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List of visa exemption agreements between Vietnam and foreign countries

Visa exemption:

Vietnamese people that hold foreign passports and foreigners who are their husbands, wives and children are exempt from visa requirements to enter Vietnam and are allowed to stay for not more than 90 days. In order to be granted visa exemption certificates at Vietnamese representative offices abroad, overseas Vietnamese need conditions:

• Foreign-issued permanent residence certificate (PRC) with the validity of at least six months since the date of entrance.
• Visa exemption paper (VEP) is granted by Vietnamese appropriate authorities.

Those who expect to stay more than 90 days must apply for visa according to current stipulations before their entrance.

Bilateral visa exemption agreement

• Citizens of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Laos holding valid ordinary passports are exempt from visa requirements and are allowed to stay for not more than 30 days; Philippines is allowed to stay for not more than 21 days.
• Citizens of China, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, and Rumania holding valid ordinary passports for official mission and citizens of 52 countries holding valid diplomatic or official passports are exempt from visa requirements. The duration of staying is stipulated in certain cases. For more information, please visit the website of Ministry of Foreign Affaires.

Unilateral visa exemption

• Visa with 30-day validity is exempted for officials from ASEAN secretariat holding different kinds of passports.
• Citizens of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Japan and South Korea holding different kinds of passports are exempt from visa requirements and are allowed to stay for not more than 15 days.

  List of visa exemption agreements

(31 December, 2006)

Order

Country

Date of entry into force

Categories of passports covered

1

Argentina

13/11/1999

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

2

Albania

1/10/1956

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Group Passports for official mission

3

Algeria

02/01/1995

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

4

Afghanistan

26/2/1988

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

5

Bangladesh

10/7/1999

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports for Vietnamese citizens

Diplomatic Passports, International Passports with "official" seal for Bangladesh citizens

6

Belarus

24/11/1993

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

7

Brazil

12/2/2005

Diplomatic passports

8

Brunei

1/11/1997

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

9

Bulgaria

1/6/1966

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports; Group Passports or Ordinary Passports for official mission

10

Cambodia

30/11/1979

Diplomatic and Official passports; Diplomatic and Official Lassez-passezs

11

Chile

25/6/2005

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

12

China

15/3/1992

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports for official mission

13

Cuba

Currently in force

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports for official mission, Seaman?s Passports for Vietnamese citizens

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Service Passports or Maritime Passports for Cuban citizens

14

Czech

13/2/2000

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

15

France

1/7/2005

Diplomatic passports

16

Hungary

1/8/1993

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

17

India

23/3/1995

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

18

Indonesia

19/9/1998

4/12/2003

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

Ordinary Passports with valid periods of at least 6 months

19

Iran

1/6/1994

Diplomatic passports

20

Iraq

1/12/2001

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

21

Japan

1/5/2005

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

22

Kyrgyzstan

Currently in force

Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports for official mission

 

23

Laos

17/7/1977

 

05/3/2004

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports for official mission,

Ordinary Passports with valid periods of at least 6 months

24

Malaysia

25/11/2001

Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Ordinary Passports

25

Mexico

4/2/2002

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

26

Moldova

23/5/2003

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

27

Mongolia

6/2/2000

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

28

Montenegro

1/9/2000

Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Special passports

29

Morocco

19/12/2004

Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Special passports

30

Myanmar

11/8/1998

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

31

Nicaragua

Currently in force

Diplomatic passports, Official or Service passports

32

Panama

4/11/2002

Diplomatic passports, Official passports for Vietnamese citizens

Diplomatic passports, Official passports, Specical Passports, Consular passports

33

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

01/10/1956

 

01/4/1966

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports; Group Passports for official mission

Ordinary Passports for official mission

34

Peru

2/6/2006

Diplomatic passports, Official passports for Vietnamese citizens

Diplomatic passports, Special passports for Peruvian citizens

35

Philippine

19/02/1997

16/2/1999

 

1/4/2000

Diplomatic passports

Official Passports, Holders of Ordinary Passports having an invitation to join ASEAN activities organized by ASEAN Secretariat or Governmental agencies

Ordinary Passports with valid periods of at least 6 months, together with return air tickets or air tickets for leaving the country

36

Rumania

1/12/1956

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports; Group Passports or Ordinary Passports for official mission

37

Russia

20/2/1994

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

38

Serbia

1/9/2000

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

39

Singapore

10/5/1997

01/12/2003

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

Ordinary Passports with valid periods of at least 6 months, together with return air tickets or air tickets for leaving the country

40

Slovakia

10/8/1992

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

41

Republic of Korea

13/1/1999

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

42

Sri Lanka

19/9/2003

Diplomatic passports, Official passports

43

Thailand

10/5/1997

9/7/2000

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

Ordinary Passports

44

Turkey

1/10/1998

Diplomatic Passports

45

Ukraine

6/12/1993

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

46

Venezuela

17/11/2006

Diplomatic Passports, Official passports

 Source: http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/ct_lanhsu

 

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