Foreign tourists to Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will continue visa exemption forcitizens of Russia, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Finland, Denmark,Norway, Sweden and Belarus, until the end of 2022.
The visa exemption for these countries, which was first introduced in2015, would have expired at the end of 2019. The exemptionhas been applied for tourists who stay in Vietnam less than 15 days.
The RoK has the most visitors to Vietnam among eight countries enjoyingthe extension of visa exemption, with nearly 3.7 million in the first 11months in 2019.
Japan and Russia follows the RoK, with 872,000 and 585,000, respectively,in this period.
Vietnam welcomed over 18 million foreign visitors in 2019, a record so far and a year-on-year increase of 16.2 percent.
In 2019, Vietnam was honouredwith global prestigious prizes such as the World Golf Awards, the WorldTravel Awards, and the Asia’sBest Destination.
Vietnam’s tourism competitiveness has continuouslyimproved, standing 63th among 140 economies in the World Economic Forum (WEF)ranking./.
