What the Vietnam visa rules mean for Mongolia travellers
Mongolia citizens can enter Vietnam without a visa and stay for up to 30 days. You only need a valid Mongolia passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 30-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Vietnam applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: For an e-visa, the e-visa's validity must be at least 30 days shorter than your passport's. No Vietnamese official source we could read states a passport-validity rule for visa-exempt visitors; the UK Foreign Office say…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO's country list records no yellow fever vaccination requirement at entry to Viet Nam.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states whether travel insurance is required to enter Viet Nam. The e-visa portal lists the conditions for an e-visa as holding a passport and not falling under the cases of suspension fr…
Vietnam entry rules compared
Vietnam lets 39 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 159. Mongolia citizens are treated the same way as Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan and Kazakhstan. Overall the Mongolia passport ranks #132 in the world with 36 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Mongolia passport you can also visit 12 countries in the region without a visa, including Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore.
In the other direction, Vietnam citizens can visit Mongolia visa-free for up to 30 days.