According to data from Henley & Partners' newly published second quarter report, Vietnam's passport is ranked 84th. Currently, 51 countries and territories have policies to exempt visas, or issue electronic visas, issue visas at border gates or issue electronic entry licenses or e-visas (ETA) to Vietnamese citizens.
Compared to the beginning of the year - the first quarter, Vietnamese passports increased from 91st to 84th globally. This is a encouraging sign - the most impressive increase since the index was tracked more than 20 years ago.
Vietnamese citizens can now enter the country without a visa or apply for an e-visa or visa at the border gate when coming to ASEAN countries, Barbados, Bolivia, Burundi, Cape Verde Islands, Chile, Comoro Islands, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Iran, Malawi, Maldives, Panama, Suriname, Tajikistan, and Tanzania.
The highest position in Henley & Partners' rankings for which Vietnamese passports have been recorded is 78th (in 2006 and 2007).
In nearly 20 years, Vietnamese passports have never exceeded the threshold of 78 and dropped below 94. The current rank of 84 is considered average but shows a positive upward trend.
According to the Statistics Office, the number of Vietnamese people exiting the country in the second quarter of 2025 reached more than 1.37 million, down 2.3% over the same period last year.
However, in the first 6 months of 2025, the number of Vietnamese people exiting the country reached more than 4 million, an increase of 53.9% over the same period in 2024.
Service export turnover is estimated at 14.79 billion USD, up 21.2% over the same period last year, of which tourism services reached 7.62 billion USD (accounting for 51.5% of total turnover), up 24.7%.
Previously, in the first 3 months of 2025, the total number of Vietnamese citizens exiting the country through border gates reached 2.68 million, an increase of more than 2 times compared to the same period in 2024 (1.23 million).
Henley & Partners' ranking is the most prestigious and famous ranking in the world, assessing the authority of passports from 227 countries and territories around the world.
According to this second quarter report, it is noteworthy that the US - the most powerful country in the world has a significant drop in passport ratings, down to 10th place, on par with Iceland and Lithuania.
Singapore continues to maintain its monopoly on the rankings with the number of countries and territories exempting visas or issuing e-visas reaching 193.
At the top of the rankings, Southeast Asia also ranked Malaysia 11th with 181 countries and territories exempting visas and issuing e-visas.
List of the top 10 most powerful passports in the world in 2025:
1. Singapore (193)
2. Japan, Korea (190)
3. Germany, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain (189)
4. Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden (188)
5. Greece, New Zealand, Switzerland (187)
6. Anh Quoc (186)
7. Australia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland (185)
8. Canada, Estonia, United Arab Emirates (184)
9. Croatia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (183)
10. Iceland, Lithuania, USA (182)
