The Vietnamese authorities announced in early December that travellers with an e-visa will be allowed to arrive in the country via many more locations. The number of border posts allowing to enter Vietnam with an e-visa will almost double. In this way, it will be easier for tourists and business travellers to visit Vietnam.
Permitted arrival locations with the e-visa
An important condition for travelling with a Vietnam e-visa is that travellers must arrive via one of the allowed arrival locations. Not all border posts in Vietnam are equiped to check e-visas. For a long time, travellers with an e-visa could enter Vietnam via 42 different locations. These included 13 airports, 13 seaports and 16 land border crossings, including the international airports of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vietnamese authorities recently added 41 new locations. This almost doubles the number of permitted arrival locations. Here you will find a complete overview of the permitted arrival locations with an e-visa. Travellers arriving at other locations need a physical visa. This can be applied for at the Vietnamese embassy.
New border posts for the e-visa
On 2 December 2025, the Vietnamese authorities approved a resolution allowing international visitors holding an e-visa to enter the country via more locations. Forty-one new border posts will be added to the existing 42 locations where travellers holding an e-visa are permitted to enter the country. This brings the total number of arrival locations to 83. The following airports, seaports and border crossings have recently been added:
| International airports: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Long Thahn International Airport (as soon as this airport will be open) | Gia Bình International Airport (as soon as this airport will be open) | Vinh International Airport |
| Chu Lai International Airport | ||
| Sea ports | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Gia | Diem Dien | Hai Thinh | |
| Ninh Binh | Cua Lo - Ben Thuy | Son Duong | |
| Gianh | Hon La | Cua Viet | |
| Thuan An | Ky Ha | Sa Ky | |
| Vung Ro | Ca Na | Ninh Chu | |
| Phu Quy | Lien Huong | Ben Luc | |
| Dong Thap | Soai Rap | My Thoi | |
| Hon Chong | An Thoi | Truong Long Hoa | |
| Giao Long | Nam Can | ||
| Land border crossings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dong Dang (railway) | Lao Cai (railway) | Tra Linh | |
| Long Sap | Nam Giang | Le Thanh | |
| Binh Hiep | Thuong Phuoc | Dong Thap | |
| Tan Nam | Thanh Thuy | ||
More accessible for tourists
The new arrival locations allowing to enter the country with an e-visa offer travellers, tour operators, airlines and shipping companies greater flexibility. Travel organisations can now offer a broader choice of tours including different routes. Airlines benefit can also benefit from the new measure, since new flight routes can be introduced. Travellers who want to discover remote areas of Vietnam have now a much wider choice of arrival locations.
By expanding the number of arrival locations, the Vietnamese government hopes to make the country more attractive to international tourists, business travellers and investors. Vietnam also hopes that this measure will help spread tourists more evenly across the country and promote less visited regions outside the major cities. The measure to allow travellers to enter the country at multiple locations will reduce congestion at major airports. Moreover, medium-sized cities and coastal areas could receive an economic boost. The Vietnamese government hopes that the effect of this relaxations will have a boosting effect on tourism as early as this winter. It is also expected that the crowds during the Vietnamese New Year will be better distributed.