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What are the visa options for expats in Vietnam without work?
Vietnam VisaDestination Vietnam VisaBusiness VisaInvestor VisaEducation VisaVisa RunDT1 VisaDT2 VisaDT3 Visa
Apr 29, 2026
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ORIGINAL POSTERWhat's the equivalent of DTV for Vietnam? No work, just savings
TLDR : Answer Summary
The discussion reveals that there is no direct equivalent to Thailand's Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) in Vietnam. However, alternatives mentioned include various investor visas (DT1, DT2, DT3), a business visa, and an education visa. The conversation also notes that some individuals may opt for visa runs or enroll in short courses to maintain their stay.
DTV VISA RESOURCES / SERVICES
- Take the basic DTV Qualification Test to see if you're eligible for the Destination Thailand Visa (DTV).
- For immediate assistance, contact Thai Visa Centre directly via LINE at @ThaiVisaCentre or Email them.
- Explore recent discussions by using the DTV Visa tag in the search box at the top of the page.
- Join the Thai Visa Advice Facebook Group to ask your questions, and get advice from others.
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You can get an education visa. I think it is only a year though.
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ORIGINAL POSTERExcellentPanda5607 does the course need to be for the whole year? Or could it be just 6 months? If it's 6th months are they gonna give the visa form the start of the course or from whenever I mention on the application?
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Anonymous participant It's the length that you pre-pay for. If you pay for a year course the visa will be for 1 year. If you pay for a 6 month course the visa will be for 6 months.
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Visa run still works there, no questions asked
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You can do the Muaynam softpower route
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None
Most people go the business visa route
Investor visa route
DT1 100 billion dong investment 10 years
DT2 50-100 billion dong investment 5 years
DT3 3-50 billion dong investment 3 years
5 year talent visa
Good luck
Most people go the business visa route
Investor visa route
DT1 100 billion dong investment 10 years
DT2 50-100 billion dong investment 5 years
DT3 3-50 billion dong investment 3 years
5 year talent visa
Good luck
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ORIGINAL POSTERDTV_Begpacker I ain't no investor ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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Anonymous participant those are the visas for Vietnam
You can also do the border bounce every 90 days until they say you can’t
You can also do the border bounce every 90 days until they say you can’t
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Equivalent of Destination Thailand Visa for Vietnam would be Destination Vietnam Visa.
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are you an engineer by any chance lolRobert *******
Anonymous participant I can change my profession in any way i like,
Social Media is great
Social Media is great
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A quick Google search would have given you the answer already
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Anonymous participant 988 and all the questions that get asked on this page daily could be answered with a quick Google search,,,
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Anonymous participant 511 majority of them yes but at least their relevant to the page not a question regarding Vietnam visas .
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ORIGINAL POSTERAnonymous participant 988 good to see that your time is not valuable :)
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Anonymous participant speak for yourself buddy if your time was valuable you'd have googled it and have had your answer now .
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Anonymous participant 988 why are you getting so cheeky and rude from anonymous? Why don’t you come on your real account in future? Strange guy
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Anonymous participant 988 and you could easily have answered the question. BUT chose not.
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you’re spending more time writing and responding to messages than it would take you to google the answer.James ********
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there's NO equivalent of the DTV visa in Vietnam. In fact Vietnam does not even offer a retirement visa.Reply to
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sorry to break it to you James but I don't know the answer as I don't give a toss about Vietnam and their visas . This is a Thailand visa page not a Vietnam visa page so his question is irrelevant to the group .Greg *******
Anonymous participant 988 you gave enough to make a snarky comment bum get back to sucking down your leos
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calm down Greg it's really not that deap friendDispossess***********
Anonymous participant 988 The point is folks like you always make snarky comments implying posters are wasting other people’s time.
And yet you clearly have a lot of time to kill yourself. But you don’t want to help people. You want to put them down.
And yet you clearly have a lot of time to kill yourself. But you don’t want to help people. You want to put them down.
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