Vietnam extends visa waiver for 5 European countries

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has finally promulgated decree of extending visa waiver program for 5 European countries, which expired on 30^th June, for one more year. This means visitors from United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain traveling to Vietnam during period from 1^st July 2016  to 30^th June 2017 are granted visa-free access for stays of no longer than 15 days.

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This is not only good news for visitors but also for local travel companies as the earlier visa waiver policy, valid from 1^st July 2015 to 30^th June 2016, has helped to increase arrivals of tourists from these countries quarter by quarter. In the six-month period, Italy posted the biggest rise in tourist numbers, 30 percent, followed by the UK and Spain, 24.6 percent and 22.7 percent, respectively. Tourism revenues increase 22 percent year-on-year to more than VND200 trillion (US$9 billion). Officials are confident that the country can achieve the targets of 8.5 million foreign visitors this year and $370 trillion in revenues.

Vietnam so far has implemented unilateral visa exemption for Japan, South Korea, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Belarus and bilateral exemption for 9 ASEAN countries. For more information about Vietnam visa exemption, please refer to this page.

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