THE IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS INFORMATION OF VIETNAM

• Entry visa exempted for the following countries' citizens holding official passport:

01  Albania
02
 Argentina
03  Algeria
04
 Afghanistan
05
 Bangladesh
06
 Belarus
07  Bungaria
08  Brunei
09  Cambodia
10  Cuba
 
11  China
12
 Hungaria
13  India
14
 Indonesia
15
 Republic of Korea
16
 PDR Korea
17  Laos
18  Malaysia
19  Mongola
20  Myanmar
 
21  Nicaragua
22
 Philippine
23  Russia
24
 Romania
25
 Singapore
26
 Slovakia
27  Thailand
28  Ukraine
29  Yugoslavia
30 Moldova
31 Mexico
32 Iran

• Entry visa exempted for the following countries' citizens holding ordinary passport:

1.Thailand
2.Philippine
• The following countries' citizens were taken the visa dispensation if having the ordinary passports for abroad missions:

01  Bulgaria
02
 Cuba
03  DPR Korea
04
 Laos
 
05
 China
06
 Mông Cõ
07  Romania
08   Ukraina

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Singapore and Malaysia citizens members of ASEAN Secretarial Staff are free of charge of visa fee if holding the Ordinary Passport for aboard missions.

 

The above list may be changed respectively depending on diplomatic relationships between Vietnam and each country.

1. Foreigners entering or exitting into/from Vietnam must hold a valid Passport or relevant personal documents that are issued by relevant authorised Vietnamese Government agencies, unless holding a diplomatic passport.

2.Foreigners apply for entry visa at Immigration Management Agency on behalf of Ministry of Police, or General Consulate Office on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs Office.

3. Persons under 14 years of age and informed coming along notification with adults will be exempted for entry visa.

4. Foreigners want to enter Vietnam and can apply for entry visa at Vietnamese international frontier passes in following cases:

a) Attending a relative's funeral ,or visiting an illness relative.
b) Deriving from countries that Foreign Affairs Representative Agencies of Vietnam or General Consulate Office of Vietnam do not exist officialy in that countries.
c) Travelling to Vietnam guided by a Vietnamese International Tourism companies.
d) Technical supporting in cases of emergency needs ,giving first aid to serious illness persons, giving first aid to the casualties, natural calamity helping, epidemic diseases in Vietnam.
5. Visa in Vietnam permits entrance or exiting into/from through Vietnamese International frontier passes .

6. Types ofentry visa :

a) Single entry visa with 12 months validity.
b) Multiple entry visa with 12 months validity.
7 . Single entry visa with un-extendable validity.

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Visa fees:

Foreigners and Vietnamese holding foreign passports ( Viet Kieu) when entering, exitting or transit into/from Vietnam have to pay fees as follow:

Type of visa one time two times Multiple entries with 6 months validity. Multiple entries from 6 months to 12 months validity.
Fees 25 USD 40 USD 70 USD 100 USD

(Issued in accordance with Regulations of 64/2000/TT-BTC dated on 03 July 07,2000 by Ministry of Finance).

General Regulations on duty free goods applying for foreign visitors at Vietnamese frontier passes :
  1. Luggages (including hand bags, deposit luggages in advance or after the departure ) of the entrance or exit customers and persons who are working in the entrance or exit frontierlines of Vietnamese boundaries.
  2. Applying for entrance or exit customers who have passports issued by Vietnam Authorized State or Foreign Governments. Children under 15 ages having their owned passports or accompanied with the travel adults will also enjoin free duty of necessary products promulgated at the 4th categorize of free duty list (see table below). If accompanied with adults that using the same passport will not be having the free duty criteria $300 USD.
Vietnamese overseas (excluding free duty products listed at 1,2,3,4 categorize promulgated by Government Decree No17/CP) will be free charge of $300 USD each time per month. At the 5th categorize, from the second time go on have to pay the tax per month.

Foreign currencies permitted to bring in unlimited amount, but they must to declare if bring over $3,000 USD into Vietnam .

Jewelries made from gold or precious metal /gems using directly are free informed also. Unless the precious stone over 3 carats have to declare at frontier pass Customs.

All kinds harmful traditional culture items according to Vietnamese culture values must not be taken into Vietnam.

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THE DUTY FREE GOODS LIST

Number GOODS QUANTITY NOTES
1 Wine, Alcohol beverages:
- Wine over 22o

- Wine lower 22o

- Alcohol beverages, Beers


1,5 litter

2,0 litters

3,0 litters
Children under 15 years of ages are not permitted in this terms
2 Tobacco:
- Cigarette-filter.

- Cigars.

- Cigarette-fiber.

 

400 units

100 units

500 gram
Children under 15 years of ages are not permitted in this terms
3 Tea and Coffee:

- Tea

- Coffee.

 

5 kilograms

3 kilograms
Children under 15 years of ages are not permitted in this terms
4 Clothing, belongings luggages serve for the trips . . .
5 The others equipment unless the luggages criteria noted in 1,2,3,4 categorizes above(the official products) when entrance or exit permitted free duty not over 5,000 USD ,this term applying for Vietnam citizens, Vietnamese overseas and Foreigners. . .

 

 
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