• Citizens of countries like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Japan and South Korea can stay in Vietnam without a visa for 15 days. After 15 days they must evacuate Vietnam and get a visa stamped. However, they can come back after 30 days from leaving to enjoy the visa free policy once again, but before that a visa is a must.
• Citizens of Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Laos are visa free for 30 days.
• A citizen of Philippines can stay in Vietnam without a visa for 21 days.
• People of Myanmar and Brunei are allowed to stay at Vietnam for 14 days without visa.
Form the above list it is evident that Moldova is not among the visa exempted countries.
Ways to get visa
A citizen of Moldova can get a Vietnam visa in the two possible ways
• Visa from Vietnam embassy
• Vietnam evisa
Visa from Vietnam embassy
This is the most traditional way of getting a Vietnam visa. But to utter misfortune there is no Vietnam embassy in Moldova till date. In such cases the citizens of Moldova can visit the nearest embassy at Romania to collect their visa. In case you are unable to visit the Vietnam embassy in person you can also apply for the same by post. For this purpose however, you need to contact with the Vietnam embassy from before to know if they supports visa applications by post.
Vietnam evisa
Vietnam evisa is also known as visa on arrival or Vietnam visa online. In this case the visa is issued by the Vietnam Immigration Department. This is the 2nd government organization after the Vietnam Embassy to approve the Vietnam visa. Applying for visa in the Vietnam Immigration Department is far faster and convenient than applying through the Vietnam Embassy. You can either apply for normal process or urgent process.
In this case you need to apply for the visa online by fulfilling the online visa application form with proper information, pay the fees and wait for either 1-2 working days (for normal process_ or for 8 or 4 or 2 hours only (for urgent process) to receive the approval letter by mail. The service fee depends upon the way of process you apply for.
The important documents needed for applying Vietnam evisa are your Moldova passport with one month remaining validity, a blank page of the passport, 2 recent passport sized photos, a copy of the visa approval letter received by mail and some US dollar as stamping fees.
