Japanese businesses urge Ho Chi Minh City to further improve immigration processing at city airport
Ho Chi Minh City 10:58 13/12/2025Japanese businesses have called on Ho Chi Minh City to continue improving immigration procedures at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, saying waiting times remain long despite recent upgrades, according to remarks made at a business dialogue held on Friday in the city.
Vietnam’s Dong Nai issues level-2 digital ID accounts for over 200 foreigners
Expat Life 11:23 04/07/2025The police department in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam reported on Thursday that in the first two days of July 2025, officers provided guidance and issued level-2 digital identification (ID) accounts to more than 200 foreign nationals currently residing and working in the province.
Vietnam launches level-2 digital ID accounts for foreigners starting July 1
Expat Life 18:27 01/07/2025Beginning July 1, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security officially implemented the issuance of level-2 digital identification accounts to foreigners holding temporary or permanent residence cards in the country.
Portugal tightens naturalisation rules, doubles residency requirement
World 09:51 24/06/2025Portugal's centre-right minority government, under pressure from the far right to reduce immigration, said on Monday it would double to 10 years the amount of time most foreigners need to be legally resident in Portugal before applying for citizenship.
Immigration officer at Phu Quoc airport suspended for tearing Taiwanese tourist’s boarding pass
Vietnam News 14:52 20/05/2025The Vietnam Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security has issued a decision to temporarily suspend an immigration officer at Phu Quoc International Airport off the coast of Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam for tearing a Taiwanese tourist's boarding pass on May 13.
Residents crowd immigration department for passport application in Hanoi
Vietnam News 10:00 23/04/2022The demand for overseas travel has soared following the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic
Firms face maze of regulations getting key foreign experts into Vietnam
Economy 17:15 30/05/2020As of the end of March, 25,000 foreign workers had not been able to return to Vietnam
Over 2,500 under home quarantine in Ho Chi Minh City as COVID-19 precaution
Vietnam News 18:28 13/02/2020The city is looking to establish a designated quarantine area in each of its 24 districts
Vietnam passes law allowing foreigners to change visa status without leaving country
Vietnam News 18:24 26/11/2019Foreign visitors to Vietnam can apply for a change of visa purposes under a number of circumstances
Vietnam behind only China in joining Australia’s residency-by-investment program
Vietnam News 17:01 06/07/2018Only around half of the Vietnamese visa applications were successful, however
