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Samoa visa for citizens of Vietnam

Citizens of Vietnam get a Samoa visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Vietnam: the passport opens 24 countries visa-free; Hanoi — Apia: ≈ 9,780 km, about 12.5 hours of flying.

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

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Samoa 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; Samoa passport: 82.
Citizens of Vietnam and Samoa can travel together visa-free to 12 countries, for example: Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Micronesia, Seychelles, Palestine, Rwanda, Haiti, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Panama.
Citizens of Samoa, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Vietnam. Vietnam visa for citizens of Samoa

Travelling to Samoa: good to know

Hanoi — Apia: about 9,780 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Hanoi 12:00 — Apia 18:00.
Local currency: Samoan Tala.
Languages: English and Samoan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ WST 2.73.
Samoa is the 131st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Vietnam.