VNExpress-Mar 15
Vietnam is determined to fully reopen its tourism industry and will adopt measures to treat foreign and domestic tourists alike, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said Tuesday. “We are not just reopening tourism but also international trade and international exchange from March 15, as it used to be before Covid-19. The spirit is that we will not treat foreign tourists and local people differently, in terms of pandemic precaution measures,” Dam said at a meeting with the ministries of tourism and foreign affairs. Vietnam’s tourism reopening has followed a careful roadmap that takes into account the nation’s Covid situation, he said. The health and tourism ministries are supposed to announce new regulations for foreign tourists and they are going to be simple, he said. Vietnam has announced to fully reopen to tourism on March 15, promising to let foreign tourists travel freely without having to book package tours. Specific quarantine and entry rules have been much awaited by foreigners the past weeks. Yet the government only announced earlier on Tuesday to resume immigration procedures as before the pandemic, including 15-day visa exemption for citizens from 13 countries, Belarus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the U.K. Read more at: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/vietnam-to-treat-foreign-and-domestic-tourists-alike-deputy-pm-4439216.html
