Vietnam’s passport has just dropped 3 places, ranking 90th on the 2024 world’s most powerful passport ranking by Henley & Partners - a company that takes data from the International Air Transport Association. This ranking is announced twice at the beginning of the first and third quarters of each year.
With a ranking of 90, Vietnamese passport holders can enter without a visa, or only need an e-visa, a border visa, or an eTA (electronic travel permit) in 51 countries and territories, out of a total of 227 tourist destinations in the world. Previously, Vietnamese passport holders were exempted from visas or granted visas upon arrival in 55 destinations.
In Southeast Asia, Vietnamese passports rank above Laos (92nd) and Myanmar (93rd).
Some destinations that Vietnamese citizens can enter without a visa or only need an e-visa or a border visa include Thailand, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia, Taiwan (China), Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Barbados, Bolivia, Brunei, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde Islands, Chile, Comoro Islands, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Iran, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Panama, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tanzania,...
In Southeast Asia, the Vietnamese passport is ranked above Laos (92nd) and Myanmar (93rd). Singapore continues to be the country with the most powerful passport in the world as well as in the region when its citizens are exempt from visas to 195 countries and territories. The Malaysian passport is the second most powerful in Southeast Asia with visa exemption to 183 destinations, followed by Brunei with 166 destinations. Thailand, a country with an economy heavily dependent on tourism, is ranked 4th in the region when 82 countries and territories exempt visas for its citizens.
This is the third time in nearly two decades that our country's passport has ranked 90th or lower.
This is the third time in 19 years that Vietnam has ranked from 90th on the Henley ranking. Previously, the Vietnamese passport ranked 94th in 2015 and 95th in 2021.
According to the latest ranking by Henley, Singapore continues to be the country with the most powerful passport in the world as well as in the region. Citizens of the Lion Island have visa-free access to 195 countries and territories. Next is Malaysia with visa-free access to 183 destinations and ranked 2nd in Southeast Asia.
The five countries with passports at the bottom of the ranking are Afghanistan (visa-free access to 26 destinations), Syria (27 destinations), Iraq (31 destinations), Yemen and Pakistan (33 destinations).
Henley & Partners' ranking takes data from the International Air Transport Association, a large, accurate travel information database published annually since 2005. Henley Passport Index has been ranking passports of countries and territories since 2006.
