New immigration laws will take effect next month, no more 90 days e-visa only 30 days visa that you will be able to extend two times so max 90 days total allowed to stay then you will have to do a visa run. Normal extension prices pre coronavirus from last year:
If you do the math, it should costs you ~$1.5k to live here 1 year, not so great. For less than that you can have better long-term visas in the region.
Now for when the borders in SEA will reopen for international tourism, best case scenario the fourth quarter of this year, first for Asian countries then ROW.
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When other Asian countries announce the pandemic as ending, Việt Nam will launch a communication campaign "Vietnam NOW - Safety and Smiling" – a tourism stimulus programme with preferential packages for domestic and Asian tourists.
The industry will restructure the international tourist markets to Việt Nam and focus on promoting travel to countries without the pandemic, especially for business travel.
It has also proposed the Government to consider policies to create favourable conditions for tourists to Việt Nam, including visa exemptions or visa fee reductions, increasing flights and opening new routes to foreign countries.
https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/71586...sm-market.html