It wasn't that long ago that there was some sort of hope that after Tet that the Vietnamese government was going to change the tourist-visa policy back to a 3-month visa or perhaps even 1-year visa for people from certain countries. As it stands now the only tourist visa available is the 30 day visa, which to people that are trying to live here is not nearly enough. Visa runs are immensely popular right now but not because people actually want to go on them. They are doing them because they have to. I've been on a couple of these and they really suck if you don't live near a border. <center> ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdxep2oBTjWQZdiSADVpBwW5jPFV4mksASqxRbh3QjcPZ/image.png) [src](https://vietnambustravel.com/media/transporter/15/1494864935_Sao_Viet_Hanoi_laocai.jpg)</center> I suppose it would be ok if you only needed to do one or perhaps two of them but I know people that have been doing these every month for the past year and they always say something along the lines of that they didn't realize that 30 days could pass by so quickly. It isn't just that you have to sit on a bus for 12 hours or more, it is the fact that the visa to enter Laos is $30 and the visa to come immediately back into Vietnam is another $25. The visa run itself also costs around $60 so by the time you are all set and done you have probably spent quite a bit of money just for an additional 30 days in Vietnam. For a lot of people this is still economical because Vietnam is still by far the most economically viable country in the area that actually has infrastructure but you are going to have to start asking yourself whether or not you value you time. The rumor about the country returning to a 90-day visa has as of yet proven to be just a rumor and there doesn't seem to be much movement to make this rumor any sort of reality. There are a lot of people that are already leaving Vietnam to pursue being digital nomads elsewhere and honestly, at this point I don't think it will be too terribly long before I end up being one of them. I fail to understand why a country that is as poor as this one - no offense intended of course - would ever be interested in chasing relatively affluent members of society out of the country. The condo owners and local restaurants definitely don't want this to happen but at this point it almost seems inevitable. So for now, there is no tourist visa to Vietnam other than the standard 30-day one. I wouldn't recommend anyone out there thinking of setting up shop as a digital nomad do so in this country unless they are prepared to do a bunch of rather boring travel once every 4 weeks. It's lame, but that is just the way that it is. We can only hope that someone comes along and changes it but as of now, there doesn't appear to be any movement in that direction and a lot of digital nomads are packing up and moving to other countries. I may soon become one of them
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an-man | 0 | 590,374,282 | 10.2% | ||
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jongcl | 0 | 6,858,266,790 | 50% | ||
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itskach | 0 | 2,547,313,574 | 50% | ||
jezwanderer | 0 | 20,621,231,551 | 50% | ||
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hivecebubloggers | 0 | 25,480,231,791 | 100% | ||
baninan | 0 | 2,432,287,882 | 50% | ||
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author | asean.hive |
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permlink | re-gaberadke-2023316t122055105z |
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🙏
author | gabe.radke |
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This makes no sense as the loser at the end of the day will be Vietnam as they will lose those helping the economy tick over. I know I couldn't do this and would take a 1 hour flight instead of a 12 hour bus trip no matter the cost. I do value my time and wasting a day each month for a visa is not worth it.
author | cryptoandcoffee |
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permlink | re-gaberadke-rrmppk |
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this is what I say to a lot of my online teacher friends who make the 12 hour bus journey instead of the 3 hour turnround in and out flight. What is your time worth? By taking the bus you are missing out on a potential of nearly $200 worth of teaching hours. Plus buses just suck generally speaking in Vietnam since the driver is on the horn basically the entire trip.
author | gabe.radke |
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I did long bus trips in the Army days and would never do it again as my time has far more value. Even when I fly overseas I check which airlines are quicker as even a few hours is a few hours of not being cramped. Johannesburg to Europe there is a difference in flight times of around 90-120 minutes between the various airlines and I always opt for the fastest.
author | cryptoandcoffee |
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permlink | re-gaberadke-rrpvzu |
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Still boils down to whether stuck with a vietnamese in law, otherwise a long term visa is required. No point spending 2 days of the month just to get a 28 days legal stay.
author | davidke20 |
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permlink | re-gaberadke-2023316t111516459z |
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yeah, I also feel that since I really dislike being treated like a criminal piece of livestock that going to airports to quickly fly in and out is just a humiliating experience that not many people will care to endure for very long.
author | gabe.radke |
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voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
asean.hive | 0 | 727,763,170,889 | 16.5% |