News Forum - Vietnam to welcome fully vaccinated tourists from Thailand this month

[Thaiger]

Vietnam is setting up a “travel bubble” scheme with Thailand to allow vaccinated travellers to enter the Southeast Asian country.  The head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Nguyen Trung Khanh, today says his department is working with Thai officials to set up the scheme, adding that the first batch of Thai tourists will arrive in Vietnam this month as part of the pilot vaccine passport program. He also said  Thailand has been successful in welcoming international tourists amid the ongoing pandemic with the “Phuket Sandbox” scheme. From December, the Vietnamese government intends to resume regular international flights to […]

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[TheDirtyDurian]

Can't see many people going due to extra costs on the way back for TnG.

Definitely not for a weekend break etc 

[Jason]

It's still apositive step for Vietnam, which is a great thing!!!

[AlexPTY]

Pretty sure few expats will be happy to part ways with Thailand and move to Vietnam too 

[gummy]

23 minutes ago, AlexPTY said:

Pretty sure few expats will be happy to part ways with Thailand and move to Vietnam too 

You may be right but that won't effect this government one iota. However what will effect them is more manufacturers moving out of Thailand to Vietnam as it appears they have a better grasp of economics and what needs to be done to get back to near normality.

[AlexPTY]

3 minutes ago, gummy said:

You may be right but that won't effect this government one iota. However what will effect them is more manufacturers moving out of Thailand to Vietnam as it appears they have a better grasp of economics and what needs to be done to get back to near normality.

pretty much every regulation and requirement in Vietnam was always very liberal comparing to Thailand. it may not directly affect this government (nothing would) but looking at economic numbers in last few years, Thailand losing everywhere

[gummy]

2 minutes ago, AlexPTY said:

pretty much every regulation and requirement in Vietnam was always very liberal comparing to Thailand. it may not directly affect this government (nothing would) but looking at economic numbers in last few years, Thailand losing everywhere

Spot on about this government and the sad thing is, for the normal Thai people that is, this government can't understand why it's happening or simply don't care they are wrecking the country. 

[HiuMak]

Great food in Vietnam

[mickkotlarski]

8 minutes ago, HiuMak said:

Great food in Vietnam

Nutrition must be good as I very rarely see obese Vietnamese.

[HiuMak]

1 minute ago, mickkotlarski said:

Nutrition must be good as I very rarely see obese Vietnamese.

Ladies are always slim and petite. A welcoming site 

[Cabra]

I'm only assuming that means ANYONE flying from THA to VN can enter as long as they are vaccinated regardless of what passport they travel under.