What the Vietnam visa rules mean for Philippines travellers
Philippines citizens can enter Vietnam without a visa and stay for up to 21 days. You only need a valid Philippines 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 21-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. Philippines citizens are treated the same way as Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan and Kazakhstan. Overall the Philippines passport ranks #135 in the world with 35 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Philippines passport you can also visit 15 countries in the region without a visa, including Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Myanmar and Mongolia.
In the other direction, Vietnam citizens can visit Philippines visa-free for up to 30 days.