Vietnam has recently allowed Chinese visitors to Vietnam using entry-exit permits, a much simpler form of visas, to board domestic flights, according to local newspaper Young People on Wednesday.

Under a new regulation of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, the Chinese visitors with the permits are now permitted to enter domestic flights in group, not on individual basis. In Vietnam, the visitors are not allowed to use international flights.

Among nearly 2.5 million international arrivals to Vietnam in the first seven months of this year, 320,500 were Chinese visitors, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism. China has been Vietnam's biggest tourism market in recent years.

(Xinhua News Agency August 1, 2007)