Vietnam Government just decides to lift the travel ban for Russian tourists to develop the tourism industry. Accordingly, Vietnam tourist visa is re-opened for Russian passport holders.
As we all know, Vietnam has suspended to grant tourist visa for all nationalities from March 2020 due to Coronavirus outbreak. As the same time, Vietnam issued many entry restrictions to control the pandemic. Russian tourists cannot enter Vietnam at that time.
When Covid-19 pandemic is well controlled now, Vietnam decided to open the travel industry step by step, and Vietnam began to remove travel ban for most of countries, included Russia. Russian can apply tourist visa now to enter Vietnam for tourist purpose.
In order to get into Vietnam for travelling, the Russian visitors are required to get a Vietnam tourist visa. Vietnam resumed tourist visa application for Russian passport holders now, so Russian can choose one of these below ways to apply visa:
1/ Apply visa at Vietnam embassy or consulate
2/ Apply Vietnam electronic visa
3/ Apply Vietnam visa on arrival
Visa application need to be well prepared before the departure date. The airlines also need to check visa before letting you boarding.
Those who want to apply visa can visit this link to fill out the online application form and request for Vietnam visa application. After processing time, visa result will be sent to applicant’s email.
Although most of travel bans are removed, Russian citizens still need to provide a negative Covid-19 testing or vaccination certificate to prove pandemic status.
For more information about Vietnam entry and quarantine requirements, please check with us through email info@vietnamimmigration.com
