Recently, an upgraded version of Vietnam-visa.com has been released with more user-friendly interface and new features that are tailored to users’ needs. The launching of new version has received positive feedback from users.

On the celebration of the upgraded version going online, Mr. Nguyen, CEO of Vietnam-visa.com, stated: “The new version with updated content and featured tools promises to bring a new look to the website as well as to enhance its usability in providing customers with the best experiences possible while using Vietnam-visa.com. The changes and innovations represent our effort to reach out and fulfill expectations from internet users and our potential clients. Furthermore, it reflects our ambition in striving to be better and do better.”

The upgraded version of Vietnam-visa.com allows users to easily surf through important pages with updated information about Vietnam visa as well as other Vietnam travel issues. A new Q&A page was designed for customers to submit questions directly to the website. The questions will be displayed and answered by our support staff and any other website user who wishes to share their experiences. Along with the Q&A section is a page for Vietnam visa tips which covers all visa-related guides categorized for users from specific nationalities.

Aside from Vietnam visa application service, the new version also features other extra services including Vietnam visa extension service, Vietnam hotel booking service, Transportation service and Tour booking service. We are happy to include in the new version a tutorial video to guide customers through the visa application process and brand-new tools for checking visa processing status and calculating service fees.

In launching the upgraded version, Vietnam-visa.com also offers special discount programs including VIP Account and Corporate Account program. While VIP account is run as a special thank you to our frequent customers, Corporate Account is designed to best assist clients representing big companies or organizations. More information regarding these programs can be found at http://www.vietnam-visa.com/corporate.html.

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By Allison | Vietnam-visa.com

The visa-free zone will include Dongxing City in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Mong Cai City in northern Vietnam, said Yu Xiaojun, deputy chief of the Guangxi’s tourism bureau.

Tourists, and their vehicles, from China and Vietnam will not be required to have a visa or permit to enter the zone, he said.

The two cities have already worked out a blueprint, currently awaiting both countries’ approval, Yu said, without giving a time frame.

Once given the go ahead, the project will take five to ten years to take shape, said Zhu Shengyong, Party chief of Dongxing City.

On Monday, Dongxing City completed the construction of the largest marketplace on the China-Vietnam border, which is located on the east bank of the Peilum River, facing Mong Cai.

The 51-hectare market, costing 2 billion yuan (305 million U.S. dollars), includes border trade wharfs, import and export facilities and various commodity markets.

In 2010, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) established the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, which eliminates tariffs on 90 percent of products traded between China and ASEAN member countries.

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Source: Xinhua

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working on a plan that would open the region to foreign tourists in the same way Europe’s unified visa system has streamlined travel.

“You would just have to apply for one visa and you could then visit all the countries using that visa,” said Eddy Krisneidi, an official at the Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat, which recently released its Tourism Strategic Plan for the next five years.

With attractions ranging from jungle-covered temples at Angkor Wat in Cambodia to five-star beach resorts in Bali, Southeast Asia is a region that tempts travellers from all walks of life.

ASEAN countries recorded more than 65 million foreign visitor arrivals in 2009. Malaysia led the field, followed by Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Brunei.

Analysts say visitor numbers could be boosted by slashing the time-consuming and confusing visa requirements for each of ASEAN’s 10 countries, which range from vibrant developing democracies to isolated, military-dominated Myanmar.

While some allow foreigners to simply purchase visas on arrival, others require wads of paperwork, photos and up to a week to issue the required stamp. Further information about Vietnam visa on arrival, please kindly visit the website http://www.vietnam-visa.com/.

“One of the major concerns of the industry, as well as visitors, is the difficulty of obtaining visas, a series of widely differing regulations and information needs for visas,” ASEAN’s strategic plan states.

It is a view shared by Stuart McDonald, who runs an online travel forum for Southeast Asia.

“One of the most common questions that we see on travelfish.org is people asking visa questions: What kind of visa can I get? How long is it valid for? What does it cost?,” said the Australian who travels extensively in Asia.

“The rules change all the time and it introduces a level of uncertainty and confusion that the industry can do without.”

The concept of a single visa has wide support among tourism bodies across Southeast Asia.

“It would definitely benefit all the countries in this region, especially Thailand,” Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Suraphon Svetasreni said, noting that Thailand is a “good strategic location” for overland travelling as it acts as a bridge to other countries.

Svetasreni said it is only a matter of time until the region’s visa system is liberalised.

“ASEAN will be considered as a single destination, so it makes sense to apply for a single visa to travel to any country in ASEAN,” he said.

Despite its appeal, others are less optimistic that a single visa will become a reality anytime soon.

“Travel procedures have to be simplified but it is not going to be easy because each country may have their own foreign policy,” Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel inbound tourism vice president Arul Das said.

ASEAN is yet to outline the cost or length of stay for its planned single tourist visa. But it acknowledges it could take several years to introduce.

“The establishment of such a visa will not likely occur in the next five years due to barriers of technology, political issues, concerns of sovereignty and security and the different visa systems in the member states,” its strategic plan states.

The single visa is one of several initiatives being worked on by ASEAN to boost tourism in the region.

The organisation is also overseeing the creation of regional tourism standards which would apply to things such as accommodation, food and public toilets.

“There are already clear indications that major tour operators are now very much concerned with a wide range of standards in a destination,” the plan states.

“Those destinations that are able to satisfy those increasingly high standards will have a distinct position of advantage.”

There are 4 easy steps of getting a  Vietnam visa on arrival:

STEP 1: Fill in your personal information as follows:

STEP 2: Confirm and pay

STEP 3: Get your visa approval letter

For visa on arrival (pick up visa at arrival airport / for traveling by air ONLY), you will receive a visa approval letter via email (3b).

STEP 4: Get the stamp (for your visa)

The first way is to go directly to the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok. Once inside, fill in one of the application forms and then submit it at the window along with the appropriate fee. It’s around 1000 Baht ($30 US) for a one entry visa – make sure you request a multiple entry visa if you intend to exit and re-enter Vietnam during your travels, otherwise you’ll have to apply for a second visa all over again. You need to submit the visa application between 8.30am to 11.30 am and 1.30pm to 4.30pm. You can collect it 3 days later or pay a little more and get express service to collect it the next day, but make sure you drop it early in the morning if you want to be sure of this. You can find more info on the quite helpful

The second way is to order visa online. It will take you about  2 days to receive the approval letter from the Vietnam Immigration Department via e-mail after filling in the application form. All you have to do is to print it out and bring it to your Vietnam arrival airport to get  stampted. This way is rather popular now because of its convenience and cheap price.

You can use either of these methods to ontain a visa to Vietnam. It is so easy.

There are two ways to get visa to Vietnam

1. Visa getting up on arrival

* Arrival visa means the visa that you can collect upon arrival at the airport. The advantages of arrival visa is you will not need to go anywhere to apply for the visa and it is convenient for people who really want to save their valuable time in business.
* You will need to have a letter of visa upon arrival which is issued by Vietnam Immigration Department. Airlines accept this letter and you can get visa upon arrival at airports in Vietnam easily. You can apply visa on approval here

2. Visa getting at the Embassy

* Visa getting at the embassy means the visa that you collect at Vietnam Embassy in the country you are living.
* You will need to have a letter of visa getting at the Embassy which is issued by Vietnam Immigration Department. Vietnam Embassy accept this letter and you can get the visa toVietnam easily.

Vietnam-visa.com is very pleased to inform the dearest clients with good news that: on applying for visa to Vietnam via Vietnam-visa.com on this special occasion of Christmas, you will be offered special discount!

We offer 4 types of promotion in the form of 4 PROMO CODEs. Details as follows:

Promotion Details

• Offered to                    : Every client
• Applied for                   : Our service Fee ONLY, not the Stamping fee
• Offering Validity           : From: 08:20 a.m – Dec 08, 2008
  To : 11:59 p.m – Jan 01, 2009
  (Vietnam time/ GMT+7)

How to get this promotion?

• Insert the Promo Code applied to your group (see the column “Promo Code Type” above)into your online application form at https://secure.vietnam-visa.com/apply.html
• Check the service fee you should pay now to make sure it has been discounted after applying.

By yourself (at Vietnam Embassy/Consulate in your country):

- Required documents: you have to submit:

• Passport of six months validity
• Visa application forms
• Probably some others required by Vietnam embassy or consulates in your country

Visa forms are available by getting directly at the Embassy/Consulate or by mail carrier with a stamped, self-addressed pre-paid return envelope sent to their Visa section – Vietnam Embassy/Consulate. Request by email is perhaps acceptable (in some cases).

See Visa application form and list of Vietnamese Embassies and Consulates abroad (also available Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Vietnam).

- Processing Time: processing tourist visa application typically takes four to ten working days.
- Cost: the fees vary from embassy to embassy; about $50 in Bangkok and $85 in Washington, for example.

Through travel agency:

Provide two types of visa services: Visa Application letter and Full-packaged service (on-arrival visa). Please refer to the detailed visa procedure and services for more information

Source: http://www.vietnam-visa.com/blog/how-to-apply-for-visa-to-vietnam

1. Get normal Vietnam Entry Visa (before travelling)

You apply for Visa to Vietnam by mail or in person at the Vietnam Embassy in Netherlands, and may receive after about a week, by following the below instructions:

- Fill out the online form at www.vietnam-visa.com

- Print out that form, and glue on a passport photo

- Send them together with + the fee ($79 for 1-month single entry visa) + your passport + a return pre-paid express post envelope to the Vietnam Embassy in Hague, Netherlands at the following address:

The Embassy of Vietnam

Address: Nassauplein 12, 2585 EB, The Hague, the NETHERLANDS

Telephone: (3170) 364  8917, (3170) 364  4300

Fax: (3170) 364  8656

Email: emviet@planet.nl

Website:

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

9.30 a.m – 12.00 p.m

13.30 p.m – 16.00 p.m

2. Get Vietnam Visa on Arrival (collecting at Vietnam International Airport on arrival)

- Issuing unit: Vietnam Immigration Department

- Processing time: 1 to 2 working days

- Processing fee: 25 – 50 USD/person (stamping fee NOT included)

- Without Passport requirement

- How to get it? You go online at http://www.vietnam-visa.com, fill in the secure form, and just wait 1-2 days until you receive your Visa Approval Letter, and take this + your passport + 2 photos to Vietnam to get your visa at airport. This seems to be the cheapest and easiest way to get a visa to Vietnam from Netherlands.

Source: http://www.vietnam-visa.com/blog/get-vietnam-visa-in-netherlands