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FCDO travel advice for Vietnam. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 27 November 2024

• Warnings and insurance

  Before you travel No travel can be guaranteed safe. Read all the advice in…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

This guide sets out essential information for British nationals living in Vietnam.

• Updated: 7 March 2025

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

• Updated: 6 March 2025

You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.

Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.

Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply

The UK Vietnam Fund is a flexible and effective tool enabling the British Embassy to support projects linked to the UK government’s priorities in Vietnam.

• Updated: 16 May 2017

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam for your UK visa application.

• Updated: 5 June 2024

The British Embassy in Hanoi maintains and develops relations between the UK and Vietnam.

• Updated: 27 December 2024

The British Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City represents the UK government in Vietnam.

• Updated: 2 January 2025