I am an Indian citizen and planning to travel to Vietnam during Christmas time. I did find that Vietnam is accepting online E-visa applications for Indian citizens but couldn't find any covid guidelines on the website.
Is there a travel ban in Vietnam or do we have to keep ourselves quarantine for 15 days?
Thanks
Nope. Not going to work. Stay home.
Vietnam suspended most inbound commercial flights on December 1 and imposed other restrictions after detecting community transmission following a several month streak without new reported cases. There are some exceptions for repatriating Vietnamese citizens and for "experts" and business people, with a quarantine requirement. If you fall into those categories, you'd have a sponsor in Vietnam.
Beyond that, the government has recently imposed several such restrictions with short notice as they try to reduce cases to 0 again, so even if you do qualify for entry, I'd be reluctant to go somewhere where you risk being stuck if there are new restrictions.
The borders of VietNam are closed due to the COVID19 pandemic. Non-citizen returns are limited to diplomats and Foreigners of economic importance to VietNam, designated so by the government.
The situation is 'fluid'.
Contact the Vietnamese Embassy in India Phone: (+91 11) 26 879 868 (vnembassy-newdelhi.mofa.gov.vn).
ALWAYS REMEMBER the possession of a Visa is NOT A GUARANTEE of entry, Immigration officials at the point of entry have the power to vary or even cancel a Visa. (Common to all countries).
Quarantine is determined by the country you are travelling from. They have old Army camps for 2-week quarantine periods. NOT NICE.
(I am a Westerner living in VietNam)
