in Saigon, Arc Mobile Reading Room at Manzi, Roundtable Discussion “COP21: The last chance to save the climate”, Special Autumn Music Night “String in Air”, An Evening of Stand-Up Comedy with Jinx Yeo and Kristel Zweers ... 
australian visa check operation dumped after community outrage

Australian visa check operation dumped after community outrage

Australia's Border Force was forced to cancel a proposed spot check of people's visas in Melbourne after it sparked an online storm and street protests.
vietnams tourism numbers rise sharply two months after waiving visas for european markets

Vietnam’s tourism numbers rise sharply two months after waiving visas for European markets

The visa-free travel policy which Vietnam granted for five European countries last month has paid off, with tourists from those markets hugely contributing to the solid growth of the country’s international arrival numbers in August.
thailand introduces multiple entry visa

Thailand introduces multiple-entry visa

Visitors can look forward to the new visa as early as October, following the approval by Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha earlier in the week.
updates on visa exemption

Updates on visa exemption

The Vietnamese Government has unilaterally decided that holders of passports from the UK, Italy, Germany, Spain and France will be waived off Vietnamese visas from the 1st July, 2015 to 30th June, 2016.
an honest immigration business

An honest immigration business

Getting sound professional advice right from the beginning of the immigration proceedings is key to obtaining a visa to the client. Indeed, being the director and founder of Best Immigration Service Limited and also an active, full-licensed immigration adviser in New Zealand, Rebecca Nguyen has conducted hundreds of successful immigration applications for her clients, with such a simple philosophy.
hcm city officials seek visa free stay extention

HCM City officials seek visa-free stay extention

Ho Chi Minh City tourism authorities want the visa-free stay for European travellers doubled to 30 days.
european visitors set to rise on visa exemptions

European visitors set to rise on visa exemptions

The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) expects tourist arrivals from five western European countries to increase by 50 per cent in the next three years as visa exemption norms kicked in this month.
more visa waiver planned

More visa waiver planned

Vietnam will deploy new programmes to attract more international tourists following recent bold steps to stop the sharp decline in the number of inbound visitors.
hanoi airport reportedly charges european tourists for visa despite waiver

Hanoi airport reportedly charges European tourists for visa despite waiver

Many tourists from the five European countries which Vietnam has scrapped visas for still had to pay the fees when arriving at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on the very first day the visa waiver took effect.
visa free entry throws life line to vietnamese tourism

Visa-free entry throws life-line to Vietnamese tourism

Vietnam has offered visa-free entry for tourists from the key tourism markets of Germany, France, UK, Italy, and Spain from July 1, 2015.