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According to the latest announcement from the Henley Passport Index, Vietnam ranks 90th, down one place from the first quarter (89th), but up five places from the end of 2021 (95th).
Vietnamese citizens holding ordinary passports are currently allowed to visit 54 destinations without needing a visa, requiring only a visa on arrival or eTA (electronic visa).
Visa-free destinations: Cook Islands, Micronesia, Niue, Barbados, Haiti, Oman, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Dominica, Brunei, Cambodia, Singapore, Laos, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Chile, Ecuador, Panama.
Destinations that accept eTA: Taiwan (China), Sri Lanka.
The new standard passport format will be implemented from July 1st. Accordingly, the green cover will be changed to a bluish-purple color. The procedures for issuing and renewing passports remain the same as with the old passport.
Places that accept visa on arrival: Marshall Islands, Palau, Samoa, Tuvalu, Iran, Kuwait, St. Lucia, Maldives, Nepal, Tajikistan, East Timor, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Comoro Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.
The Henley Passport Index is a ranking by Henley & Partners, a global citizenship and residency consulting firm based in London, England. The statistics are compiled from 199 passports and 227 destinations worldwide, and are updated quarterly. The assessment is based on proprietary data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) since 2006. For each visa-free destination, the passport of that country receives one point.
Currently, the most powerful passports in the world still belong to Singapore and Japan, with visa-free access to 192 destinations.
