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From 2015, with effect of the new agreement between the Vietnamese and british governments, visitors from UK can enter Vietnam and stay there for up to 15 days without a visa (For more info read: Vietnam Visa For UK – Do You Need A Visa For Vietnam From UK?. This is a huge improvement on the old system that needed prior application for a visa at the Vietnamese embassy in London or an alternative arrangements to obtain a visa on-arrival. This easement in entry guidelines has actually motivated lots of British people to go to Vietnam, increasing the nation's earnings from tourism and developing more business contacts. Talking to many people in England about locations they want to go to often shows Vietnam to be a priority vacation aspiration. Its great beautiful charm is popular worldwide and interest about its long war and how the nation has actually moved on and thrived since then contributes to the interest. Neighbouring Thailand has for decades been a well-known holiday location for British travelers and many would love to go ahead to check out brand-new countries in the region. Now with equivalent accessibility, Vietnam can anticipate a great share of that onward movement. Vietnam has the essential qualities required to bring in travelers of all tastes. For the regular sun and sea fan, the nation has gorgeous sandy beaches, providing all-year-round sunlight in the south and spring and summer season (May to September) sunlight in the north. Its 2 fantastic cities: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, have modern-day hotels of all levels and exceptional dining establishments, along with modern shopping centres, movie theaters and swimming pools. The two cities are well linked by air services that are regular, trusted and comfy, with a travel time of 2 hours. It is advised that the majority of visitors to Vietnam really should benefit from this air link to see the two rather different parts of this long narrow nation. Vietnam has plenty of uncommon topographical qualities from the two thousand mountains in the sea at the UNESCO world heritage site at Ha Long Bay, to the high hillsides and winding roadways around Sapa and the rivers through the mountains in Ninh Binh. Man-made marvels consist of numerous well-known pagodas, cathedrals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnamese army's celebrated secret weapon in the war in the south: the underground tunnels, barracks and medical facility at Cu Chi. Vietnam can not be completely valued in fifteen days however that is the length of the basic vacation. Those who fall in love with the nation will be welcome to come back, visa totally free, again and again.

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