Business purpose- In business there are various events and organizers such as –

 Exhibitions

 Trade fairs

 Expo

 Events

 Conference 

 Seminars

 Meetings and many more.

These may require professional(s) to visit Vietnam. Hence a citizen of Samoa can travel to Vietnam for the any of the above purposes.

Tourist purpose- Given below can be the following purposes where a citizen of Samoa visits Vietnam.

 Tours

 Travel  

 Visiting their family or relatives

 Visiting friends

Does Samoa included in the exemption list?

No, Samoa is not included in the exemption list. Hence citizens of Samoa need to apply for visa in order to visit Vietnam.

Let’s eye on the exemption list-

Given below are the lists of countries which are allowed to enter Vietnam boundary without visa. Visa free service to these countries is for a fixed period of time (days).

 Complete 30 days in Vietnam without visa, the passport holders of the following countries are eligible- Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia and Malaysia.

 Complete 21 days in Vietnam without visa, Philippines passport holders are eligible.

 Complete 15 days in Vietnam without visa, the passport holders of the following countries are eligible- Sweden Finland, Norway, Russia, Denmark, Brunei, South Korea and Japan.

 Complete 14 days in Vietnam without visa, the passport holders of the following countries are eligible- Brunei and Myanmar.

Authority issuing Vietnam Visa

People are often eager to know who actually grants Vietnam visa. The immigration department of Vietnam has the right to issue visa for citizens of Samoa. After you have applied for a Vietnam visa, the immigration department processes your visa proceeding, investigate and perform various operations. Then from the embassy of Vietnam present in your country you can visit to get visa. Since Vietnam embassy is yet not established in Samoa, so a person has to visit its nearby country to get visa. The other easiest and effective way is to apply online, get an approval letter, when you reach Vietnam international airport present the letter before the authority to get visa.

Fee you generally pay-

During the whole process of applying visa you have to pay two times to the concerned authorities one at the time of filling the online application form - ‘Service fee’. Secondly when you present your approval letter before the authority at that time you have to pay “Stamp fee”.

In the given below categories you will be charged-

 1 month visa for a single entry 

 3 month visa for a single entry

 Less than 1 month visa for multiple

 1 month visa for multiple entries 

 3 month visa for multiple entries