Do Thailand passport holders need a visa for Vietnam?

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 Thailand 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.

Vietnam for other passports

Visa-freeUp to 45 days

Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Visa-freeUp to 30 days

Belarus, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore

Visa-freeUp to 90 days

Chile, Panama

Visa-freeUp to 14 days

Brunei

Visa-freeUp to 21 days

Philippines

eVisa

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

eVisaUp to 90 daysPublic data

Kosovo, Timor-Leste

Every passport for Vietnam

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.

Plan your trip

• Check a trip with more stopsRoute check: the best passport at each stop
• Compare the Thailand 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 Thailand passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the Thailand 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.