Vietnam travel news on 28 Feb 2017

More tourists travel to Vietnam
Feb 2017 is a great month for Vietnam tourism as the figure shows that the number of international tourists to Vietnam reached 1,199,421, which expects another successful year.

In the last 2 years, Vietnam tour operators and tourists have been enjoying better Vietnam visa policies. Furthermore, Vietnam's images and people introduced through festivals, photo shows or events around the world. New Vietnam tour packages have been also opened. However, competition is getting harder and harder when regional countries like Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore or Myanmar are also advertising their tourism products and destinations to visit.

Vietnam is a beautiful country and blessed with world's heritages, great cuisine, rice terraces, white sandy beaches, diverse things to do. More tourists will definitely choose Vietnam for holiday in the coming years.

Vietnam’s food capital
Vietnamese cuisine has been known as the best of the world for jummy, fresh and healthy foods. Travelling to Vietnam, it is a must to try street foods in Hanoi, but to have an overview of Vietnamese cuisine, Hoi An is the capital. This Vietnam ancient town is in the central province of Vietnam where the north and the south meet.

Beside having good time relaxing on white sandy beach of An Bang, cycling around the ancient streets, going shopping, etc. Cooking class with a visit to local market will be the highlight and this is one of the reasons why the World Association of Chefs Societies has recognised Hoi An as one of Vietnam’s food capitals.

Vietnam e-visa or Vietnam visa on arrival
This is a good question and we have seen many people asking about this. Vietnam e-visa is supported by Vietnam immigration and tourists can apply Vietnam visa themselves. They will not have to pay the processing fee which is normally charged US$8 per person by Vietnam visa provider. However, the Vietnam stamping fee (US$25-45) must be paid in advance and non-refundable. Again, applying Vietnam visa with Vietnam immigration takes longer time.

Apply Vietnam visa on arrival, tourists will have to pay the processing fee as mentioned, but fully supported. It is also faster and easy to deal with problem. However, tourists can be waiting in line when getting the visa stamped at airport on arrival.

With the information, we hope that tourists have the answer.