United Kingdom passport to Vietnam

Visa-free · 45 days for United Kingdom passport holders.

United KingdomVietnamShort stay
Visa-free · 45 days

United Kingdom passport holders can enter Vietnam without a visa and stay up to 45 days.

This is short-stay visitor policy only. It does not let you work, study or settle in Vietnam — that needs a residence permit.

Passport Index · updated 17 February 2026Vietnam's official immigration service
How long you can stay
Up to 45 days
Vietnam passports in United Kingdom
Visa required
Getting in
No application. Vietnam's border officers decide how long you get, up to 45 days, and can ask for an onward ticket and proof you can support yourself, so carry both.
Long stay

Staying in Vietnam longer

Living here takes a residence permit. 3 routes researched:

Vietnam visas and residency routes
What changes

United Kingdom and Vietnam side by side

United KingdomVietnam
CapitalLondonHanoi
LanguagesEnglishVietnamese
CurrencyPound SterlingVietnamese Dong
GDP per person (2025)$57,602$5,066
Population69.5M101.6M

GDP and population: World Bank.