Visa exemption extended for visitors from eight countries
27/12/2019 23:50 852
Viet Nam will continue visa exemption for citizens of Russia, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Belarus, for the tenure ending in the end of 2022.
Viet Nam will continue visa exemption for citizens from
eight countries until the end of 2020. (Photo: Shutterstock)
The information was announced by the Viet Nam National
Administration of Tourism.
The visa exemption for these countries, which was first
introduced in 2015, would have expired at the end of this year. The exemption
has been applied for tourists who stay in Viet Nam less than 15 days.
The RoK has the most visitors to Viet Nam among eight countries
enjoying the extension of visa exemption, with nearly 3.7 million in the first
11 months in 2019.
Japan and Russia follows the RoK, with 872,000 and 585,000,
respectively, in this period.
Viet Nam welcomed nearly 16.3 million foreign visitors in the
first 11 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%.
Source: Nhan dan online