Entry rules · Malaysia passport
Do Malaysia passport holders need a visa for Vietnam?
No visa needed for a short visit. Malaysia passport holders can stay in Vietnam visa-free for up to 30 days.
Checked against official sources on 30 Oct 2026. Two independent checks agreed.
The rule
- Entry
- Visa-free. No visa needed for a short visit.
- Stay
- Up to 30 days
- Status
- Verified 30 Oct 2026
- Official source
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam
- Applies to
- A short tourist visit with an ordinary Malaysia 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: visa-free
(trao đổi công hàm, có hiệu lực từ ngày 25/11/2001): - Miễn thị thực cho người mang các loại hộ HC, với thời gian tạm trú không quá 30 ngày và với những mục đích sau: du lịch;
52 | Malaysia | x | x | | x | | 30 days
| No | COUNTRY | TYPE OF PASSPORT | Duration of stay | Diplomatic | Official/ Service/ Special | Ordinary (for official purpose) | Ordinary | Seaman
More quotes (1)
| 52 | Malaysia | x | x | | x | | 30 days
Stay: up to 30 days
Đối với người được miễn thị thực theo điều ước quốc tế mà Việt Nam là thành viên thì thời hạn tạm trú cấp theo quy định của điều ước quốc tế, nếu điều ước quốc tế không quy định thời hạn tạm trú thì cấp tạm trú 30 ngày
| 52 | Malaysia | x | x | | x | | 30 days
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, Ireland, 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 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam. Two independent checks reached the same result.
Public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said the same; the check confirmed it.
See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.
Something here is wrong or out of date? Report a wrong rule.
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 Malaysia 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 Malaysia passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the Malaysia 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.