{"id":5335,"date":"2021-11-29T14:27:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T07:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/?p=5335"},"modified":"2022-03-15T10:56:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T03:56:16","slug":"why-is-inbound-travel-insurance-essential-for-expats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/why-is-inbound-travel-insurance-essential-for-expats\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is inbound travel insurance essential for expats?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5335\" class=\"elementor elementor-5335\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-845978a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"845978a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e122ebf\" data-id=\"e122ebf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e17ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44e17ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many countries around the world are making safe travel a priority in the coming year. In Vietnam, the tourism industry is expected to rebuild with strong recovery plans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel insurance is recommended as mandatory for all travelers. It helps cover the expenses of examination, treatment, hospitalisation, medical evacuation and repatriation. Plus, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/personal-family-2\/travel-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">travel insurance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the important ways to welcome foreigners\/ expats back to Vietnam.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>Due to Covid-19, travel insurance is compulsory to enter Vietnam<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traffic accidents and hospitalisation costs have been the main concern to travelers visiting Vietnam. More recently the government has imposed medical coverage to face any costs for Covid-19 treatment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-685b242 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"685b242\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8158885\" data-id=\"8158885\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f61246 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f61246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Travel-Risk-Report-Vietnam-01-1024x780.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5337\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Travel-Risk-Report-Vietnam-01-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Travel-Risk-Report-Vietnam-01-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Travel-Risk-Report-Vietnam-01-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Travel-Risk-Report-Vietnam-01-1536x1171.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Travel-Risk-Report-Vietnam-01-2048x1561.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e146c46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e146c46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbb504c\" data-id=\"dbb504c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c25c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c25c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo credit: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/priavosecurity.com\/vietnam-travel-risk-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">click here<\/span><\/a><\/p><h3><b>The main reason for purchasing travel insurance accidents<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/priavosecurity.com\/vietnam-travel-risk-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018 travel report risks in Vietnam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by specialized agency Priavo, mentioning the medical risk as the highest. The main risks factors are:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traffic accidents<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General lower health and hygiene (food poisoning)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domestic accidents due to low safety standards and investment<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And recently Covid-19 situation<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78126a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78126a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f93c0f\" data-id=\"4f93c0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0de9c31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0de9c31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The risks are aggravated by the lack of International standards hospitals. As of 2020, there are only 1 or 2 world-class hospitals per the main city located in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City. Across the country is a local government hospital with low investment in budget and personnel. If <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/a-medical-insurance-is-often-better-than-a-local-health-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medical<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> teams are qualified, they are surely under-equipped and underpaid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without proper insurance or funding, treatment in local provincial hospitals is simply random or hazardous&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ee2315\" data-id=\"9ee2315\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5688714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5688714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IIA-Blog-29-Nov-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5348\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IIA-Blog-29-Nov-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IIA-Blog-29-Nov-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IIA-Blog-29-Nov-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IIA-Blog-29-Nov-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IIA-Blog-29-Nov-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2725c86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2725c86\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdbf323\" data-id=\"fdbf323\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dafe5c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dafe5c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Travel disruptions due to Vietnam poor infrastructure\u00a0<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vietnamese are not renowned for their organizational skills. The low level of public transportation and state-run services do not give priority to customer care. The under investment in infrastructure creates breakdowns and delays.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><b>Developing country minor incidents and petty thefts<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most tour guides and travelers have an improbable story to tell on the loss of luggage, petty theft of wallets\/ documents. It can be convenient to have all administrative and commuting costs to your embassy to re-issue an express replacement passport paid for. Also having the security of getting an emergency cash allowance for pirated, lost credit cards or money.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthcare system in Vietnam is one of the necessary\u00a0components on your trips. Simply<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insuranceinasia.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get compulsory Covid-19 health or travel insurance before the beginning of your journey.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many countries around the world are making safe travel a priority in the coming year. In Vietnam, the tourism industry is expected to rebuild with strong recovery plans. Travel insurance is recommended as mandatory for all travelers. It helps cover the expenses of examination, treatment, hospitalisation, medical evacuation and repatriation. 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