HANOI (HRNW) – Vietnam will re-open to international tourists on March 15 after a two-year border closure due to the pandemic, the government said Wednesday.
The Southeast Asian nation of 97 million people largely closed itself in March 2020 — a move that clobbered its burgeoning tourism sector which was worth $32 billion a year before Covid.
Authorities said in a statement Wednesday they would begin issuing visas and accepting foreign arrivals from the middle of next month.
The announcement comes a day after the communist country lifted all restrictions on international flights.
The government has slowly eased pandemic curbs in recent months, with visitors trickling back in since November under a bubble arrangement to play golf at resorts.
Tourists must be fully vaccinated and produce a negative coronavirus test before departure and upon arrival.
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