The director continued by saying the validity for the free visas should be upped from 15 days to 30 and a ban on re-entering within 30 days after utilising a free visa should be scrapped too. His final recommendation was for the lengths of visa-free entry promotions to be increased from one to five years.
Under permanent ongoing arrangements, citizens of 16 nations which include Japan, Denmark, Sweden and fellow ASEAN nations get visa waivers when they arrive in Vietnam. Travellers from the UK, Italy, France, Germany and Spain are currently given free entry under a scheme which has been renewed annually for the past two years.
If the recommendations of the advisory board get the green light, passport-holders from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland will be added to the list. 12GO ASIA says people travelling to Southeast Asia should always check what the country specific visa requirements are.
Senior Vietnam official says free visa programme should be expanded
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The chief of the Vietnam tourism advisory committee says the nation’s free visas for tourists programme needs expanding. Hoang Nhan Chinh told media sources another six countries should be added to the list of those eligible for fee free visas on arrival.