South Korea has imposed stricter visa application requirements on Vietnamese visitors, asking applicants to attach their original savings account books to their visa applications instead of photocopies or written confirmation of finances by banks.

Two visitors from Vietnam have been refused entry to Australia after breaching Australia’s biosecurity requirements, according to the Australian Embassy in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese tourist arrivals in Tokyo and Japan as a whole have grown steadily. Last year, 124,000 Vietnamese visited Japan, up a staggering 50% against the previous year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many countries and territories have made visa procedures more stringent for Vietnamese visitors after several local travelers have been found taking advantage of touring overseas to flee and illegally reside there,

VietNamNet Bridge – The outbound tourism grew roughly 20 percent per year in the past five years and Vietnam has become the source markets of the tourism industry of many countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last week, more than 700 Vietnamese people were left stranded in the middle of a MICE (Meeting-Incentive-Conventions-Exhibition) tour in Bangkok.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) will offer Vietnamese tourists 200 free tickets to watch the 2013 Formula 1 (F1) Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix,