If you are a US citizen or US passport holder and wish to travel to Vietnam, you will have to first have to apply for a Vietnamese visa to be able to travel to the country. There are two simple procedure through which you can apply for Visa. 

• Apply through embassy or consulate for Visa

You can approach the Vietnamese embassy in person to apply for Visa. The address of the diplomatic mission in the US is:

Embassy of Vietnam

Do you look for information of Vietnam Consulate in United States ? There 3 consulates of Vietnamin the US : Vietnam consulate in New York, San Francisco and Houston and embassy of Vietnam embassy in Washington DC. Please see information as below

Embassy of Vietnam in United States (USA)

1233 20th St NW, Suite 400 - Washington, DC 20036, United States (USA)

Tel: 202.861.0737

Hotline for Consular Affairs: 202.716.8666 or   202.739.1666

Does US Citizen need Visa for entering Vietnam or not?

Citizens of the United States of America are required to obtain a Visa from the embassy of Vietnam or apply for Visa on Arrival if they wish to travel to Vietnam. Many countries have opened up their boundaries to travellers, tourists, businessmen etc in order to promote global relations, tourism, trade etc. To achieve this end, they have set up diplomatic missions in other countries. Vietnam has its diplomatic missions or embassies in 70 countries. It has an embassy in the US too, which among other duties, helps travellers obtain a valid Visa for travel to Vietnam. 

Vietnam visa requirement for US passport holders

Kindly be informed that USA passport holders are required Vietnam visas to enter Vietnam.

How to get Vietnam visa in USA?

There are 2 ways for you to get a Vietnam visa:

1. Apply for your Vietnam visa in a Vietnam Embassy / Consulate:

You can come in person to the Vietnam embassy in your country and you will be instructed step by step on how to apply for a Vietnam visa there. By this way, you have to come directly to the Vietnam embassy at least two times. The first time you come there is to submit required documents and the second one coming there is to get your Vietnam visa.

Some Information and Procedure to Get Visa at Embassy of Vietnam in the US

Vietnam offers Visa facilities to travellers from US who would like to visit the country for business, tourist or other purposes. To apply for Visa to Vietnam, a US national would have to apply for the same through the Vietnam embassy in the US or fill an online application through a travel agent. The Visa application process is quite simple and easy. An individual can get in touch with the Vietnam embassy authorities, who will guide him to fill up the necessary forms and pay the fees. This way the individual can get the Visa in hand before leaving for Vietnam.