NOTICE FOR VIETNAMESE CITIZENS

WARNING: On 19/4/2024, The Embassy of Viet Nam has received has received information that there are scammers claiming to be from the Embassy's phone numbers (0261694916, 0261694915, 02 61694917) with the purpose of defrauding citizens. The way to identify the call is that the scammer informs the citizen that there is an Official Document, document from the Court, Police, Customs, Post Office or other agencies of Vietnam, then demands that the citizen provide personal information, passport, citizen identification, credit card or request to transfer money to resolve an "issue". This is a scam. You should never give out personal details to a scammer.

Please note: The Embassy and Consulate General do not have this requirement. This is a form of scam that has appeared recently. 

What you should do: Hang up and report the police, report the call to ACCC Scamwatch​, report to the network operator and report to the phone number: 0466401665. For more information, please read detailed Scamwatch warning report here.

- For the notices of the Courts of the cities and provinces, click here for more information.

NOTICE FOR FOREIGNERS: 

E-VISA: If you are applying for an electronic visa on: evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn, please make an enquiry on their website. The Embassy is not related to the e-visa process thus unable to provide any guidance. 

TRANSIT: Following Vietnamese regulations, foreigners transiting by air are exempt from visas and must stay in the transit area at the international airport while waiting for their next flight. Foreigners that transit by sea are not required to obtain a visa and must stay within the transit passenger area of the seaport while the ship is anchoring. If you need to go through the Immigration checkpoint to re-check your baggage or to take domestic flight, you will need to get a visa before departure.

PHU QUOC ISLAND: Tourists are exempt from visa for 30 days only when you enter Phu Quoc Island directly through an international airport outside Vietnam or through a Vietnam International Airport but only stay in the transit area and wait for the connecting flight to Phu Quoc Island.

APEC CARD:  Please check if there is a "VNM" letter on the back of your card, which means it is already approved by the Vietnam Authority and you will be exempt for visa for 60 days. Otherwise, please contact the Australian Immigration Department for further information.

BRINGING MEDICATION TO VIET NAM: Please see here. 

Update 15/5/2022: Travelers are not required to take Covid-19 test before entering Vietnam as of May 15th, 2022; are not required to make a medical declaration as of April 27th, 2022.

CONSULAR WORKING HOURS: 
Morning: 09.30 AM - 01.00 PM, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, except for holidays.
Afternoon: 02.00 PM - 05.00 PM (for documents pick-up and urgent cases only). 

The Embassy of Viet Nam to Australia will observe the following public holidays in 2025​: