Updates on visa exemption

August 05, 2015 | 17:40

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The Vietnamese Government has unilaterally decided that holders of passports from the UK, Italy, Germany, Spain and France will be waived off Vietnamese visas from the 1st July, 2015 to 30th June, 2016.

Earlier, the Southeast Asian country inked 80 visa exemption agreements. The following is the List of visa exemption agreements between Việt Nam and other countries.

No.	Country	Types of visa					Duration of stay	Date of entry into force
No.	Country	Diplomatic	Official/ Service/ Special	Ordinary (for official purpose)	Ordinary	Seaman	Duration of stay	Date of entry into force
1	Armenia	x	x				90 days	06-Oct-2012
2	Afghanistan	x	x				not stipulated	26-Feb-1988
3	Albania	x	x				not stipulated	1-Oct-1956
4	Algeria	x	x				90 days	2-Jan-1995
5	Angola	x	x				30 days	8-Jun-2012
6	Argentina	x	x				90 days	13-Nov-1999
7	Azerbaijan	x	x				01 month	21-Aug-2010
8	Bangladesh	x	x				90 days	10-Jul-1999
9	Belarus	x	x				not stipulated	24-Nov-1993
10	Brazil	x	x				90 days	12-Dec-2005
11	Brunei Darussalam	x	x		x		14 days	1-Aug-2007
12	Bulgaria	x	x				90 days	12-Dec-2010
13	Cambodia	x	x		x		not stipulated for Diplomatic & Official passports/30 days for Ordinary passport	30-Nov-1979
13	Cambodia	x	x		x			5-Dec-2008
14	Chile	x	x				90 days	25-Jun-2005
15	China	x	x				Not stipulated	15-Mar-1992
16	Colombia	x	x				90 days	28-Mar-2012
17	Croatia	x	x				30 days	27-Mar-2010
18	Cuba	x	x	x		x	not stipulated	31-Aug-1981
19	Czech	x					90 days	13-Feb-2000
20	Denmark	x	x		x		15 days	1-May-2005
21	Dominica	x	x				90 days	29-Sep-2007
22	Ecuador	x	x				90 days	19-Sep-2007
23	Egypt	x	x				90 days	8-Aug-2011
24	El Salvador	x	x				90 days	30-May-2011
25	Estonia	x					90 days	20-May-2014
26	Finland	x	x		x		15 days	1-May-2005
27	France	x					03 months	1-Jul-2005
28	Germany	x					90 days	1-Nov-2013
29	Hungary	x	x				90 days	1-Aug-1993
30	India	x	x				90 days	23-Mar-1995
31	Indonesia	x	x		x		30 days	1-Feb-2004
32	Iran	x					30 days	1-Jun-1994
33	Iraq	x	x				90 days	1-Dec-2001
34	Israel	x					90 days	06-Dec-2012
35	Italy	x					90 days	20-Jan-2012
36	Japan	x	x		x		90 days for Diplomatic and Official passport/15 days for ordinary passport	1-May-2005
36	Japan	x	x		x			1-Jul-2004
37	Kazakhstan	x	x				30 days	11-Apr-2010
38	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	x	x				not stipulated	1-Oct-1956
39	The Republic of Korea	x	x		x		90 days for Diplomatic and Official passport/15 days for ordinary passport	13-Jan-1999
39	The Republic of Korea	x	x		x			1-Jul-2004
40	Kyrgyzstan	x	x		x		not stipulated	15-Jul-1981
41	Kuwait	x	x				90 days	21-Apr-2013
42	Laos	x	x	x	x		30 days	17-Jul-1977
42	Laos	x	x	x	x		30 days	5-Mar-2004
43	Malaysia	x	x		x		30 days	25-Nov-2001
44	Mexico	x	x				90 days	4-Feb-2002
45	Myanma	x	x		x		90 days	26-Oct-2013
46	Moldova	x	x				90 days	23-May-2003
47	Mongolia	x	x				90 days	6-Feb-2000
48	Montenegro	x	x				90 days	1-Sep-2000
49	Morocco	x	x				90 days	19-Dec-2004
50	Mozambique	x	x				90 days	9-Feb-2009
51	Myanmar	x	x				30 days	11-Aug-1998
52	Nicaragua	x	x				not stipulated	14-Mar-1983
53	Norway	x	x		x		15 days	1-May-2005
54	Pakistan	x	x				90 days	2-Mar-2007
55	Panama	x	x				90 days	4-Nov-2002
56	Paraguay	x	x				90 days	26-Oct-2008
57	Peru	x	x				90 days	2-Jun-2006
58	Philippines	x	x		x		21 days for ordinary passport	1-Apr-2000
59	Poland	x	x				90 days	14-Mar-2012
60	Romania	x	x				not stipulated	1-Dec-1956
61	Russia	x	x		x		90 days for Diplomatic and Official passport/15 days for Ordinary passport	20-Feb-1994 (amended 02-Jan-2005)
61	Russia	x	x		x			1-Jan-2009
62	Serbia	x	x				90 days	1-Sep-2000
63	Seychelles	x	x				90 days	02-Dec-2012
64	Singapore	x	x		x	x	90 days for Diplomatic and Official passport/30 days for Ordinary passport	10-May-1997
64	Singapore	x	x		x	x		1-Dec-2003
65	Slovak	x					90 days	24-Feb-2007
66	Slovenia	x	x				90 days	23-Jan-2011
67	South Africa	x	x				90 days	23-Jun-2007
68	Spain	x					90 days	31-Aug-2010
69	Sri Lanka	x	x				90 days	19-Sep-2003
70	Sweden	x	x		x		15 days	1-May-2005
71	Switzerland	x					90 days	16-Aug-2009
72	Tanzania	x	x				90 days	23-Feb-2011
73	Thailand	x	x		x		30 days	20-Feb-2004
74	Tunisia	x	x				90 days	21-Jan-2009
75	Turkey	x	x				90 days	7-Jun-2007
76	Ukraine	x	x	x		x	90 days for Diplomatic and Official passport/30 days for Ordinary (official purpose) and Seaman passports	6-Dec-1993
77	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	x	x				90 days	22-Jul-2011
78	Uruguay	x	x				90 days	15-Jun-2008
79	Uzbekistan	x					60 days	4-Jun-2010
80	Venezuela	x	x				90 days	17-Nov-2006