Seems to me this 90-day e-visa is going to happen and for lots of nationalities. From Viet Nam News this morning: Headline: Cabinet members agree on extending e-visa validity to three months HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has emphasised the need to better facilitate entry and exit procedure...

More confirmation and more of a positive spin from VN Express -- Government issues statement and May looking more solid. Posted last evening but it wasn't on the VN Express news app this morning though. Anyway . . . Headline: Vietnam to grant 3-month e-visas for foreign tourists to boost tourism The...

This Aussie couple on their YT channel called For Riel live in SR. This fresh video covers a bunch of places to eat on Taphul Road. It's a start.

Hmmm . . . a couple of new but positive twists. This story says they will deal with the proposals in the National Assembly in May. Whereas the above story mentions both May and October. I'm a little more hopeful they will just deal with the visas in May and be done with it. Can't see why they'd wait...

An option is to take 3 or 4 1-litre cartons of coco water. There'd be a lot of wastage in taking green coconuts, plus she'd need the axe skills. Just a thought . . .

Does anyone have an inkling as to why they're taking so long about it? As this was the policy before COVID anyway right - 3 month or even 6 month tourist visa options, IIRC I'm not sure who exactly stands to gain by preventing tourism from going back to *somewhere near* the pre-COVID levels?! There...

This is going to disappoint a lot of expats waiting out in neighbouring countries, plus the RoW for the rumoured 90-day VN tourist visa. Vietnam's planned easement of visa policy will continue to be talked to death. A more detailed story than the one above appeared on Viet Nam News today. Here is th...

Phew, that was close . . . Twitter dude and blogger of all things Thailand, Richard Barrow, was supposed to be on this very train to S'ville as part of his train guide project. In fact, when he announced it the day before, blogger Jacob in Cambodia noted how often the train has accidents at level cr...

:facepalm: On a lark, checked BKK to REP return on Bangkok Airways, March 30/April 7. Almost the same fare as PNH to REP, over US$300/9,000 baht!!! -- almost double what I paid BKK to SGN return on VN Air in Feb/March. Air Asia is 5220 THB return, DMK/REP, which includes 1400 THB extra charge for 20...

This looks like the real thing, an actual draft amendment, which would have to be passed by the National Assembly, I believe. It also fits some of the statements by the PM recently and noted in the earlier thread. Thought I would post a separate story since this could be what many are waiting for. E...