New Vietnam Visa fee from 23 Nov, 2015

The Ministry of Finance recently issued Circular No 157/2015 / TT-BTC replaces Circular No. 66/2009 / TT-BTC providing the regime of collection, remittance and use management of fee for issuance of passports, visas and papers sheet on entry, exit, transit and residence in Vietnam for two objects: Citizens Vietnam and foreigners; Vietnam persons residing abroad takes effect from the date of 23/11/2015.


The standard visa fee will cut down from US$45 to $25 for visitors, applied for single entry Visa. For a multi-entry visa valid for three months, the fee will be $50, down from the current $95. 
Fees for visas with longer terms will range from $95 to $155 for validity of up to five years.

Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted an unnamed official from the ministry as saying that the new regulations are aimed at supporting tourism and bringing Vietnamese visa fees on par with other countries in the region.

Foreign arrivals to Vietnam reached only 626,000 in September, down 5.8 percent from August, official data showed.

Even though that was up 8.3 percent from September last year, the overall number for the first nine months dropped 5.9 percent, to nearly 5.7 million.

Tourism officials hope to attract 2.3 million foreign visitors in the last quarter with new promotional campaigns, saying the downward trend may have ended.