After a working session about the tourism development cooperation program among Kien Giang province and some border-overland and Thailand coastal provinces, on 15th March 2009 afternoon, Minister of Cambodia tourism – Thong Khon- stated that Vietnam and Combodia Governments have come to a mutual agreement of visa exemption for Vietnamese citizens to Cambodia and vice versus.
At present, tourists who travel by land to Cambodia just need to pay for the car/motor insurance and human insurance to have the legal right to come to many places in Cambodia. The good new is that, the Cambodia tourism has just set up a new promotion by deducting 30% hotel service fee for those who travel to Cambodia as an action of giving tourists preferential treatment.
According to Mr. Thong Khon – Minister of Cambodia tourism – during the first two months of 2009, 12.000 Vietnamese travelers are estimated to come to Cambodia for leisure purpose through two important borders in Vietnam as Ha Tien (Kien Giang) and Moc Bai (Tay Ninh). (According to Vietnamtourism)