Starting 15 April 2026, foreign visitors must submit a digital pre-arrival declaration before entering Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
As of now, Tan Son Nhat International Airport is the only air hub enforcing this new rule. It remains unclear when other major airports such as in Hanoi and Danang might follow suit.
This makes Vietnam the latest country in Asia to enforce mandatory digital e-arrival cards, following similar moves by Thailand, India, Taiwan and Indonesia over the past year.
Required information includes identification details, a passport photo, as well as travel and accommodation details.
Travellers will then receive a QR code to be presented during immigration checks.
Authorities say the new regulation aims to enhance border control procedures and ease congestion at the overcrowded southern airport.
The declaration can be submitted up to two days before flight via the official portal or QR codes via official channels. Failure to comply could result in longer wait times at immigration counters, authorities added.
Memos have gone out to airlines, travel agents and companies to inform guests on the new regulation.