Visa exemption extended for visitors from eight countries

The information was announced by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The visa exemption for these countries, which was first introduced in 2015, would have expired at the end of this year. The exemption has been applied for tourists who stay in Vietnam less than 15 days.

The RoK has the most visitors to Vietnam among eight countries enjoying the extension of visa exemption, with nearly 3.7 million in the first 11 months in 2019.

Japan and Russia follows the RoK, with 872,000 and 585,000, respectively, in this period.

Vietnam welcomed nearly 16.3 million foreign visitors in the first 11 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%.