Coat of arms of Vietnam

Vietnamese passport

Rank #91 · Strength 48 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 14.4

Vietnamese passport

Citizens of Vietnam can reach 48 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 24 visa-free, 19 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #91 for passport strength worldwide.

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24Visa-free
19Visa on arrival
5eTA
63e-⁠Visa
136Visa required

Vietnamese passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 17% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 33 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 48 destinations, 63 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 136 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (24)

Barbados Belarus Brunei Cambodia Chile Cook Islands Dominica Indonesia Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Malaysia Micronesia Mongolia Myanmar Panama Philippines Russia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Thailand Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (19)

Bahrain Burundi Comoros Guinea-Bissau Jordan Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Namibia Nepal Palau Paraguay Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (63)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Montserrat Morocco Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (136)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Niue North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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