It ranked 199 passports from around the world based on how many countries their holders can visit visa-free, with a visa on arrival, an e-visa (if issued within three days), or with an electronic travel authorization.

A person holds the Vietnamese passport in Hanoi, July 2022.

According to Arton Capital, Vietnamese passport holders can access 70 countries, including 24 without a prior visa, and 46 with visas obtained on arrival.

In Southeast Asia, the Vietnamese passport is more powerful than Laos (79th) and Myanmar (84th).

Singapore has the world’s fifth most powerful passport in the world with access to 175 countries.

The Malaysian passport was the 10th most powerful in the world with visa-free or visa on arrival access to 170 destinations while the Thai passport ranked 51st, with its citizens allowed to visit 97 countries.

The UAE passport retained its position as the world's most powerful passport as its holders can enter 180 countries around the world, followed by Germany, Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands that shared the same second position.

The world's least powerful passports come from countries mired in political conflicts Pakistan, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.

Last year, the Henley Passport Index released by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners ranked the Vietnamese passport at 82nd with visa access to 55 destinations.

Vietnam now allows visa waivers for 25 countries and offers three-month tourist e-visas to citizens from all countries.

Germany resumes issuing multi-year visa for Vietnam passport holders

The German Embassy in Hanoi announced Friday it will acknowledge Vietnamese passports issued from Jan. 1, and resume the issuance of category C visa for multi-year residence.

Ordinary passports with electronic chips to be issued from next month

Ordinary passports with electronic chips will be issued for Vietnamese citizens from March 1, 2023, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Immigration Department.

Birthplace info to be added to Vietnam's passports

The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution that allows places of birth to be added to Vietnamese passports.

NA members call for changing law to add birthplace to passports

Lawmakers have called for amending the Law on Exit and Entry to make birthplaces mandatory in passports at the ongoing session of the National Assembly.

New Vietnam passport to include place of birth this week

The immigration department will add holders' place of birth information in Vietnam's new passports starting September 15.

Source: VnExpress