When returning home for the Lunar New Year holidays ( TET), which falls on January 29, Viet Kieu can ask Vietnamese immigration officers at airports for visas.
These airports are Noi Bai in
Vietnamese holding foreign passports or documents proving their Vietnamese origin and residing in countries where there are no Vietnamese consulates or diplomatic officer is all eligible for this.
In special cases, such as the death or serious illness of a relative in
Nguyen Chon Trung, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, said Viet Kieu who returns to
In a move to encourage Viet Kieu to come back home for Tet, the committee and the Southern Airports Authority will arrange a group of volunteers to welcome Viet Kieu at Tan Son Nhat on December 20.