Visa:
Visa Free Travel:
Nationals of certain countries may visit Vietnam without visa. These countries include:
__ Belarus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Northern Ireland, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom; Japan, South Korea; for visits of 45 days from the entry date (including the entry date and the next 44 days of stay) at the maximum.
__ Brunei, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos; for visits of 30 days at the maximum.
__ Philippines for visits of 21 days at the maximum.
Please verify for your case.
eVisa:
Vietnam is now issueing eVisa to nationals of ALL COUNTRIES - everyone can obtain a visa through an easy online process.
official eVisa application link
You'll need to upload a scan of your passport, a portrait photo, provide some basic personal information, and pay USD 25 online. After a few working days you will receive by email a link to download a PDF document. Print it and bring it with you to Vietnam. Show this document at immigration and they'll stamp the visa in your passport. See HERE for an example of an eVisa.
- your passport should be valid more that 60 days after date of entry in Vietnam
- the e-visa cannot be renewed nor extended
Current experience with the eVisa process:
Here are recommended answers to some of the questions:
- Only fill in the mandatory fields (red asterisk *)
- Religion: it is ok to say "none"
- Purpose of entry: choose "summit, conference" or "tourism"
- Entry/Exit checkpoint: most of you will either choose "Tan Son Nhat Int Airport (Ho Chi Minh City)" or "Noi Bai Int Airport (Ha Noi)"
- Intended temporary address in Vietnam: put your hotel's address (Seagull Hotel, 489 An Duong Vuong, Quy Nhon 591300), city/province is "Binh Dinh".
- Health insurance arranged for stay in Vietnam: in our experience you may answer "No" and you will still get the visa
- Name of hosting organisation: leave empty
Current processing is time 3 working days
General Travel Information
Quy Nhon (also written as Qui Nhon) is a coastal town in Binh Dinh province in central Vietnam that can be reached by plane from Hanoi and from Ho Chi Minh City. Arriving from abroad, the second alternative is recommended because of the fare and the duration of the journey (one hour vs. 1.5 hours). If you want to travel around in Vietnam, it can be a good idea to transit e.g. via Ho Chi Minh City when coming to Quy Nhon and via Hanoi for the return leg, depending on your travel plan. The airport is named Phu Cat and is about 35km north-west of Quy Nhon. The companies flying to Quy Nhon include Vietnam airlines, Bamboo Airways, VietJet Air, Jetstar Pacific. You can buy tickets directly from their sites.
Quy Nhon can be reached also by train. The station is named Dieu Tri and is about 13 km from the city center. More information about train can be found here. From Dieu Tri station to the city by taxi, it costs about 150,000 VND.
The bus is the cheapest means of transport to get to Quy Nhon. Participants from nearby provinces are recommended to travel by bus.
There are buses connecting the Airport to the city center. It costs about 80 000 VND (about 3 USD) one way. Then, from the last stop, you take a taxi to your hotel.
