The Agreement was signed on February 14, 1992 and entered into effect on March 15, 1992; Exchange of notes was carried out on August 16, 2004. The exemption of visa includes exemption of visa for entry, exit and transit. The duration of stay subject to visa exemption begins from the date of entry. The contents of visa exemption agreed upon between Vietnam and China are as follows:
- Exemption of visa is granted to bearers of diplomatic passports or official passports or ordinary passports for official mission (also granted to their spouse and teenage children who accompany them and share their same passports of any of the above-mentioned three types of passports); there is no provision on concrete duration of stay. (At present, China applies stay duration of 30 days)
- Visa fee is gratis for members of families (including spouse, children and parents) of officials, administrative or technical staff of diplomatic missions or consular posts of the two countries who visit their relatives working as officials or staff of a representative mission of their respective country in the other country.
(This Agreement is not applicable to Hong Kong and Macao.)
(Updated as of February 2nd, 2009)
There are two ways you can get the visa code.
Firstly, you can apply Visa directly at the Vietnam embassy or Consulates in the country you are living or staying in. The stamping fees for getting the visa code do vary depending upon the country (normally, upward $50/pax).
Secondly, by using our service, you can get your Vietnam visa entry conveniently. We will help you to apply visa code through the Vietnam Immigration Office then, they will send your visa approval code directly to The Vietnam Embassy or Vietnam Consulate in the country you are living or staying in where you just bring your passport to receive the visa to entry to Vietnam (You should go to the Embassy after receiving our approval code from us 2 days later because Vietnam Embassy/Consulate needs time to check your information with the Vietnam Immigration Department). The service fee will be online paid us to progress the approval code. The stamping fee will be paid at the Embassy directly to get your stamp! This fee will be different in each country.
In some countries as China, Laos, Cambodia, the process of getting a visa code is very quick and convenient. Therefore, we suggest that you should go there by yourself to pick up the visa code. In this case, you do not have to pay the service fee any more, just only stamping fee.
To avoid time - consume and inconvenience, if you travel by air, you should apply for VISA ON ARRIVAL that can allow you to get the visa stamped straight away at the Vietnam airports!
For those who reside or stay in Beijing (China) at the time of waiting for the visa to Vietnam, there are two ways to get Vietnam visa, through Vietnam Embassy in Beijing (China), or get Visa on Arrival via online service:
Get Vietnam Visa through Vietnam Embassy in Beijing (China)
- Issuing unit: Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing (China)
- Processing time: 3 to 5 working days
- Processing fee: 50 – 85 USD/person
- Additional fee: Postal cost
- With Passport requirement
- How to get it? You reach this Embassy in person and follow the required procedures. Read more »
Vietnam Visa Tips | adaddissure | 
March 16, 2010 2:41 pm | 
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