Do Indonesian passport holders need a visa for Vietnam?
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No, but the allowance is shorter than almost everything published says. Indonesian passport holders enter Vietnam visa-free for 14 days, not 30. Vietnam moved Indonesia into its 14-day exemption band with effect from 15 July 2026, and pages written before that date still show the old figure. If your trip runs longer than a fortnight you need the e-visa, which any nationality can now get for up to 90 days.
Quick facts
Visa-free- Visa required
- No, for stays up to 14 days
- Exemption length
- 14 days, reduced from 30 with effect from 15 July 2026
- Staying longer
- The e-visa, up to 90 days, 25 US dollars single entry
- Phu Quoc island
- 30 days, which is longer than your mainland allowance
- Passport validity
- At least six months beyond arrival
- Also needed
- Onward or return ticket within the exemption
- Purpose covered
- Tourism, family visits, business meetings. Not paid work
Entry requirements
- An Indonesian passport valid for at least six months beyond your arrival, with blank pages.
- A confirmed onward or return ticket departing within the 14 days.
- An address for the stay and evidence you can support yourself.
- Nothing applied for in advance, provided the trip fits inside 14 days.
- An approved e-visa instead, if it does not.
What happens when you arrive
Count the days before you book, because 14 is the number that now applies. The exemption is stamped at immigration and there is nothing to apply for, but it is shorter than the allowance most itineraries were planned around until this July.
If the trip is longer, apply for the e-visa before you travel rather than planning to extend on arrival. It is issued to every nationality, runs up to 90 days, and costs 25 US dollars for a single entry.
Check the stamp you are actually given at the counter. The exemption is a permission granted on arrival rather than an entitlement you carry, and the date written in your passport is the one that governs.
A direct arrival at Phu Quoc is treated differently from the mainland and carries its own 30-day allowance, so an island-only holiday is not constrained by the 14 days.
Good to know
- The 14 days is six weeks old and most of the internet has not caught up. Indonesia held a 30-day exemption for years, and it moved to the 14-day band with effect from 15 July 2026. Guides, airline pages and forum answers written before that date all say 30, and they read as current because nothing about them looks stale. A three-week trip booked on the old number is an overstay of a week, discovered at departure. Verify the figure rather than the tone of the page you are reading.
- Phu Quoc gives you more time than the mainland does, which is an odd sentence but a useful one. The island carries a 30-day exemption for any foreign visitor arriving directly from abroad, so an Indonesian flying straight into Phu Quoc has longer there than the 14 days they would get landing in Hanoi. The catch is in the word directly: the exemption applies to arrivals from outside Vietnam, and travelling on to the mainland puts you back under the ordinary rules.
- ASEAN membership sets the floor here, not the ceiling, and the floors differ. Vietnam grants its ASEAN neighbours different lengths rather than one common allowance: some sit at 30 days, the Philippines at 21, and Brunei and Indonesia at 14. A Malaysian or Singaporean colleague’s experience of the same border is not a guide to yours, and the assumption that ASEAN means a uniform arrangement is what makes this change easy to miss.
- Fourteen days visa-free and 90 days on an e-visa is a large gap for 25 dollars. If there is any prospect of the trip stretching, buying the e-visa before departure is cheap insurance against a change of plan, and it removes the need to think about the stamp at all. It has to be arranged before you fly, so the decision belongs at booking rather than at the airport.
Frequently asked questions
Do Indonesian citizens need a visa for Vietnam?
Not for stays of up to 14 days. Vietnam moved Indonesia into its 14-day visa-exemption band with effect from 15 July 2026, down from 30 days.
Is it still 30 days?
No. It has been 14 days since 15 July 2026. Pages published before that date still show 30 and are out of date.
How do I stay longer than 14 days?
Apply for the Vietnamese e-visa before you travel. It is open to every nationality, runs up to 90 days and costs 25 US dollars for a single entry.
How long can I stay on Phu Quoc?
Thirty days, if you arrive there directly from outside Vietnam. That is longer than the mainland exemption, but travelling on to the mainland puts you under the ordinary rules.
Do all ASEAN countries get the same allowance?
No. Vietnam grants different lengths to different ASEAN members, with some at 30 days, the Philippines at 21, and Brunei and Indonesia at 14.
Related pages
Sources
Every fact on this page was checked against the official sources below on .
- Wikipedia, Visa policy of Vietnam (raw exemption table checked 2026-08-25) — Indonesia is listed in the 14-day band with the note "Effective from 15 July 2026"; the Philippines sits at 21 days and other ASEAN members at 30 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Wikipedia, Visa policy of Vietnam — the e-visa is issued to citizens of all countries and territories since 15 August 2023, single or multiple entry up to 90 days, at 25 or 50 US dollars (en.wikipedia.org, citing the Vietnam Immigration Department portal)
- Wikipedia, Visa policy of Vietnam — Phu Quoc Island carries a 30-day exemption for all foreign visitors arriving directly by air or sea from outside Vietnam (en.wikipedia.org)
Entry rules change without notice and the official source is always the authority. Confirm with the embassy or immigration portal before you book.
