Travelling to Vietnam
Entry requirements by nationality
- Argentina: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Australia: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Brazil: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Canada: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Chile: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- France: visa-free short stay — up to 45 days per visit
- Germany: visa-free short stay — up to 45 days per visit
- Israel: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Italy: visa-free short stay — up to 45 days per visit
- Japan: visa-free short stay — up to 45 days per visit
- Malaysia: visa-free short stay — up to 30 days per visit
- Mexico: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Netherlands: visa-free short stay — up to 45 days per visit
- New Zealand: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Singapore: visa-free short stay — up to 30 days per visit
- South Korea: visa-free short stay — up to 45 days per visit
- Spain: visa-free short stay — up to 45 days per visit
- Ukraine: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- United Kingdom: visa-free short stay — up to 45 days per visit
- United States: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
What you can bring
- Alcohol: allowed, within limits — Duty-free personal allowance tiered by alcohol strength; amounts above these limits are subject to duty or must be declared.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Cannabis: prohibitedDetailscompare everywhere →
- Cash: allowed, must be declared — Cash/currency above the threshold must be declared to border-gate customs on arrival or departure; amounts at or below the threshold need no declaration.Detailscompare everywhere →
- CBD: prohibitedDetailscompare everywhere →
- Controlled medication: allowed, within limits — Narcotic/addictive medication (thuốc gây nghiện): up to a 7-day supply per the accompanying prescription's dosage, carried without needing a separate export/import permit. Psychotropic drugs and precursor-containing medication (thuốc hướng thần, tiền chất): up to a 10-day supply. Combination medications containing narcotic, psychotropic, precursor, toxic or banned substances together: up to a 30-day supply. Exceeding these thresholds requires an export/import permit. A copy of the prescription and medical records, certified by a healthcare organization or bearing a signature/stamp, must accompany the medication.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Drones: depends on specifics — Decree No. 288/2025/ND-CP classifies drones into 5 weight tiers (under 0.25kg, 0.25–under 2kg, 2–under 25kg, 25–under 150kg, 150kg+). Recreational drones under 0.25kg (250g) flown outside prohibited/restricted airspace are exempt from a flight permit, but must still be reported to local military and public security agencies. Import licenses for drones are issued by the provincial-level People's Committee, after consulting the Ministry of National Defense or Ministry of Public Security — not a standalone military license, contrary to what's commonly claimed online. Flight-permit applications for drones that do need one must be submitted at least 7 days ahead; the competent agency must decide within 5 working days.Detailscompare everywhere →
- E-cigarettes: prohibitedDetailscompare everywhere →
- Fresh produce: depends on specifics — Decree 214/2026/ND-CP, Art. 31, quoted directly: importing quarantine-subject plants without a plant quarantine import permit draws a fine of VND 3,000,000–5,000,000 (Khoản 2); importing without a phytosanitary certificate from the exporting country draws VND 10,000,000–20,000,000 (Khoản 4). Both carry forced re-export, or destruction if re-export isn't possible (Khoản 6).Detailscompare everywhere →
- Meat & dairy: depends on specifics — Fresh or animal-origin products brought in without a veterinary quarantine certificate from the country of export risk confiscation and destruction on arrival.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Tobacco: allowed, within limits — Duty-free personal allowance for tobacco products; only one category (not combined) applies per traveler.Detailscompare everywhere →
From the blog
Checked against official sources on 2026-08-18. Official source