Visa is a stamp in the passport, or a certificate (lose-left visa or e-visa) showing that an individual is permitted to enter a country. In Vietnam, there are many types of visas for foreigners entering Vietnam depending on the purpose of entry and and validity of the visa. To find out about the types of visas to enter Vietnam, please follow up on the content in our following article.
Vietnam visa types based on the purpose of entry
Foreigners enter Vietnam for a variety of reasons, with each entry purpose having a corresponding visa type.
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Symbol of visa |
Subject |
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NG1 |
Issued to guests in the delegations of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President, President of the National Assembly and Prime Minister |
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NG2 |
Issued to guests in the delegation of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vice President, Vice President of the National Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front , Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, Head of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, State Auditor General; members in the delegation of ministers, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Secretary of the Party Committee, the President of the People’s Council, the President of the People’s Committee of the province or city under the central government. |
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NG3 |
Issued to members of diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations affiliated with the UN, representative offices of intergovernmental organizations and their spouses, children under 18 years of age, assistants. |
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NG4 |
Issued to people who come to work with diplomatic missions, consulates, representative offices of international organizations affiliated to the United Nations and representative offices of intergovernmental organizations; people visiting members of diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations affiliated to the United Nations and representative offices of intergovernmental organizations. |
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LV1 |
Issued to people who come to work with the Communist Party Central Committee’s agencies, The National Assembly, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the State Audit, ministries, ministerial-level agencies; provincial party committee, city party committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee of the province or city under central authority. |
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LV2 |
Issued to people who come to work with socio-political organizations, social organizations, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. |
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DT |
Issued to foreign investors in Vietnam and foreign lawyers practicing in Vietnam |
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DN |
Issued to people who come to work with businesses in Vietnam (business visa) |
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NN1 |
Issued to people who are heads of representative offices and projects of international organizations and foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam |
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NN2 |
Issued to heads of representative offices, branches of foreign traders, representative offices of foreign economic, cultural and other professional organizations in Vietnam |
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NN3 |
Issued to people who come to work with foreign non-governmental organizations, representative offices, branches of foreign traders, representative offices of foreign economic, cultural and other professional organizations in Vietnam. |
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DH |
Issued to people who come to practice or study |
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HN |
Issued to people who come to attend conferences and seminars |
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PV1 |
Issued to journalists permanently residing in Vietnam |
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PV2 |
Issued to journalists who come to work for a short term in Vietnam |
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LD |
Issued to people who come to work (working visa) |
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DL |
Issued to tourists (Tourist visa) |
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TT |
Issued to foreigners that are spouses, children under 18 years of age of the foreigners issued with LV1, LV2, ĐT, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1, LĐ visas or foreigners who are parents, wives, husbands and children of Vietnamese citizens |
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VR |
Issued to people who come to visit their relatives or for other purposes |
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SQ |
Heads of overseas Vietnamese agencies competent to grant visas are valid for no more than 30 days for foreigners wishing to enter Vietnam to conduct market surveys, travel, visit relatives, and treatment of the following cases: ● Persons who have a working relationship with a Vietnamese visa-issuing authority abroad and their spouses or children or who have a written request of a competent agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host country. ● Persons with guarantee notes of diplomatic missions or consulates of countries located in host countries. |
Vietnam visa types based on the validity of visa
Each type of visa to Vietnam has a corresponding validity, summarized in the table below:
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Type of Vietnam visa by symbol |
Corresponding validity |
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DT |
No more than 5 years |
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LD |
No more than 2 years |
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NG1, NG2, NG3, NG4, LV1, LV2, DN, NN1, NN2, NN3, DH, PV1, PV2 và TT |
No more than 12 months |
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VR |
No more than 6 months |
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HN, DL |
No more than 3 months |
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SQ |
No more than 30 days |