Vietnam Expands Visa-Free Travel for 12 More European Countries in a Powerful Boost for Tourism

Vietnam Expands Visa-Free Travel for 12 More European Countries in a Powerful Boost for Tourism

Pack your bags, folks – Vietnam just made it a whole lot easier to “accidentally” book that trip you’ve been daydreaming about while pretending to work. That’s right: the land of steaming pho bowls, lantern-lit nights, and scooter traffic that moves like synchronized chaos has just added 12 more European countries to its VIP “visa-free” guest list.

Starting August 15, 2025, Vietnam is granting visa-free entry to citizens of these lucky nations. Translation? If you’re holding one of these passports, you can now waltz into Vietnam, stay for up to 45 glorious days, and never once have to face the dreaded task of filling out forms at 2 a.m., wondering if you accidentally put your middle name in the “surname” box.

And the cherry on top? This visa-free golden ticket is sticking around for three whole years, until August 14, 2028. That’s enough time to plan, cancel, re-plan, panic-book, and finally make it to Vietnam… even if you’re a world-class procrastinator.

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Who’s on the VIP List?

Drumroll, please. Here are the new members of Vietnam’s no-paperwork party club:

• Belgium – because waffles deserve global respect.
• Bulgaria – home of rose oil, now with a side of pho.
• Croatia – as if the coastline wasn’t enough, Croatians now get banh mi too.
• Czech Republic – beer lovers, meet bia hơi.
• Hungary – because goulash and spring rolls make an oddly perfect friendship.
• Luxembourg – small country, big travel perks.
• Netherlands – the Dutch always sniff out the best deals first.
• Poland – pierogi by day, Vietnamese noodles by night.
• Romania – swap Dracula’s castle for Ha Long Bay.
• Slovakia – passports ready, noodles waiting.
• Slovenia – and yes, both Slovak and Slovene travelers made the cut, so don’t mix them up.
• Switzerland – trade fondue for fresh spring rolls without the paperwork.

Basically, if your passport is from one of these countries, you’ve just leveled up. Consider it your official invitation to skip the red tape and head straight to the red lanterns of Hoi An.

Why Should You Care?

Because, let’s be honest: Vietnam has probably been sitting on your “someday” travel list for ages. You’ve seen the Instagram shots of Ha Long Bay that look suspiciously photoshopped, the TikToks of chaotic scooter traffic where not a single person crashes, and the travel blogs that wax poetic about $1 bowls of noodles.

But then you Googled “Vietnam visa” and suddenly you were knee-deep in confusing websites, contradictory rules, and a form that asked for details about your “sponsoring organization.” Who has time for that?

Now? All of that is gone. No excuses left. No “I’ll go when the paperwork gets easier.” Guess what – it just did.

And if you need a little extra push:

• Street food is so cheap you’ll feel guilty (and then order three more bowls anyway).
• Hoi An looks like a Disney set designer went wild with lanterns.
• The landscapes? Rice terraces, mountains, and beaches so good they make your camera weep.

And let’s not forget the scooters. Watching 5,000 of them flow seamlessly through an intersection is like performance art.

The Bottom Line

From August 15, 2025, the only thing standing between you and Vietnam is your willpower. Which, let’s be real, isn’t going to hold up against the siren call of pho and Ha Long Bay sunsets.

So if you’re Belgian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Luxembourgish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, or Swiss – congratulations. Vietnam just rolled out the red carpet, and you don’t even need to bring a visa.

Book that flight, pack light, and get ready to answer your friends’ jealous:
“Wait, you don’t need a visa?!”
for the next three years.