[Vnbiz] Vietnamese get visa exemption

[Dieu Nguyen]

Dear CACC,

My first thought upon hearing this news is delight as the Vietnamese
government has, at least, shown some good wills in their attitude towards
Viet Kieu.

However, there is a long way to go between law on paper and implementation
in real life. Reading this
post<http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-0aVtqD82aacYzUZKm3yPrKA-?cq=1&p=1800#comments>by
a Vietnamese abroad makes me realize a lot still need to be done
before
Viet Kieu can feel like Vietnam is their home.

Do you have any suggestion on how this decree should improve to be more
effective?

Dieu.

P.S: The link:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-0aVtqD82aacYzUZKm3yPrKA-?cq=1&p=1800#comments


On 8/20/07, Phan, Tai <Tai.Phan at ed.gov> wrote:
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> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
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> Vietnamese get visa exemption
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> Aug 20, 2007 7:47 PM
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> Vietnamese who live abroad can enter Vietnam without visas from September
> 1, the government announced as part of efforts to reunite overseas
> Vietnamese with their homeland and attract more investment.
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> Many of the three million Vietnamese who live in 90 countries are from
> families who left after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
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> State media reported that the visa exemption, first announced by President
> Nguyen Minh Triet on a visit to the United States in June, had been approved
> by the government.
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> The reports said that overseas Vietnamese and relatives would still
> require a visa exemption certificate once they provide documentary proof
> they are ethnically Vietnamese. The certificate allows multiple entries and
> a stay of up to three months at a time.
>
> The government's Committee for Overseas Vietnamese has sent 200,000 visa
> exemption certificates to embassies to meet the expected immediate demand.
>
> About 500,000 overseas Vietnamese arrive each year on family visits and
> increasingly to do business in the country of 85 million people. Most live
> in the United States, France, Australia and Canada.
>
>
> Source: Reuters
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