Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong and Overseas Vietnamese at Hung King temple

(VOVworld)-The government has issued amendments and supplements to regulations on visa exemption for Overseas Vietnamese. The news decision stipulates that a competent agency shall grant a visa exemption certificate within 5 working days after receiving a valid dossier, instead of 7 days as previously. People entering Vietnam with visa exemption certificates may stay in Vietnam for up to 90 days following each entry. Those who wish to stay longer with legitimate reasons and will be guaranteed by an agency, organization or individual in Vietnam, should be subject to the extension of temporary residence for up to 90 days of each extension.  The new regulation will take effect from April 15^th 2012.