Entry rules · Ireland passport
Do Ireland passport holders need a visa for Vietnam?
Yes. Ireland passport holders need an eVisa for Vietnam: apply online before you travel.
Checked against official sources on 30 Oct 2026. Two independent checks agreed.
The rule
- Entry
- eVisa. Apply for a visa online before you travel. You may still be asked to give fingerprints or attend an interview in person.
- Status
- Verified 30 Oct 2026
- Official source
- Government of Viet Nam (Government News, baochinhphu.vn)
- Applies to
- A short tourist visit with an ordinary Ireland passport.
What the official sources say
The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.
Entry: eVisa
Chính phủ quyết nghị thực hiện cấp thị thực điện tử cho công dân tất cả các nước, vùng lãnh thổ.
Toàn bộ quá trình từ đề nghị cấp thị thực điện tử đến việc nhận, in thị thực điện tử đều được thực hiện thông qua phương tiện điện tử, việc nộp phí thị thực cũng thực hiện trực tuyến qua thanh toán điện tử.
Người nước ngoài có thể tự in thị thực điện tử thông qua hệ thống giao dịch điện tử không phải làm thủ tục nhận thị thực tại cơ quan có thẩm quyền cấp thị thực của Việt Nam ở nước ngoài hoặc tại cửa khẩu quốc tế
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Thị thực cấp qua giao dịch điện tử là thị thực điện tử.
Khai thông tin đề nghị cấp thị thực điện tử, tải ảnh và trang nhân thân hộ chiếu tại Trang thông tin cấp thị thực điện tử
Người nước ngoài được cấp thị thực điện tử sử dụng mã hồ sơ điện tử để kiểm tra và in kết quả cấp thị thực điện tử tại Trang thông tin cấp thị thực điện tử.
Chính phủ quyết định danh sách các nước, vùng lãnh thổ có công dân được cấp thị thực điện tử
Viet Nam e-Visa is valid for a maximum of 90 days, for single or multiple entries.
Foreigners possessing passports and not falling into categories specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 8 of Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam.
Outside Vietnam foreigners who want to enter Vietnam can personally apply for E-visa or through the requesting agencies and organizations.
Điều 1. Thực hiện cấp thị thực điện tử cho công dân tất cả các nước, vùng lãnh thổ.
An electronic visa (E-visa) is one of visa types issued to foreigners by Vietnamese Immigration Department via electronic system. Vietnam E-visa is valid for maximum of 90 days, single or multiple entry.
Conditions for being granted e-visa: Outside Vietnam foreigners; Holding valid passport; Not falling into the cases of suspension from entry prescribed in Article 21 of Law on foreigners' entry into, exit from, transit through, residence in Vietnam.
From 08:00 on 11/11/2024 (GMT+7), the Vietnam Electronic Visa Portal will operate on two new domains: https://thithucdientu.gov.vn and https://evisa.gov.vn. Please visit these new addresses to submit your application and check the results.
Full text description: Step 1: Fulfill required information: Upload foreigners' passport data page image and photograph (straight looking without glasses); After this step, registration code will be sent to the applicant; Step 2: Pay E-visa fee. Your application will be processed in 3 working days; - $25/single-entry electronic visa - $50/multiple-entry electronic visa Step 3: Enter registration code, registration email and date of birth to check result in E-visa search menu. If being approved for E-visa, please print E-visa to enter/exit Vietnam. * Note: If there is any missing or incorrect/unidentified information, your application will not be accepted.
Vietnam for other passports
- Visa-freeUp to 45 days
- Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Visa-freeUp to 14 days
- Brunei
- Visa-freeUp to 21 days
- Philippines
- eVisa
- Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How this rule was checked
On 30 Oct 2026 we checked this rule against the official sources that govern entry to Vietnam, chiefly Government of Viet Nam (Government News, baochinhphu.vn). Two independent checks reached the same result.
Before the check, public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said: eVisa, up to 90 days. The official source shows: eVisa, and that is what this page shows.
See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.
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Government travel advice for Vietnam
- United States
- Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
- United Kingdom
- No advice against travel
- Canada
- Exercise a high degree of caution
What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to Vietnam as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.
Plan your trip
- Check a trip with more stopsRoute check: the best passport at each stop
- Compare the Ireland passport with anotherWhat a second passport changes, destination by destination
- See what a second passport addsCombine passports and count the destinations they open together
- Vietnam visa requirements for every passportThe full table for this destination
- All destinations for Ireland passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the Ireland passport
Before you travel
This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of Vietnam.