Bangladeshi passport holders need a visa to enter Vietnam, and on paper the eVisa is open to you like any other nationality. The catch is approval: Bangladeshi media have reported since January 2025 that Vietnam has largely stopped approving Bangladeshi applications, so treat any Vietnam visa for Bangladeshi passports as a question to ask before it's a form to fill in.
Yes, you need a visa. Bangladesh isn't on either of Vietnam's 45-day visa-free lists: the 12 countries under Resolution 44/NQ-CP and the 12 under Resolution 229/NQ-CP. It has no bilateral exemption in Vietnam's Foreign Ministry catalog either. To compare passports, see Vietnam visa rules for every nationality.
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What Bangladesh does have is the same legal access to the eVisa as everyone else. Since August 15, 2023, citizens of every country and territory can apply for an eVisa valid for up to 90 days, single or multiple entry. It works at 83 border crossings: 17 airports, 27 land border gates and 39 seaports.
Phu Quoc island is the exception. Any foreigner, Bangladeshi passports included, can stay there visa-free for up to 30 days after flying in direct or changing planes airside at another Vietnamese international airport. Cross to the mainland without a visa and you risk a VND 3 to 5 million fine.
The legal position isn't the whole story. Here's what has been reported from Bangladesh since 2025:
Vietnam itself hasn't announced anything either way. The eVisa portal's nationality list doesn't flag Bangladesh, since its restricted-nationality marker is set only for Nigeria, Ghana and Congo. So the form will accept your application, and nobody outside Vietnam Immigration can tell you in advance what it will decide.
No embassy trip to Gulshan-2, no visa-on-arrival line. You fill in one online form, Vietnam Immigration decides, and the eVisa comes back as a PDF file downloaded from evisa.gov.vn. We don't process visa-on-arrival letters, and the questions below explain why one wouldn't get a Bangladeshi passport past the stalled approvals anyway.
Be clear about its limits. The eVisa is the simplest legal route into Vietnam for a Bangladeshi passport, but it isn't a way around the stalled approvals. Nothing we've found is.
Gather five things before you start:
⚠️ A temporary travel document can't carry an eVisa. Vietnam Immigration's eVisa portal doesn't issue visas for emergency or temporary passports. If your passport is close to expiry, renew it in Bangladesh before you apply, not halfway through planning.
| Option | Validity | Our fee (per applicant) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Month Single Entry | 30 days from arrival | $54 |
| 1 Month Multiple Entry | 30 days from arrival | $84 |
| 3 Month Single Entry | 90 days from arrival | $94 |
| 3 Month Multiple Entry | 90 days from arrival | $104 |
All prices include the Vietnam Immigration Department's stamp fee. See the full fee breakdown.
That stamp fee is $25 for a single-entry eVisa and $50 for multiple entry, the same figures published on evisa.gov.vn, and our fee is the difference. On a 1-month single-entry eVisa, $25 goes to Vietnam Immigration and $29 is ours. You can apply yourself at evisa.gov.vn and pay only the stamp fee. Vietnam Visa by BDA is a private company. We're not affiliated with the Vietnamese government.
What the $29 buys is a second set of eyes: we check every field against your passport before we submit, then follow up with Vietnam Immigration. For a Bangladeshi passport it also buys a straight answer before you pay, because we'd rather lose the sale than file an application we expect to be refused.
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Pick a speed when you pay. All three are per applicant:
Every one of those times counts from submission, not checkout, and your file normally reaches Vietnam Immigration within 2 business hours of payment. From there the law gives Immigration 3 working days to decide an eVisa once it holds the complete application and the fee, and 3 to 5 working days is normal in practice. Those deadlines belong to Vietnam Immigration, not to us: we file, chase and correct, but no tier moves an approval up the line.
Tet and public holidays push processing further. Vietnam's 2027 Tet holiday for civil servants runs February 4 to 10, 2027, a month before Eid al-Fitr, so a Dhaka family planning an Eid trip should file before Tet rather than after it. Give yourself one to two weeks and the speed tiers stop mattering. On a Bangladeshi passport, those weeks also leave room to talk to us before anything is filed.
Decide by the shape of your trip. Dhaka to Ho Chi Minh City through Bangkok and home again is one entry. Leaving Vietnam for Cambodia, Laos or Thailand and coming back means multiple entry, which costs $30 more on a 1-month eVisa and $10 more on a 3-month one. When in doubt, choose multiple entry.
Check the side trip itself first. Bangladeshi tour operators told The Business Standard in January 2025 that Cambodia and Laos had also halted visas for Bangladeshi tourists. Confirm you can get into the next country before you plan a loop around it.
Two fees are at stake, and they behave differently. Vietnam Immigration doesn't refund its $25 or $50 fee if it refuses the application. Our own refund terms cover these cases, exactly:
None of those is a money-back promise if Immigration refuses an application we've already filed. With Bangladeshi approvals reported stalled since 2025, the order of events matters more than the price. Ask first, and if we don't think we can help, we'll tell you before you've spent anything.
Don't buy a workaround, either. Some agency pages aimed at Bangladeshi travelers sell approval letters or pre-immigration clearance packages. Nothing we've found shows either one gets past the stalled approvals.
⚠️ Check before paying anywhere, including here. Call or email us before you pay with your travel dates and passport expiry. Our hotline is +84 832 320 320, open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Vietnam time, seven days a week, and our email is support@vietnamvisa.govt.vn.
The eVisa portal sets five rules for the photo:
Those points come straight from the upload note on the eVisa form, which says "no hat" and publishes no exception for religious head coverings. If you wear a hijab or another head covering for religious reasons, contact us before you apply rather than guessing.
No airline flies nonstop between Bangladesh and Vietnam. Thai Airways sells Dhaka (DAC) to Bangkok (BKK) and through-fares on to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN), so a one-stop connection through Bangkok is the realistic route. Vietnam Airlines said in March 2026 it would start three weekly flights from Dhaka to Hanoi and four to Ho Chi Minh City once visa issuance resumes. In September 2026, Vietnam's outgoing ambassador was still pushing for a new air services agreement to open a direct Hanoi to Dhaka route.
The airports that fit a Bangladeshi itinerary:
Whichever airport you choose has to be on the government's list of eVisa border gates, and the one you put on the form should be the one you actually plan to use.
Your eVisa lets you stay until the end date on the eVisa, and not a day past it. Overstay fines are set by Decree 282/2025/ND-CP, in force since December 15, 2025, and they rise with how long you've stayed past your end date:
⚠️ At 16 days, deportation joins the fine. Overstay 16 days or more and you can also be deported, and a deportation bars you from Vietnam for 3 years. The UK government warns that overstayers can be stopped from leaving until they pay the fine. On a Bangladeshi passport the damage reaches past your own trip: the tour operators quoted by The Business Standard in January 2025 said Vietnam stopped approving Bangladeshi eVisas mainly because of overstays.
Not under the law. Phu Quoc's exemption covers foreigners arriving from abroad without naming nationalities, so a Bangladeshi passport qualifies on paper if you fly in directly or stay airside while connecting. A border officer still decides whether you enter. If your trip touches the mainland, even a domestic connection that clears immigration in Ho Chi Minh City, you need the eVisa, and that's the part reported as stalled.
Not as a walk-up. Vietnamese law allows a visa at the border only in six listed situations, and each needs a sponsor in Vietnam to get Vietnam Immigration's approval first, which the border checks before stamping the visa. An approval letter is still an approval, so it doesn't sidestep the stalled decisions on Bangladeshi passports. We don't process visa-on-arrival letters anymore.
You can ask, but don't assume it's an open door. Embassy visas use the Consular Department's paper Visa Application Form, submitted with one photo glued or stapled on, and the mission sets the fee. The Business Standard's July 2025 report described Vietnam as having halted visa issuance for Bangladeshis generally, not just eVisas. Contact the embassy in Gulshan-2 before you book anything.
Super Urgent is 1 business day for $85 more per applicant, counted from when your application reaches Vietnam Immigration, normally within 2 business hours of payment. That timeline is Immigration's, not ours. On a Bangladeshi passport a rush fee buys speed, not approval, so call +84 832 320 320 before paying for one. If you fly within 24 hours, phone first in any case.
Vietnam Immigration doesn't refund its $25 or $50 fee on a refusal, and our terms don't cover a refusal of an application we've already filed. Contact us before you try again: we can fix errors in a form, but we can't change Immigration's decision. Our FAQs on refusals and refunds set out the full terms, including the cases where we do refund.
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