Vietnam

Country-level essentials for Vietnam: the pages that must not be wrong. The e-visa rules, what the dong is worth and how to carry it, which eSIM to load before you land, whether travel insurance is worth it and which policies actually pay out in Southeast Asia, how to get between cities by train, bus and plane, and which city fits which kind of trip. Every entry-rule, health and money claim on these pages links to the official source it comes from, with the date we checked it: the Vietnam Immigration Department's e-visa portal, the national tourism board, the US State Department's country page, the CDC's traveller health notes and the State Bank of Vietnam. Where an official page and a popular blog disagree, we go with the official page and say so. Where rules are in flux, such as the visa exemption lists that changed in August 2023 and again in August 2025, we quote the resolution and the dates rather than a summary. These guides are written for a US or Western traveller arriving for the first time, but they are re-checked on every monthly refresh, so repeat visitors can use them to see what changed. Practical pages carry no affiliate links unless a partner is named and the commission is disclosed on the page, and prices are quoted as samples on a stated date, never as promises.