If you’ve never considered traveling to Vietnam, you definitely should put it on your list! It’s one of the most attractive countries in Asia to visit, with its vast landscape that expands an area of 1,650 km from north to south. Vietnam also has an amazing coastline that stretches over 3,000 km as well.
In order to fully be prepared for your trip to Vietnam, you should know some information first about how to enter Vietnam with the e-Visa. This article will cover all the ports of entry by sea, land and air, as well as explaining other information such as how to travel to Vietnam from neighbouring countries.
There are different border locations in Vietnam that you can use your Vietnam e-visa in order to enter the country. You can cross from three different borders: land, air and sea. What you choose as your port of entry depends on your travel itinerary and plans. However, it is important to take into account the following border crossings, their locations and whether or not they accept the e-Visa.
There are currently 8 international airports in Vietnam that accepts the e-Visa. Here are the airports, location and the airport code that you can use to identify each airport.
Backpackers tend to enter Vietnam by land and usually by bus. The following is a list of land crossings that accept the e-Visa for Vietnam:
If you are arriving to Vietnam by boat, you must research the seaport of arrival and make sure that your e-Visa will be accepted. The following list details the seaports of entry to Vietnam for the e-Visa.
For those who wants more information on border crossings from nearby countries may look at this list of travel guides for crossing land borders in Vietnam.
There are a number of border control checkpoints that travelers can cross from Cambodia to Vietnam such as:
If you are traveling from Laos to Vietnam by car, bus or motorbike, you can enter via the following border crossings:
The most common crossings are:
This route is not as common as the others, but it’s still possible. If you want to travel from China to Vietnam by land, there are 3 different crossings:
