{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"VA","name":"Vatican City","slug":"vatican-city"},"destination":{"code":"VN","name":"Vietnam"},"status":"evisa","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"vietnam-other-ordinary-passports-evisa","title":"Other foreign ordinary passports: all-nationalities eVisa","summary":"Every other catalog foreign ordinary-passport code can use Vietnam’s nationality-wide electronic-visa route; it is normalized as evisa.","status":"evisa","conditions":["Available to foreigners outside Viet Nam holding a valid passport or international travel document. The Article 8 visa-class and Article 16 invitation/guarantee rules, including their personal, delegation, diplomatic, residence, and purpose distinctions, remain separate procedures rather than nationality-wide ordinary-passport exclusions.","Valid for at most 90 days, for single or multiple entry. The Ministry of Public Security states that application, issuance, receipt, printing, and fee payment are electronic; an issued eVisa can be printed without collecting a visa at a mission or border gate.","Use only Government-designated international air, land, or sea border gates. The Government Portal confirms the official site publishes the eVisa border-gate list; the pre-arrival declaration is not an ETA or visa-exemption substitute.","Entry and stay remain conditioned on a valid travel document, the stated entry purpose, no suspension/prohibition from entry, and border-control admission. Accommodation providers must make temporary-residence declarations; work, residence, diplomatic/official, crew, border-pass, transit and overseas-Vietnamese certificate routes are distinct."],"sourceIds":["vietnam-mps-current-evisa-portal","vietnam-government-all-foreigners-evisa","vietnam-mps-evisa-procedure-2025","vietnam-current-foreigner-entry-law"],"application":{"url":"https://evisa.gov.vn/","label":"Viet Nam E-Visa","steps":["Apply personally from outside Viet Nam, accurately complete the eVisa form, and select approved entry/exit border gates.","Pay the non-refundable eVisa fee and receive the result electronically before travel.","Enter and exit only at the designated border gates and comply with temporary-residence declaration and border-control requirements."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"vietnam-mps-current-evisa-portal","title":"Viet Nam E-Visa","url":"https://evisa.gov.vn/?option=MO","publisher":"Immigration Department, Ministry of Public Security","jurisdiction":"Socialist Republic of Viet Nam","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"vietnam-government-all-foreigners-evisa","title":"How to apply for e-visa to enter Viet Nam","url":"https://en.baochinhphu.vn/how-to-apply-for-e-visa-to-enter-viet-nam-111241111165825147.htm","publisher":"Government News / Government Portal","jurisdiction":"Socialist Republic of Viet Nam","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"vietnam-mps-evisa-procedure-2025","title":"Ministry of Public Security guidance: electronic-visa procedure for foreigners","url":"https://baochinhphu.vn/thu-tuc-cap-thi-thuc-dien-tu-cho-nguoi-nuoc-ngoai-102251202152803296.htm","publisher":"Government Portal, relaying Ministry of Public Security guidance","jurisdiction":"Socialist Republic of Viet Nam","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Vietnamese","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"vietnam-current-foreigner-entry-law","title":"Law amending entry, exit, transit, and residence rules for foreigners","url":"https://vbpl.moj.gov.vn/bocongan/Pages/vbpq-toanvan.aspx?ItemID=185923&Keyword=","publisher":"Ministry of Public Security, National Legal Documents Database","jurisdiction":"Socialist Republic of Viet Nam","kind":"law","language":"Vietnamese","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}