Vietnam entry reference
Where a Vietnam E-Visa Is Accepted
E-visas work at land, sea and air checkpoints, but not at every crossing on the map. How to choose the one you name on the form.
- Updated
- 15 August 2026
- Reading time
- 3 minutes
- Purpose
- Independent reference
Not every border on the map
Vietnam has a long list of designated international checkpoints that accept e-visas — well over eighty across air, land and sea. That is generous, but it is a list, and a border crossing existing on a map does not put it on that list.
The distinction matters most for overland travellers. Remote crossings from Laos and Cambodia used by local traffic are frequently not designated for e-visa entry, and turning up at one with a valid e-visa is a wasted day at best.
The airports
Every major international airport is covered, and this is the route almost all first-time visitors take:
- Tan Son Nhat (SGN), Ho Chi Minh City
- Noi Bai (HAN), Hanoi
- Da Nang (DAD)
- Cam Ranh (CXR), for Nha Trang
- Phu Quoc (PQC)
- Phu Bai (HUI), for Hue, and Cat Bi (HPH), for Haiphong
Long Thanh, the new airport being built for the Ho Chi Minh City region, will join the list as it opens; check the current designation rather than assuming, since a checkpoint has to be formally designated before it accepts e-visas.
Land and sea
Major land crossings with Cambodia, Laos and China are designated, including the busy Moc Bai crossing on the Ho Chi Minh City–Phnom Penh road and Lao Bao on the route from central Laos. Several seaports accept e-visa arrivals for cruise passengers.
If your plan involves a specific overland crossing, verify that exact checkpoint by name before you build an itinerary on it. This is the single most common way an e-visa turns out to be unusable.
The checkpoint you name on the form
The application asks for your intended entry checkpoint, and the expectation is that your first arrival happens there.
Name the one you will actually use. If you fly into Hanoi, name Noi Bai — not the airport nearest your final destination, and not whichever one appears first in the dropdown.
For a multiple-entry visa, later crossings are widely reported to be usable at any designated checkpoint. Reports are not the same as a guarantee, and this page will not pretend otherwise: if your plan depends on re-entering somewhere other than where you nominated, that is a question worth putting to the immigration department rather than testing at a counter.
If your flights change after issue
A changed airport is worth taking seriously rather than assuming it will pass. The document names a checkpoint; an officer at a different one is entitled to ask why.
The practical options are to change back to the nominated checkpoint if the flights allow, or to contact the immigration department through the portal. What is not a good option is arriving somewhere else and hoping — the cost of being wrong is a denied boarding or a refused entry.
What acceptance does not mean
A designated checkpoint means the e-visa can be used there. It does not mean entry is automatic. Passport validity, blank pages, onward travel and the officer’s own judgement all still apply, and they apply identically at every one of the eighty-odd crossings.
Confirm before you book
The checkpoint list is set by government decree and changes as new crossings are designated. It was checked on 15 August 2026. Before building a trip around a specific land border, confirm that exact checkpoint at evisa.gov.vn — this page is a reference, not the list itself.