Visa requirements for Vietnamese citizens

An ordinary Vietnamese passport

Visa requirements for Vietnamese citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Vietnam by the authorities of other states. In 2016, Vietnamese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 47 countries and territories, ranking the Vietnamese passport 90th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index (tied with Comoros, Jordan and Laos).^[1]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Vietnamese citizens

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  Visa-free

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Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	Visa required[3]
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa required[5]
Angola	Visa required[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	Electronic Entry Visa[7]
Argentina	Visa required[8]
Armenia	Visa required[9]
Australia	Visa required[10]	May apply online.[11]
Austria	Visa required[12]
Azerbaijan	Visa required[13]
Bahamas	Visa required[14]
Bahrain	Visa required[15]
Bangladesh	Visa required[16]
Barbados	Visa required[17]
Belarus	Visa required[18]
Belgium	Visa required[19]
Belize	Visa required[20]
Benin	Visa required[21]
Bhutan	Visa required[22]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[23]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required[24]
Botswana	Visa required[25]
Brazil	Visa required[26]
Brunei	Visa not required[27]	14 days
Bulgaria	Visa required[28]	Visa free for holders of valid visa for Schengen area.[29]
Burkina Faso	Visa required[30]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[31]	3 months
Cambodia	Visa not required[32]	30 days
Cameroon	Visa required[33]
Canada	Visa required[34]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[35]
Central African Republic	Visa required[36]
Chad	Visa required[37]
Chile	Visa required[38]
China	Visa required[39]
Colombia	Visa required[40]	Visa free for holders of valid visa for Schengen area or the US.[41]
Comoros	Visa on arrival[42]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[43]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[44]
Costa Rica	Visa required[45]	Visa free for holders of valid visa for Schengen area or the US.[46]
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required[47]
Croatia	Visa required[48]	Visa free for holders of valid visa for Schengen area.[49]
Cuba	Visa not required[50]
Cyprus	Visa required[51]	Visa free for holders of valid visa for Schengen area.[52]
Czech Republic	Visa required[53]
Denmark	Visa required[54]
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[55]
Dominica	Visa not required[56]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa required[57]
Ecuador	Visa not required[58]	90 days
Egypt	Visa required[59]
El Salvador	Visa required[60]
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[61]
Eritrea	Visa required[62]
Estonia	Visa required[63]
Ethiopia	Visa required[64]
Fiji	Visa required[65]
Finland	Visa required[66]
France	Visa required[67]
Gabon	eVisa[68]	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[69]
Georgia	eVisa[70]	up to 90 days
Germany	Visa required[71]
Ghana	Visa required[72]
Greece	Visa required[73]
Grenada	Visa required[74]
Guatemala	Visa required[75]
Guinea	Visa required[76]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[77]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[78]
Haiti	Visa not required[79]	3 months
Honduras	Visa required[80]
Hong Kong	Visa required[81]
Hungary	Visa required[82]
Iceland	Visa required[83]
India	e-Tourist Visa[84]	30 days
Indonesia	Visa not required[85]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[86]	30 days[87]
Iraq	Visa required[88]
Ireland	Visa required[89]
Israel	Visa required[90]
Italy	Visa required[91]
Jamaica	Visa required[92]
Japan	Visa required[93]
Jordan	Visa required[94]
Kazakhstan	Visa required[95]
Kenya	eVisa[96]	3 months; also visa on arrival until 1 September 2015
Kiribati	Visa required[97]
North Korea	Visa required[98]
South Korea	Visa required[99]	30 Days Visa-Free Access to Jeju Island
Kuwait	Visa on arrival[100]	3 months for a fee of KWD3.- if arriving by plane
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[101]	Unlimited
Laos	Visa not required[102]	30 days
Latvia	Visa required[103]
Lebanon	Visa required[104]	In addition to a visa, an approval should be obtained from the Immigration department of the General Directorate for General Secutiy (La Surete Generale).
Lesotho	Visa required[105]
Liberia	Visa required[106]
Libya	Visa required[107]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[108]
Lithuania	Visa required[109]
Luxembourg	Visa required[110]
Macau	Visa required[111]
Macedonia	Visa required[112]
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[113]	90 days
Malawi	Visa on arrival[114]
Malaysia	Visa not required[115]	30 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival[116]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[117]
Malta	Visa required[118]
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[119]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[120]
Mauritius	Visa required[121]
Mexico	Visa required[122]	Starting May 1, 2010, all those foreign nationals, regardless of their nationality, visiting Mexico for tourist, business or transit matters won't need a Mexican visa as long as they have with them a valid and not expired USA visa in the passport. In this context, if you have a valid US visa in the passport you do not need to obtain a Mexican visa.[123]
Micronesia	Visa not required[124]	30 days
Moldova	Visa required[125]
Monaco	Visa required[126]
Mongolia	Visa required[127]
Montenegro	Visa required[128]
Morocco	Visa required[129]
Mozambique	Visa required[130]	Visa on arrival is no longer available to citizens of countries that host an embassy of Mozambique.[131][132][133]
Myanmar	Visa not required[134]	14 days [135] Also eVisa for 28 days; holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports.
Namibia	Visa required[136]
Nauru	Visa required[137]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[138]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[139]
New Zealand	Visa required[140]
Nicaragua	Visa required[141]
Niger	Visa required[142]
Nigeria	Visa required[143]
Norway	Visa required[144]
Oman	Visa required[145]
Pakistan	Visa required[146]
Palau	Visa on arrival[147]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[148]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[149]
Paraguay	Visa required[150]
Philippines	Visa not required[151]	21 days
Peru	Visa required[152]
Poland	Visa required[153]
Portugal	Visa required[154]
Qatar	Visa required[155]
Romania	Visa required[156]	Visa free for holders of valid visa for Schengen area.[157]
Russia	Visa required[158]
Rwanda	Visa required[159]	Visa is obtained online.[160]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa required[161]	Visa obtainable online.[162]
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival[163]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[164]	1 month
Samoa	Entry Permit on arrival[165]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required[166]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa required[167]	Visa is obtained online.[168]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[169]
Senegal	Visa required[170]
Serbia	Visa required[171]	Visa free for a maximum stay of 90 days for valid visa holders or residents of the European Union member states and the United States.
Seychelles	Visitor's Permit on arrival[172]	1 month
Sierra Leone	Visa required[173]
Singapore	Visa not required[174]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required[175]
Slovenia	Visa required[176]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[177]
Somalia	Visa on arrival[178]	30 days, provided an invitation letter issued by the sponsor has been submitted to the Airport Immigration Department at least 2 days before arrival.
South Africa	Visa required[179]
South Sudan	Visa required[180]
Spain	Visa required[181]
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[182]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[183]
Suriname	Visa required[184]
Swaziland	Visa required[185]
Sweden	Visa required[186]
Switzerland	Visa required[187]
Syria	Visa required[188]
Taiwan	Visa required[189]	30 days for passport holders who hold valid visa of Canada, USA, Shengen States, UK, Japan, New Zealand or Australia. Required to register personal data using the “Advance Online Registration System for the Visitors of Nationals from Five Southeast Asian Countries to Taiwan” [190]
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[191]	45 days
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[192]
Thailand	Visa not required[193]	30 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[194]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[195]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[196]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[197]
Tunisia	Visa required[198]
Turkey	Visa required[199]
Turkmenistan	Visa required[200]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[201]	1 month
Uganda	Visa on arrival[202]
Ukraine	Visa required[203]
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[204]
United Kingdom	Visa required[205]
United States	Visa required[206]
Uruguay	Visa required[207]
Uzbekistan	Visa required[208]
Vanuatu	Visa required[209]
Vatican City	Visa required[210]
Venezuela	Visa required[211]
Yemen	Visa required[212]
Zambia	Visa on arrival[213]	90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa required[214]

See also

• Vietnamese passport
• Visa policy of Vietnam

References

1. "Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2016" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
11. "Online lodgement Arrangements for Subclass 600". Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
29. http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/109/index.html
31. "Visa Information for Burundi: Holders of Normal Passports from Virgin Islands, U.S.". Timatic. International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
40. "Visa Information for Colombia: Holders of Normal Passports from Viet Nam". Timatic. International Air Transport Association (IATA).
41. http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/newsroom/news/ciudadanos-chinos-tengan-visado-schengen-o-estados-unidos-no-deberan-tramitar-visa
45. "Visa Information for Costa Rica: Holders of Normal Passports from Viet Nam". Timatic. International Air Transport Association (IATA).
46. https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=VN&AR=00&PASSTYPES=PASS&DE=CR&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C
49. http://www.mvep.hr/en/consular-information/visas/visa-requirements-overview/
52. http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/HighCom/london.nsf/All/C5BC5D60E65345B280257BCD00401BF1?OpenDocument
68. Gabon e-Visa
70. e-VISA PORTAL
84. Tourist Visa on Arrival enabled by ETA
87. Iran extends airport visa validity to 30 days
96. Republic of Kenya - eCitizen portal
131. Mozambique: Tightened Visa Requirements for Entering Mozambique
132. New Enforcement of Visa Requirements for Entry
133. Mozambique
157. http://www.mae.ro/en/node/2040
162. Visitor Visa Application