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Vietnam Visa Exemption

With the increasing achievements in diplomatic, Vietnam now offers visa exemption to citizens of many countries. The detailed regulation on Vietnam visa exemption is as follows:

- From 1st September 2007 Overseas Vietnamese and their families will be able to obtain five-year visa exemption certificate.

- No more than 30 day visa exemption: applied for Thailand Passport holders

- No more than 21 day visa exemption: applied for citizen of Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Laos.

- No more than 15 day visa exemption: applied for citizens of Japan and South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Russian Federation (from 1 Jan 2009).

- French citizens holding valid diplomatic passports are exempt from vietnam visa requirements when visiting Vietnam and are allowed to stay for up 3 months at one time or on several visits within six months since their first immigration dates. Vietnamese citizens holding valid diplomatic passports also enjoy similar privileges.

- Citizens of Chile and Vietnam holding valid diplomatic or official passports from one of the two countries are exempt from needing entry, exit and transit visas in the other's territory and are allowed to stay for up 60 days on each visit.

- An agreement on visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders signed between Vietnam and the Republic of Paraguay’s governments will take effect as from October 26, 2008 announced the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Under the agreement which was signed on March 8, 2007 in Asuncion, the two countries’ diplomatic and official passport holders whose residence does not exceed 90 days will be exempted from visa.
The agreement will also allow visa exemption throughout the term of office for those who are members of diplomatic missions, consular offices or representatives of international organizations as well as members of their families.

For more information about visa exemption, you can refer the Vietnam’s diplomatic affairs website http://www.mofa.gov.vn