# Do Australian citizens need a visa for Vietnam?

E-visa required (apply online before travel) — visa-matrix snapshot 2026-07-19.

## Entry rules at a glance

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Entry requirement | e-visa |
| Maximum stay | set by the visa granted — verify |
| How you enter | online application before travel |
| Data snapshot | visa-matrix 2026-07-19 |
| Source agreement | disputed — one source reads "visa-free", the other "e-visa"; we publish the stricter one |

## Which passports need a visa for Vietnam?

| Passport | Entry | Max stay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| US | e-visa | verify |
| UK | visa-free | 45 days |
| CA | e-visa | verify |
| AU | e-visa | verify |
| NZ | e-visa | verify |
| IE | e-visa | verify |

## Official sources

- the Vietnam Immigration e-visa portal — https://evisa.gov.vn/
- Australian Government Smartraveller — https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations

## Informational, not legal advice

Entry rules change without notice, and individual circumstances — passport
validity, prior visas, purpose of travel — change outcomes a status table
cannot capture. Verify with evisa.gov.vn and smartraveller.gov.au
before booking.

_Source: the open visa-matrix dataset (https://github.com/xpressmike/visa-matrix), snapshot 2026-07-19, CC BY-SA 4.0._