Travel document

Passenger traveling on international flights

Passenger traveling on international flights must submit the following identification forms:

• Passport
• Travel documents or immigration documents in accordance with Vietnamese Law on entry, exit, transit, and residence of foreigners (such as loose-leaf visa, permanent residence card, temporary residence card, identity card. Identity card, or alternative documents as per agreement between the nations).
• If your children do not have a passport, their full names, date of birth and stamped portrait picture have to be available in the travel document of the legitimate representative.

Vietnam domestic flights

Non-Vietnamese nationalities

• National Passport; Travel Document, Loose - leaf Visa;
• Permanent residence card, temporary residence card;
• International driving license or driving license issued by Vietnamese competent agencies;
• Aviation Security control card (long – term validity);
• Vietnamese airlines identity card;
• Identity cards issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs to members of diplomatic missions, consular agencies, and representatives of international organizations;
• In case of passport loss, a diplomatic note certifying personal identification and passport loss with portrait pictures and stamp is required. Diplomatic note is valid within 30 days from the date of confirmation.

Vietnamese nationality

• Passengers over the age of 14 (years)
1. Passport or Travel Document;
2. Loose - leaf Visa;
3. Permanent residence card, temporary residence card;
4. Identity card;
5. Military Identity card;
6. National Assembly membership card;
7. Communist Party of Vietnam membership card;
8. Press Identity card;
9. Driving license issued by Vietnamese competent agencies;
10. Aviation Security control card; (long – term validity)
11. National Security Aviation Committee card;
12. Vietnamese airlines Identity card;
13. Certifying personal identification form by local police or authorities citing passenger‘s permanent residence or temporary residence. Certifying forms must include the following information: certifying authority offices and their officer; date of certification; certified person‘s name, date of birth, gender, residence and hometown;  
14. Above certifying forms must be attached with stamped portrait picture and shall be valid within 30 days from the date of confirmation;
15. Certifying form by authorities about passenger‘s sentenced completion;
16. Electronic identification account (e-ID account) with level 2 on passengers' VNeID app.

• Passengers under the age of 14 (years)
1. Passport;
2. Birth Certificate;
3. Birth Certifying Form (infants under one [01] month old);
4. Certifying form by a social organization for children under the patronage of that organization. This certifying form shall be valid within 6 months from the date of confirmation.

The travel document conditions

Passengers’ travel documents as referred above must meet the following conditions:

• Travel documents are the original copies and are still valid.
• Birth registration, extract of birth registration, extract of birth events in the book of civil status, and birth certificate must be the original copy or a copy certified by a notarial office with legal status. All of these documents are still valid.
• Documents without a stamped portrait picture are not accepted. Except: Birth Certificate, Birth Certifying Form, or escort document issued by a recognized authority. Illegal documents are strictly forbidden and not accepted.