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One question per page, answered for the whole country and organised by how far out your trip is. Every claim carries its source and the month we checked it; anything we could not verify is said out loud rather than filled in.

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Do I need a visa for Vietnam?

Vietnam runs an e-visa valid up to 90 days, plus two separate 45-day exemption programmes. Which applies to you depends on your passport, here is how to find out and what it costs.

4 min read Checked August 2026

More topics are on the way. A topic is published only once every fact on it carries a source we have read ourselves, so the list grows at the pace of checking, not of writing.