Viet Nam will cut visa fees for several types of international passport holders and overseas Vietnamese next month, in the latest effort to boost the country’s foreign arrivals.

Starting November 23, the single-entry visa will cost US$25 instead of the current $45, whereas the fee for multiple-entry visas with validity of less than three months will go down from $95 to $50, according to a circular by the Ministry of Finance.

Foreigners will still have to pay $95 for the multi-entry visa with validity between three and six months, and $135 for between 6 months and a year.

Foreign tourists are seen at the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture. Tuoi Tre

The fee for a visa valid for between one and 2 years is $145, and from 2 to 5 years, $155.

For tourists who enter Viet Nam and continue traveling to Laos and Cambodia, then come back to Viet Nam to return to their home countries, the visa fee is $5 instead of $45 as currently charged, the official added.

Many tourists visit Laos and Cambodia after touring Viet Nam, but return home via Viet Nam, which is now connected to more international flights than the other 2 countries, according to travel firms.

The lower visa fees for this kind of travel will encourage more travelers to visit Viet Nam on a typical three-country package, they told Tuoi Tre.

(Source: tuoitrenews)