Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh made the remark at a regular pressconference in Hanoi on February 9 in response to reporters’ queries about thegovernment’s Decree No.07/2017/ND-CP defining procedures on piloting e-visa forforeign citizens.
He said versions of this decree in different languages willbe sent to embassies and international organisations in Hanoi in the next few days.
The Decree aims to promote tourism and exchanges betweenVietnamese and international citizens, he added.
Vietnam launched a two-year pilot e-visa programme onFebruary 1, 2017, for citizens of 40 countries.
The countries include Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brunei,Bulgaria, Chile, China (not applicable to Chinese e-passport holders),Colombia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Myanmar,Norway, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, theRepublic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Timor Leste, the United Kingdom, the UnitedStates, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Applications for the 30-day visas are submitted throughhttp://xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn or http://immigration.gov.vn, and visas orrejections are supplied within three working days.-VNA