No visa needed

Do citizens of Chile need a visa for Vietnam?

Citizens of Chile don’t need a visa for Vietnam and can stay up to 90 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 Chile: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Santiago — Hanoi: ≈ 18,590 km, about 23.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

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

Yes, citizens of Chile don’t need a visa for Vietnam for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Vietnam visa rules at a glance

With a Chile passport you can visit 105 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 38 with an e-visa; 22 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Chile passport ranks 46th of 199.
Chile passport: visa-free access to 105 countries; Vietnam passport: 24.
Citizens of Chile and Vietnam can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, Seychelles, Palestine, Belarus, Micronesia, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, and Thailand.
Citizens of Vietnam, in turn, don’t need a visa for Chile. Chile visa for citizens of Vietnam

Travelling to Vietnam: good to know

Santiago — Hanoi: about 18,590 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 23.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +10 hours.
Local time: Santiago 12:00 — Hanoi 22:00.
Local currency: Vietnamese Dong.
Languages: Vietnamese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ₫25,966.
Vietnam is the 195th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Chile.