Citizens of Russia won’t need a visa if stay for less than 15 days. A gap of at least 30 days between two visa-free visits is required.

You should apply for a visa if intending to stay for more than 15 days OR not meet the requirement of “a gap of at least 30 days between two visa-free visits is required”.

Under a government directive released in January 2017, citizens from 40 countries will be eligible to apply for the e-visa (30 days, single entry), including citizens of Russia., therefore, Russian passport holders who want to visit Vietnam for a round 30 days with single entry can apply for an e-visa.

What if a Russian want to stay in Vietnam for more than 30 days or want to visit the country multiple times?

In case you want stay more than 30 days or want multiple entry visa for Vietnam, you are advised to choose to apply for visa on arrival because you can choose to get visa for 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or 12 months with single or multiple entries.

Have you ever heard about visa on arrival?

Visa On Arrival (VOA) is one of the several visa types issued by the Vietnamese Immigration Department to foreigners intending to enter the country.

Please note that unlike visa on arrival of some countries in the world, in order to get visa on arrival of Vietnam, you must have a visa approval letter from the Immigration Department of Vietnam which allows to pick up your visa on arrival at the international airport of Vietnam.

If you want to pick up your visa on arrival at international airports of Vietnam, you should apply online through a website for Vietnam visa or contact your travel agent in Vietnam to ask for a visa approval letter from Vietnam Immigration Department.

Then upon arrival at the international airports of Vietnam, you are required to show the visa approval letter to get visa stamped on your passport.