No visa needed

Do citizens of Vietnam need a visa for Mongolia?

Citizens of Vietnam don’t need a visa for Mongolia and can stay up to 30 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Vietnam: the passport opens 24 countries visa-free; Hanoi — Ulaanbaatar: ≈ 2,990 km, about 4 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Mongolia without a visa on a Vietnam passport?

Yes, citizens of Vietnam don’t need a visa for Mongolia for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Mongolia visa rules at a glance

With a Vietnam passport you can visit 24 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 56 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Vietnam passport ranks 161st of 199.
Vietnam passport: visa-free access to 24 countries; Mongolia passport: 34.
Citizens of Vietnam and Mongolia can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Micronesia, Seychelles, Palestine, Belarus, Haiti, Dominica, Barbados, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Citizens of Mongolia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Vietnam. Vietnam visa for citizens of Mongolia

Travelling to Mongolia: good to know

Hanoi — Ulaanbaatar: about 2,990 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Mongolian Tugrik.
Languages: Mongolian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MNT 3,579.
Mongolia is the 17th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Vietnam.