Viet Nam is a full participating member, the ABTC is valid at all its international border gates by air, land and sea, and it grants 90 days per entry, not the 60 that circulating lists still quote. a new regulation, Decision 28/2026/QD-TTg, took effect on 1 July 2026, replacing Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg. Lane presence, however, is documented only for Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat, and only by the 2007 baseline.
The APEC Secretariat's Entry Information table records Viet Nam's Ports of Entry as 'All Ports': Vietnamese law agrees and is more specific: Circular 10/2006/TT-BCA permits foreign business people holding valid ABTCs listing Vietnam 'to enter and exit Vietnam through its international border gates', and Decision 28/2026/QD-TTg Art. 23 grants the residence certificate at international border gates generally. source 1 source 2
Entry mechanism in full: The ABTC itself; no visa and no separate entry permit. Decision 28/2026/QD-TTg Art. 23(1): on each entry with an ABTC, a foreign businessperson is granted a temporary residence certificate valid 90 days per entry, and 30 days shorter than the passport's remaining validity.
Viet Nam is a fully participating member: it issues ABTCs and grants pre-clearance. APEC's FAQ names Viet Nam among the 19 full members. Viet Nam moved to the virtual ABTC on 25 October 2023, and hard and electronic cards have equal legal validity. source
The card admits you at every port of entry. These are the airports where a dedicated lane is documented — arriving anywhere else simply means the ordinary queue.
| Airport | IATA | APEC lane | Source & currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noi Bai International AirportHanoi | HAN | Arrivals & departuresThe 2007 APEC list records signposted lanes in both the arrival and departure terminals at Noi Bai, and current Vietnamese law (Decision 28/2026, Article 7) gives priority on entry and exit. No source dated 2020 or later confirms that the lane is still physically in place and signposted. | Government source 2007 recordsource 1 source 2 |
| Tan Son Nhat International AirportHo Chi Minh City | SGN | Arrivals & departuresThe 2007 APEC list records signposted lanes in both the arrival and departure terminals at Tan Son Nhat. No official or airport-operator source dated 2020 or later confirms that the signposted lane is still in place. | Government source 2007 recordsource 1 source 2 |
Every widely published ABTC airport list descends from one APEC document whose data is from March 2007. These are the points where that document no longer describes Viet Nam.
2 Viet Nam airports have a documented APEC Business Travel Card lane: Noi Bai International Airport (HAN), Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN).
Yes. Viet Nam admits cardholders at all ports of entry. A dedicated lane only exists at some of them, but the card itself works everywhere — arriving at an airport without a lane simply means joining the ordinary queue.
Viet Nam is a full participating member, so a valid card bearing its code on the reverse grants pre-cleared entry — the ABTC itself; no visa and no separate entry permit. Decision 28/2026/QD-TTg Art. 23(1): on each entry with an ABTC, a foreign businessperson is granted a temporary residence certificate valid 90 days per entry, and 30 days shorter than the passport's remaining validity.. Stays are capped at 90 days per visit.
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Every row above was verified against a live source on that date, and each carries the kind of source it rests on. Lane locations, terminal assignments and designated-port lists change without announcement — confirm anything you are about to travel on. Not confirmed: No APEC lane is documented at Da Nang, Cam Ranh, Phu Quoc, Hai Phong, Vinh, Can Tho or Lien Khuong, and no 2020-or-later confirmation was found that the Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat lanes are still signposted; the only source naming them is the 2007 baseline. Reporting that Noi Bai T2 autogates accept ABTC holders could not be verified. No land or sea gate has a documented lane. source