Schengen visa applications filed in Vietnam

116,289 applications · 10.0% refused · 2025

In 2025, 116,289 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Vietnam. 10.0% of them were refused.

These are the consulates located in Vietnam, so the figures cover everyone who applied there — residents of any nationality. The data says nothing about applicants' passports.

Applications
116,289
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
104,649
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
10.0%
11,640 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
24.7%
25,814 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
21
Across 2 cities
Schengen states present
16
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Vietnam, 2025

21 consulate posts run by 16 Schengen states across 2 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityHanoi
Applications26,675
Issued24,733
Multiple-entry2,298
Refused7.3%
Schengen stateFrance
CityHo Chi Minh
Applications24,081
Issued21,757
Multiple-entry1,112
Refused9.7%
Schengen stateGermany
CityHanoi
Applications14,176
Issued11,722
Multiple-entry6,881
Refused17.3%
Schengen stateGermany
CityHo Chi Minh
Applications10,470
Issued9,769
Multiple-entry9,759
Refused6.7%
Schengen stateItaly
CityHo Chi Minh
Applications4,983
Issued4,849
Multiple-entry1,331
Refused2.7%
Schengen stateItaly
CityHanoi
Applications4,761
Issued4,501
Multiple-entry320
Refused5.5%
Schengen stateSpain
CityHanoi
Applications4,362
Issued3,845
Multiple-entry175
Refused11.9%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityHo Chi Minh
Applications4,362
Issued3,947
Multiple-entry767
Refused9.5%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityHanoi
Applications3,939
Issued3,254
Multiple-entry56
Refused17.4%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityHo Chi Minh
Applications3,003
Issued2,705
Multiple-entry726
Refused9.9%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityHanoi
Applications2,726
Issued2,445
Multiple-entry55
Refused10.3%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityHanoi
Applications1,987
Issued1,799
Multiple-entry459
Refused9.5%
Schengen stateFinland
CityHanoi
Applications1,834
Issued1,414
Multiple-entry219
Refused22.9%
Schengen stateAustria
CityHanoi
Applications1,731
Issued1,605
Multiple-entry197
Refused7.3%
Schengen stateGreece
CityHanoi
Applications1,592
Issued1,495
Multiple-entry225
Refused6.1%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityHanoi
Applications1,565
Issued1,311
Multiple-entry381
Refused16.2%
Schengen stateHungary
CityHanoi
Applications1,485
Issued1,214
Multiple-entry190
Refused18.2%
Schengen stateHungary
CityHo Chi Minh
Applications1,173
Issued942
Multiple-entry185
Refused19.7%
Schengen statePoland
CityHanoi
Applications958
Issued923
Multiple-entry407
Refused3.7%
Schengen stateRomania
CityHanoi
Applications247
Issued240
Multiple-entry49
Refused2.8%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityHanoi
Applications179
Issued179
Multiple-entry22
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Vietnam over time

Every year the European Commission has published, 2009–2025.

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications116,289
Issued104,649
Refused10.0%
Year2024
Applications110,093
Issued97,327
Refused11.6%
Year2023
Applications103,501
Issued90,787
Refused12.3%
Year2022
Applications79,559
Issued70,280
Refused11.7%
Year2021
Applications2,362
Issued2,046
Refused13.4%
Year2020
Applications11,464
Issued10,476
Refused8.6%
Year2019
Applications140,027
Issued121,986
Refused12.9%
Year2018
Applications127,062
Issued113,585
Refused10.6%
Year2017
Applications105,640
Issued93,357
Refused11.6%
Year2016
Applications80,770
Issued71,215
Refused11.8%
Year2015
Applications75,296
Issued69,041
Refused8.3%
Year2014
Applications62,958
Issued56,785
Refused9.8%
Year2013
Applications58,389
Issued51,303
Refused12.1%
Year2012
Applications50,632
Issued46,038
Refused9.1%
Year2011
Applications52,017
Issued47,564
Refused8.6%
Year2010
Applications49,688
Issued45,086
Refused9.3%
Year2009
Applications43,523
Issued38,684
Refused11.1%

What these numbers show — and what they do not

The European Commission publishes one row per consulate: the Schengen state that runs it, the country and city it sits in, and how many uniform short-stay (type C) visas were applied for, issued and refused there in a calendar year.

The country dimension is where an application was filed, which is roughly where the applicant lives. It is not the applicant's nationality — the dataset contains no nationality information at all. So these figures cannot say how often citizens of a given country are refused, and they cannot predict how any individual application will be decided.

Read the Commission's methodology note

Questions about this data

No. These are applications filed at consulates in Vietnam, by residents of any nationality. The European Commission's data does not record what passport applicants hold, so it cannot say anything about the refusal rate for a particular nationality.

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Data: European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs — short-stay visas issued by the Schengen countries. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Figures are consulate aggregates for a completed calendar year and are not a guide to individual applications.