Do Panama passport holders need a visa for Vietnam?

No visa to apply for — Panama passport holders enter Vietnam without one. The Vietnam Pre-Arrival Declaration is a separate step before you fly — Vietnam’s airport immigration offices ask foreign passport holders for one, while the ministry behind the portal has called it voluntary.

Policy

Visa-free

Max stay

90 days

  • The official form is free, on the government’s own site.
  • Automation we built fills in your VPAD under your supervision — you review it, change anything, and submit it yourself.
  • A credit is charged only after the official government site confirms it has your submission.
  • Your passport and trip details never leave your device — we have no way to read them; the one exception is the passport photo you choose to scan, which passes through a recognition service once; we keep no copy of it.
Start my VPAD

Your next step

Turn up with a passport that still has enough validity left, and be ready to show where you are staying and how you are leaving.

The VPAD — what it means for you

Visa-free does not mean paperwork-free: what Vietnam’s airports ask foreign passport holders for is the declaration, and a visa exemption does not stand in for it.

First time filing it? The full guide covers who is exempt, the exact window, and fixing mistakes — read the VPAD guide.

Official sources

Compiled by the visayes team. Visa status and maximum stay come from our passport policy dataset, last updated 16 Sep 2026. Entry rules can change without notice — the destination’s own government is always the final word.

Same passport, nearby: Thailand · Singapore · Malaysia · South Korea · Indonesia