LATEST UPDATES ON VIETNAM VISA TYPES - VALIDITY AND REQUIREMENTS 2020

Visa Type

Sub-type

Validity

(maximum)

Requirements

NG

NG1

12 months

Members of delegations who are invited by the General Secretary of Vietnam Communist Party, the President, the President of Assembly, or the Prime Minister

NG2

Members of delegations invited by members of central agencies and organizations; Heads of Ministries or equivalent, General Secretary and presidents of provinces

NG3

Members of diplomatic, consular or representative offices of UN’s international organizations and other multi-governmental organizations as well as their spouses, under-18-year-old children, and helpers

NG4

Persons entering to work with diplomatic or consular agencies, representative agencies of UN’s international organizations and other multi-governmental organizations; their spouses or under-18-year-old children or people entering for visiting them

LV

LV1

12 months

People who work with governmental agencies and organizations at the province level and above

LV2

People who work with social-political organizations, social organizations and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ĐT

ĐT1

5 years

Foreign investors or representatives of foreign investing organizations in Vietnam whose contributing capital is from VND100 billion; or who invest in prioritized economic domains and regions set forth by the Government

ĐT2

5 years

Foreign investors or representatives of foreign investing organizations in Vietnam whose contributing capital is from VND50 billion to under 100 billion; or who invest in economic domains encouraged by the Government

ĐT3

3 years

Foreign investors or representatives of foreign investing organizations in Vietnam whose contributing capital is from VND03 billion to under 50 billion

ĐT4

12 months

Foreign investors or representatives of foreign investing organizations in Vietnam whose contributing capital is under VND03 billion

DN

DN1

12 months

Foreigners enter to work with enterprises and legal entities in Vietnam

DN2

Foreigners enter to offer services, establish commercial presence or perform other activities under international treaties in which Vietnam is a member state

NN

NN1

12 months

Heads of representative offices, projects of international or foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam

NN2

Heads of representative offices, branches of foreign merchants, and representative offices of foreign economic, cultural or professional organizations

NN3

People entering to work with foreign non-governmental organizations, representative offices, branches of foreign merchants, and representative offices of foreign economic, cultural or professional organizations

DH

12 months

People entering for studying and doing internships

HN

3 months

People who attending conferences and meetings

PV

PV1

12 months

Journalists residing long-term in Vietnam

PV2

Journalists working short-term in Vietnam

LĐ

LĐ1

2 years

Foreign labors who hold Work permit exemption certificate, except those cases regulated otherwise by an international treaty in which Vietnam is a member state.

LĐ2

Foreign labors who hold Work permit in Vietnam

DL

3 months

Tourists travelling to Vietnam

TT

12 months

Spouses, and under-18-year-old children of Vietnamese citizens or foreigners holding visa type of LV1, LV2, LS, ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1, LĐ1, and LĐ2.

VR

6 months

People entering to visit family relatives or other purposes

SQ

30 days

Issued by Vietnamese diplomatic, consular agencies overseas for people who are sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a foreign diplomatic, consular agencies in their country.

LS

5 years

Foreign lawyers who have been permitted for practicing in Vietnam.

EV

30 days

Electronic visa granted for traveling, doing business and visiting relative. The requirements are similar to visa stickers for such purposes.