okay so whenever i film a video like
this
in my room it's usually very noisy
outside
like from kids coming from school
screaming and laughing
and people driving motorbikes and
honking everywhere
but right now it's so quiet just listen
because literally nothing is open in
vietnam now
hi everyone welcome back to my channel
in today's video i'm gonna update you
with some current news about covet 19 in
vietnam
you guys have sent me a lot of questions
regarding when vietnam is going to open
the border for tourists
and what happened to the foreigners who
are in vietnam
and having their visas expired i'm gonna
answer all those questions
today in this video but first thing
first
let me give you an overview of the covet
19
in vietnam so as of june 8 2021 which is
today
so i'm gonna post this video soon this
week uh vietnam has confirmed around
9 000 covet cases and 53
deaths we are dealing with the fourth
wave of the outbreak right now
and we believe the variant is a hybrid
of india
and britain so it's even more dangerous
and it's even worse than the previous
three waves combined so vietnam
is in a very difficult situation right
now with that being said
there has been no official announcement
that said when vietnam is gonna
open the border for tourists and the
only groups that are allowed to enter
vietnam
are experts investors and vietnamese
citizens
the vietnamese government has tightened
the rules and the law
so hanoi was ordered to close all the
non-essential businesses
such as bars coffee shops or restaurants
and they only allow the take out options
and ho chi minh city is completely
locked out for two weeks since
may 31st 2021. also the quarantine
period
has gone up from 14 days to 21 days
because apparently what happened was
that people who were quarantined for
14 days they tested negative but when
they got released
in the community they tested it positive
again
so that's why we prolonged the the
quarantine period
since march 2020 which is last year the
government provided the automatic
extension for
foreigners who are stranded in vietnam
during the pandemic
until may 31st 2021. i've heard a lot of
tourists said that their
visas are being rejected and being
denied by the government
and they um either have to leave vietnam
or they have to get like a sponsorship
from our company
so the reason why the vietnamese
government refuses
tourist visas is because recently
there's a crackdown
that people bring foreigners to vietnam
under
fake expert visas so that's why the
government trying to tighten the laws
and because vietnam is a small
developing country
so we don't have enough resources to
service all the foreigners who are
stranded here in vietnam
so yeah that's the reason why and we're
afraid that when
the pandemic is getting worse in vietnam
we're not able to have
enough healthcare equipment we don't
have enough healthcare workers to
handle uh the outbreak so we rather
prevent it than having it and treating
it i know a lot of people are getting
very frustrated
and panicking right now because of this
situation
so i have read a lot of articles and
watched a lot of youtube videos on this
matter
so i can have like a good summary for
you so you don't need to read like all
those articles
but i also will include those articles
and videos that i
have read and watched in the description
box so you can read more in detail
first of all i'm not an immigration
consultant
or i'm not working for a vietnamese
government i'm just a normal human being
wanted to help you guys if you guys want
to have like a detailed step-by-step
instructions on how to renew your visa
you definitely should reach out to your
companies or professional
immigration agents so they can properly
help you renew your visa so from what i
read there are some solutions for you to
renew your visa
so first of all you should reach out to
like a company that is willing to
sponsor you and give you the legal
paper so you can stay longer in vietnam
and
option two you can invest in a company
or open a business in vietnam so you can
receive the investor visa
and of course this option is going to be
more expensive vietnam is in a very
difficult situation right now and i
feel like the only way we can overcome
this challenging time is to have enough
vaccine
and the vietnam officials already
promised that they're going to have 125
million
covet 19 doses at the end of this year
so finger cross you know like i really
hope that
we'll get enough vaccine and we can
start opening the border soon
again i'm not an expert i wish i could
help you more
but for now i think that what i can do
is
to read more articles and keep you guys
updated
and keep making videos about vietnam so
you can see vietnam
through my lenses i really hope this
craziness will end soon so
we'll be able to travel again and i
can't wait to see all of you
in vietnam one day and remember it's
only temporary
and everything is gonna be back to
normal soon
so be safe everyone and i'll see you in
the next video
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