How to get a visa to Vietnam from Pakse

Laotian citizens and foreign travelers, who NEED a visa to Vietnam from Pakse, can apply at the local Consulate or apply for a visa online. Besides a valid visa, travelers have to check about your passport validity which must be valid over 6 months beyond arrival time and have at least 02 blank pages left.

1. Apply at the local Consulate

Here is the address of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Pakse

Address: No 31 Phabat, Paksé, Champasak

Tel: (00 856) 31212827

Email: vnemb.la@mofa.gov.vn

Website: vnconsulate-pakse.mofa.gov.vn

Working hour:

From 7:30 to 11:30 and 14:00 to 16:30, Monday through Friday.
The Vietnam Embassy is closed to the public on both Vietnamese and Laos holidays.

Please contact directly to the Embassy for visa procedure and fee.

2. Visa on arrival

Another way for travelers and Laotian citizens, who DO NOT want to handle visa procedures at the Vietnam Consulate, is applying visa on arrival online. In short, you just need to follow 03 simple steps as below:

Apply online by secure application form
Be received the visa approval letter within 3 working days.
Print out the letter and submit it on arrival airport to get the visa sticker into your passport. That it is!

Click here for more detail about how to apply.

Importantly, the visa on arrival airport accepts only when you travel by air. If you enter Vietnam via borderland, you have to visit the Consulate to get a visa stamp beforehand.

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