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Vietnam to temporarily suspend visa exemption for citizens of Belarus, Russia, Japan

The Government has decided to temporarily suspend unilateral visa exemption for citizens from Belarus, Russia and Japan from March 21 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Government has decided totemporarily suspend unilateral visa exemption for citizens from Belarus, Russiaand Japan from March 21 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novelcoronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The ministry said on March 19 that the validity of visa exemption certificatesgranted to Belarusian, Russian and Japanese citizens of Vietnamese origin andtheir relatives will be also temporarily halted.

The decision will take effect from 12:00 on March 21.

Diplomatic and official passport holders from the three countries will not be affected by this decision, it noted.

Under the decision, citizens of the countries holding ordinary passports arestill allowed to enter Vietnam if they have a proper visa.

Entrants from Belarus, Russia and Japan are requested to strictly abide byVietnam’s preventive medicine regulations./. 
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