Authorities to work with Singapore on entry denial of Vietnamese visitors
Vietnamese aviation authorities on July 22 submitted a document to the Ministry of Transport so that the ministry will work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about a recent issue relating to Vietnamese visitors to Singapore.
According to many local carriers, many of their Vietnamese passengers, mostly women, have had their entry to Singapore denied by the authorities there without clear reasons when they arrived in the city-state recently, according to the document from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
They have not been permitted to enter the country even when having all necessary documentation, said the document.
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| This file photo shows passengers boarding a Vietnam Airlines plane at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
They then have had to go back home on the airplanes of the Vietnamese carriers having brought them to Singapore earlier following current obligation, causing costs incurred for both the passengers and the carriers, it said.
To tackle such issue, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should send a diplomatic note to the Singaporean counterpart for explanations, said CAAV in the document.
CAAV said it has also sent a letter to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, asking the state-run body and Singaporean immigration authority to provide relevant airlines of the two countries with the lists of Vietnamese individuals who are not encouraged to visit the city-state.
The list will help keep them updated so that they can actively implement appropriate measures to ensure the rights of the passengers and reduce finanical damages, if any.
According to current law, Vietnamese people can visit Singapore for 30 days without visa.