No visa needed

Do citizens of Spain need a visa for Vietnam?

Citizens of Spain don’t need a visa for Vietnam and can stay up to 45 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 Spain: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Madrid — Hanoi: ≈ 10,040 km, about 13 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 45 days

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

Yes, citizens of Spain don’t need a visa for Vietnam for up to 45 days. A valid passport is enough.

Vietnam visa rules at a glance

With a Spain passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 13 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Spain passport ranks 6th of 199.
Spain passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Vietnam passport: 24.
Citizens of Spain and Vietnam can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Belarus, Palestine, Kazakhstan, Dominica, Barbados, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Seychelles, Mongolia, Panama, Thailand, Chile, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Citizens of Vietnam, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Spain. Spain visa for citizens of Vietnam

Travelling to Vietnam: good to know

Madrid — Hanoi: about 10,040 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Madrid 12:00 — Hanoi 17:00.
Local currency: Vietnamese Dong.
Languages: Vietnamese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ₫25,966.
Vietnam is the 170th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Spain.