The passport is currently ranked 86th in the world, up five places comparied to 2025.

The Vietnamese passport is currently ranked 86th in the
world, up five places compared to 2025,  the Government News quoted the newly
released Henley Passport Index (HPI) as reporting.

With this latest ranking on the HPI, the Vietnamese passport
has achieved its highest position since 2021. Vietnamese citizens can now enter
49 destinations either visa-free or with a visa on arrival, ETA (Electronic
Travel Authorization), or e-visa.

These destinations include ASEAN countries, as well as
Barbados, Belarus, Chile, the Cook Islands, Dominica, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Panama, Rwanda, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and
the Grenadines, Suriname, Burundi, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti,
Guinea-Bissau, Jordan, Madagascar, Malawi, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands,
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Sierra Leone,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tuvalu, Kenya, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka.

VGP-Pham Long