{"id":4631,"date":"2023-08-20T07:06:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riskinasia.com\/?p=4631"},"modified":"2023-09-28T00:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:41:30","slug":"vietnam-reopens-for-real-with-45-day-visa-free-exemptions-for-expats-and-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riskinasia.com\/vietnam-reopens-for-real-with-45-day-visa-free-exemptions-for-expats-and-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam Reopens for Real with 45-day Visa Free Exemptions for Expats and Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/span>Estimated reading time: <\/span>7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, August 15, 2023, marks the true reopening of Vietnam post-Covid. When will the 18 million visitors of 2019 be back again? Following March 2020 to March 2022, two loooong years of lockdown. After a false start in March 2022 (limited to 80 countries with a maximum 30-day tourist visa), Vietnam sees the light at the end of the tunnel today, despite some pushback problems with digitalization in Vietnam\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n But we’re getting there. Thirteen countries have visa exemptions, and the rest of the world has e-visas for 90 days! Yahooooo! Let’s get back to business and bring back the 18 million visitors from 2019! Note: The 2023 year target was 8 million, but I’m sure this announcement will surprise the Vietnamese government forecasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What took so long? The pandemic was very tough for everyone, but as usual in Vietnam, some optimized the situation for their own benefit. Post-Covid, dozens of large-scale scandals<\/a> were unearthed by Nguyen Phu Trong, the first secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Central Party, driving to eradicate corruption. To name a few, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, the Transportation Vehicle Inspectorate<\/a>, the Overseas Vietnamese repatriations, the Vietnamese Airlines hostesses’ drug smuggling<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nVietnam’s recent Visa-Free exemptions bring Tourism to the Front<\/h2>\n\n\n\n