Tunisian passport holders need a visa to enter Vietnam, and the eVisa is the one route that never asks you to send your passport out of the country. Here are the visa requirements for Tunisian citizens in full: what you upload, what you pay, how long Vietnam takes, and the details that matter when every routing out of Tunis has at least one connection in it.
Yes, you need a visa. Vietnam's 45-day exemption runs on two instruments, Resolution 44/NQ-CP of 7 March 2025 covering 12 countries and Resolution 229/NQ-CP of 8 August 2025 adding 12 more, 24 in total. Tunisia appears on neither, and no bilateral agreement exempts ordinary Tunisian passports.
There is no short-stay carve-out. A week in Hanoi and a three-day trade meeting both need a visa in hand at check-in, and no carrier at Tunis Carthage will board you for Vietnam without one.
The eVisa was built for your situation. Vietnam opened it to citizens of every country and territory on 15 August 2023 under Resolution 127/NQ-CP, as the Embassy of Vietnam in the United States confirms. It runs up to 90 days, single or multiple entry, and reaches you as a PDF.
Where it works widened at the end of 2025. Resolution 389/NQ-CP of 2 December 2025 added 41 border gates, bringing the total to 83 checkpoints: 17 airports, 27 land border gates and 39 seaports. Long Thanh and Gia Binh count only once they open, so about 15 airports are usable now, and every one a Tunisian traveler would plausibly land at is among them.
One island sits outside the rule. Phu Quoc waives the visa for 30 days for any nationality arriving straight from abroad by air or sea, holding an onward ticket out inside 30 days and staying on the island. Step onto the mainland and the waiver stops applying.
Tunisian passport access has been improving, which is part of why the question comes up at all. Tunisie Numerique reported on 13 January 2026 that the Henley Passport Index had moved Tunisia up three places to 70th, with 67 destinations open without a visa arranged in advance. Vietnam is not one of them. Our eligibility index by country covers anyone traveling with you on a different passport.
No embassy trip, no visa-on-arrival queue. The first half matters more in Tunisia than in most places, because Vietnam keeps no mission in Tunis, so a consular application would mean mailing your passport abroad and waiting for it back. The eVisa never leaves your desk: you fill in the form, we check and file it, and the PDF lands in your inbox.
We do not process visa-on-arrival letters and have not for years. That route still needs paperwork before departure, works at a handful of airports only, is no use at a land or sea border, and puts you in a queue when you are least equipped for one. The eVisa is settled before you leave home and valid at all 83 checkpoints.
Six things, and the first two are where most stalled applications go wrong.
⚠️ Emergency and temporary travel documents are an open question, so do not build a trip around one. No Vietnamese ministry or embassy states whether they are accepted for an eVisa, and we will not invent an answer. Apply on your ordinary Tunisian passport where you can. If a temporary document is all you hold, call +84 832 320 320 before you pay us anything.
| 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. Here is the arithmetic. Vietnam charges $25 for a single-entry eVisa and $50 for a multiple-entry one, rates set by Circular 28/2026/TT-BTC and unchanged since 1 April 2026. On a $54 single-entry order, $25 is Vietnam's and $29 is ours, covering the preparation, the checking, the filing and the follow-up.
You can also cut us out and apply directly at evisa.gov.vn for the stamp fee alone. With three clear weeks, a straightforward passport and patience for a form, you probably should, and we will not pretend otherwise. What our $29 buys is a second reader before submission and a human who answers afterward. Every surcharge is itemized in the full fee breakdown. Either way, Vietnam keeps the stamp fee even if the application is refused.
Three speeds, each priced per applicant:
Those clocks begin when the file reaches Vietnam Immigration, typically inside 2 business hours of payment. The statutory standard is 3 working days; in practice 3 to 5 is normal, and it stretches around Vietnamese public holidays, when offices close for the better part of a week at Tet.
The schedule is Vietnam Immigration's, not ours. We can file fast, chase and fix a rejected upload, but no agent makes the department approve a file sooner than it does. Applying one to two weeks out removes the question. Flying inside 24 hours? Call the hotline before paying so we can tell you whether we can realistically deliver. When we cannot, we say so and refund you rather than take the money.
Pick by the shape of the trip, not the name on the visa. In on one flight, out on one flight, and single entry covers everything in between.
Multiple entry is the right choice the moment your itinerary leaves Vietnam and returns. Nobody flies fifteen hours from Tunis for one country, and a trip built around Vietnam often picks up Cambodia, Laos or Thailand in the middle. Cross into Siem Reap on a single-entry eVisa and it is spent. The upgrade costs $30 on a one-month visa and $10 on a three-month one, less than the change fee on a single flight. When in doubt, choose multiple entry.
Vietnam's form asks only for a photograph taken straight on without glasses, but a poor image is a common reason a file goes back. A photo that satisfies these five points will pass:
A phone photo against a white wall in daylight is fine. A crop from a wedding picture is not.
Almost every Tunisian traveler lands at one of two airports, and the reason is the route map rather than any rule. Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) takes the largest share, because Qatar Airways links Tunis to Vietnam through Doha on a single change. Noi Bai in Hanoi (HAN) is the other, reachable through Doha or Istanbul. Da Nang (DAD) is an eVisa checkpoint and the gateway to Hoi An and Hue, but from Tunis it needs a second connection in Bangkok, Singapore or Seoul. Phu Quoc (PQC) is a checkpoint in its own right, reachable on a domestic hop.
Land and sea gates matter on a regional trip. The eVisa covers 27 land crossings and 39 seaports, so returning overland from Cambodia or arriving by ship both work. The port-of-entry field has also been dropped from the issued eVisa, so you are not tied to the checkpoint you nominated.
⚠️ Vietnam now expects a digital declaration before you land at the airports you will actually use. The Immigration Department's Pre-Arrival Information system at prearrival.immigration.gov.vn started at Tan Son Nhat on 15 April 2026, added Phu Quoc on 1 June, and reached Noi Bai and Da Nang on 15 June 2026. Submit passport, flight and accommodation details no more than three days ahead and you get a QR code. Vietnamese state media calls it mandatory while the UK Foreign Office says it is not currently a legal requirement, so treat it as required at those airports. It is not a visa and does not replace one.
Vietnam made overstaying much more expensive at the end of 2025. Decree 282/2025 took effect on 15 December 2025 in place of Decree 144/2021 and doubled the ceiling from VND 20 million to VND 40 million, around USD 1,520.
The fine scales with the delay. Under 16 days sits at VND 500,000 to 2 million, roughly USD 19 to 76. From 16 to 30 days it rises to VND 5 to 10 million, roughly USD 190 to 380, then climbs in bands to the ceiling. Those dollar figures date from December 2025, so treat them as approximate.
The fine is rarely the worst of it. Overstaying is grounds for deportation and a future entry ban, and UK Foreign Office guidance notes that Vietnamese authorities can stop you leaving until you have paid. Rebooking a Doha connection costs more than the penalty.
⚠️ Your exit date is set when the eVisa is issued, not when you arrive. The PDF carries a fixed validity window built from the entry date you supplied, and landing two days late does not push the exit date two days back. Count your stay from the printed exit date and nothing else.
Tunisia sat 70th in the Henley Passport Index published in January 2026, up three places, with 67 destinations open without a visa arranged in advance. Most of that access sits in North and West Africa, the Gulf and parts of Asia, and Vietnam appears on neither exemption resolution. This trip needs a visa however the ranking moves.
There is none to visit. Vietnam covers Tunisia from Cairo: VietnamPlus reported on 6 March 2024 that Ambassador Nguyen Huy Dung, accredited to both Egypt and Tunisia, presented his credentials the day before. A paper visa would mean sending your passport to Egypt. The eVisa is filed online and your passport stays with you.
None, and nobody asks. Vietnam's eVisa form wants your passport details, a photograph, your dates and your entry point. No bank statement, no proof of funds, no hotel booking, no itinerary. The only money rule touching this trip is the Phu Quoc waiver, which asks for an onward ticket within 30 days rather than a balance.
Not through us, and probably not usefully. It is no walk-up service: it still needs an approval letter arranged before you fly, works at a small number of airports, and is worthless at a land border, which rules it out if you enter from Cambodia or Laos. The eVisa sidesteps all of that.
Strictly speaking, no. Phu Quoc waives the visa for 30 days if you arrive directly from abroad and stay on the island. Nowhere in North Africa flies there, so you would transit airside in Ho Chi Minh City onto a domestic leg, which still counts. Plenty of travelers apply anyway, because one night on the mainland cancels it.
Budget a long day of flying. Nothing flies nonstop between Tunisia and Vietnam. Doha is the cleanest single change: Qatar Airways serves Tunis nonstop and continues to both Vietnamese cities, the Doha to Ho Chi Minh City leg running about seven hours. Istanbul is the other one-stop option, reachable from Tunis on three carriers, with Turkish Airlines flying on to Hanoi in roughly nine and a half hours. Expect 15 to 18 hours door to door either way. Paris and Frankfurt are nonstop from Tunis too, with Vietnam Airlines service onward that sometimes prices better. Tunis Carthage has around 62 nonstop destinations and not one is in Southeast Asia.
Vietnam is six hours ahead, every day of the year. Tunisia holds UTC+1 all year and has not run daylight saving since 2009, when the Tunisian press agency announced the change because summer time clashed with Ramadan. Vietnam sits at UTC+7 and never shifts either, so the gap is a flat six hours in January and July alike. Your European neighbors are the ones who move, forward in late March and back in late October, leaving you an hour behind Paris and Rome for half the year. Our 08:00 to 21:00 support window in Vietnam is 02:00 to 15:00 in Tunis year round, so an email sent in the Tunisian evening is usually answered before you wake. Our note on time in Vietnam has more.
Plan around the Tunisian calendar, not only the Vietnamese one. Summer is the pressure point. The diaspora return season runs mid-June to mid-September and is heavy enough that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad kept its document legalization desk open continuously from 1 July to 31 August 2026, Monday to Thursday until 16:00 and Friday until 13:00. Those are the weeks a reissued passport takes longest. The rest of the 2026 holiday calendar brings Mawlid around 25 August, Evacuation Day on 15 October and Revolution and Youth Day on 17 December. Eid dates are fixed only a day or so ahead by moon sighting, and Ramadan slides eleven days earlier each year, falling across February and March in 2027.
Money needs planning at both ends. We charge in US dollars and your bank converts from dinars at its own rate, so your statement will differ slightly from the price you saw. Tunisian rules add constraints: the Tunisian Customs authority prohibits taking dinar notes or coins out of the country in any form, sets the annual travel allowance at 6,000 dinars per resident adult and 3,000 for children under ten, and requires a declaration for currency of 20,000 dinars or more. Sort your foreign currency before you fly. Cards work well in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, less well outside them.
Business travel is growing. VietnamPlus reported on 14 June 2026 that bilateral trade reached USD 180 million in 2025, mostly Vietnamese coffee one way and olive oil the other. The eVisa covers a commercial trip, provided you are not taking up employment. Our Vietnam visa guide and our common visa questions fill in the rest, and anyone traveling with you on a Moroccan passport should read the Morocco eligibility page.