Vietnam anxiously wants to bring quick end to tourism crisis, but can it?
Vietnam’s leadership have signed off on visa waivers for five more European countries — France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK — and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has continued to press ahead with further visa exemptions.
In a directive dated July 2, Dung asked that ministries of finance, national defense, and public security consider axing tourist visa requirements for even more nationalities and continue streamlining visa procedures that have been decried as ineffective.
The document did not dwell on the specific nationalities. But government agencies and industry insiders have proposed that Dung add four more countries — India, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — to the list.
