Vietnam · Passport Index 2026
Vietnam · Passport Index 2026Vietnamese passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #89 in the world, with 54 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
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Visa-free countries for Vietnamese passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Vietnamese passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Vietnamese passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Asia23 of 49 countries
- Oceania5 of 14 countries
- Africa16 of 54 countries
- Americas8 of 35 countries
- Europe2 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for Vietnamese passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- CambodiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IranVisa not requiredSouthern Asia15 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- LaosVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MyanmarVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia14 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- TaiwaneTA requiredEastern Asia
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia120 days
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean90 days
- TürkiyeeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can Vietnamese passport holders visit without a visa?
28 countries need no visa at all, and 26 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Vietnam passport rank?
#78 of 199 passports, with 54 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Vietnamese passport holders visit visa-free?
Indonesia, Russia, Philippines, Iran Thailand, and 23 more.
Where can Vietnamese passport holders get a visa at the airport?
23 countries, including Egypt, Tanzania, Mozambique Madagascar, and 19 more.
Which countries let Vietnamese passport holders apply online?
52 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria DR Congo, and 48 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Vietnamese passport holders?
95, including China, United States, Brazil Bangladesh, and 91 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Vietnamese passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Vietnamese passport holders?
Asia: 47% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Vietnamese passport holders visit easily?
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos Malaysia, and 5 more.
Does the Vietnam passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
Reviewed by @snuck