{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"LA","name":"Laos","slug":"laos"},"destination":{"code":"VN","name":"Vietnam"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-09-28","allowedStays":[{"label":"Up to 30 days per visit","basis":"per_visit","maxDays":30,"notes":["Ordinary-passport short-visit limit; not passport validity, an automatic extension or a right to work."]}],"policies":[{"id":"pass415-vn-bilateral-ordinary-thirty-day-waivers","title":"Vietnam: Singapore and nine bilateral ordinary-passport 30-day waivers","summary":"Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar and Thailand retain ordinary-passport visa-free visits of up to 30 days. Kazakhstan additionally has a 90-day total in each 180-day period; the individual bilateral conditions still apply.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["Singapore: ordinary passport valid at least six months, return or onward ticket, sufficient funds for the visit and required onward-entry documents, including a visa where needed. The waiver excludes income-earning work; the destination register dates Vietnam's Singapore waiver to 1 December 2003, not the reverse-direction 10 November date.","Singapore temporary travel documents are outside this ordinary-passport waiver and require a visa. A longer stay needs separate authorization; no automatic extension is established by this policy.","Cambodia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mongolia and Myanmar also require at least six months' passport validity in their ordinary-passport provisions. Indonesia's stated visit is non-extendable; Laos requires an advance visa for an intended stay exceeding 30 days and separately describes extension procedures.","Mongolia excludes income-earning activities. Myanmar excludes employment and other commercial activities. Malaysia's listed short-visit purposes include tourism, family visits, official visits, press activities, commercial negotiations, investment, sport, conferences and seminars; this is not a general employment or residence permission.","The register dates Cambodia's original ordinary waiver to 5 December 2008 and its 30-day amendment to 1 January 2010; Indonesia to 4 December 2003; Kazakhstan to 25 May 2024; Laos to 1 July 2004; Malaysia to 25 November 2001; Mongolia to 6 March 2024; Myanmar's original waiver to 26 October 2013 and its 30-day amendment to 1 January 2020; Thailand to 9 July 2000. Kyrgyzstan's successor arrangement has no effective date established by the register.","These are bilateral ordinary-passport visitor routes. Diplomatic/service passports, official-purpose passports, crew, border documents, residence, employment and the separately scoped unilateral exemptions are not merged into them. A 30-day interval between visits is not imposed by these cited bilateral provisions."],"sourceIds":["pass415-vn-mofa-bilateral-ordinary-schedule","pass415-vn-mofa-passport-class-duration-table","pass415-sg-consulate-vietnam-ordinary-travel-document"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"pass415-vn-mofa-bilateral-ordinary-schedule","title":"Vietnam MFA register of bilateral visa-exemption arrangements","url":"https://web.mofa.gov.vn/web/guest/tin-chi-tiet/chi-tiet/danh-muc-mien-thi-thuc-cua-viet-nam-voi-cac-nuoc-57162-172.html","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam","jurisdiction":"Vietnam","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Vietnamese","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28"},{"id":"pass415-vn-mofa-passport-class-duration-table","title":"Vietnam MFA visa-exemption table by passport class and permitted stay","url":"https://mofa.gov.vn/vi/tin-chi-tiet/chi-tiet/viet-nam-39-s-visa-exemption-list-57163-596.html","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam","jurisdiction":"Vietnam","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28"},{"id":"pass415-sg-consulate-vietnam-ordinary-travel-document","title":"Singapore Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City: consular services and Vietnam entry","url":"https://hochiminhcity.mfa.gov.sg/consular-services/","publisher":"Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore in Ho Chi Minh City, Ministry of Foreign Affairs","jurisdiction":"Singapore","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28"}]}