Re: Tin chi'nh xa'c ho+n ve^` visa

["Caotri Nguyen" <caotri@axis.jeack.com.au>]

So can the vietnamese who ahve officer passport come to Sing. for 90 days
without visa??


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> From: Dam Son <son@fermi.phys.washington.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vnsa-l@csd.uwm.edu>
> Subject: Tin chi'nh xa'c ho+n ve^` visa
> Date: Wednesday, May 07, 1997 5:42 PM
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Previous news I posted read:
> 
> "Vietnam agreed to allow Singaporean passport holders to stay in the
> country for a maximum of 90 days without having to apply for a visa,"
> 
> however the following news article says that only Singaporean holders of 
> diplomatic and official passports (not ordinary passport) can go to VN 
> without a visa.
> 
> Son
> 
> ---
> Vietnam, ASEAN nations sign visa-free agreements
> 
> Visa formalities will be eliminated as of this Saturday for Vietnamese
and
> Singaporean holders of diplomatic and official passports and as of next
> Monday for Vietnamese and Thai diplomatic and official passport holders. 
> 
> In accordance to the agreement signed between the Vietnamese Government
> and the Thai Government in March of this year, visa formalities will be
> eliminated for diplomatic and official passport holders entering the two
> countries for no more than 30 days, (not including diplomats who are
> assigned to work at embassies or consulates). 
> 
> In addition, ordinary passport holders from the two countries will only
> have to wait two days to be granted a visa to enter the other country for
> no more 15 days for the purpose of attending seminars, market research,
> and others, or for members of tour groups organized by local travel
> agencies. 
> 
> Under the Vietnam-Singapore agreement signed in the April, Vietnam will
> exempt visa requirements to Singaporean holders of diplomatic and
official
> passports if they stay in Vietnam no more than 90 days. Meanwhile
> Singapore will exempt visa requirements to Vietnamese holders of
> diplomatic and official passports depending on their objective and nature
> of their trips. 
> 
> In addition, visas will not be necessary for ordinary passport holders
> invited by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) or an
> organization of that country, to enter the country for no more than 15
> days to participate in ASEAN activities. All Vietnamese and Singaporean
> members of the ASEAN Secretariat will not require visas.