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On August 15, 2025, Decree No. 221/2025/ND-CP will come into effect, expanding visa exemptions to include many special groups of international personnel. Scholars, experts, scientists, professors, chief engineers, and high-quality digital technology personnel will be exempt from visas, contributing to the development of science, technology, education, and Vietnam’s digital economy.
1. From tourist visas to “strategic” visas
The latest report from the General Statistics Office indicates that, with favorable visa policies, tourism promotion programs have been intensified, along with activities celebrating major national holidays, attracting an increasing number of international visitors to Vietnam.
In July 2025, the number of international visitors to Vietnam reached 1.56 million, an increase of 6.8% compared to the previous month and a 35.7% increase compared to the same period last year. In the first seven months of 2025, Vietnam received 12.23 million international visitors, a 22.5% increase compared to the same period last year.
The ongoing visa exemption program played a significant role in this impressive growth.
However, feedback from service companies also indicates that many investors and experts face difficulties in obtaining visas to Vietnam. In some cases, foreign businesspeople who have established businesses, employ staff, and are operating have had their investment visa applications rejected for unclear reasons. Furthermore, to enter Vietnam for work, they have to take a roundabout route through expensive and time-consuming package tours.
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During a group discussion at the 9th Extraordinary Session of the 15th National Assembly in mid-February 2025, regarding the draft Resolution on piloting policies to remove obstacles in science, technology, and innovation activities, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated: “It is necessary to create mechanisms to attract human resources. Not only should we attract people working outside the state sector to work in the state sector, but we also need to attract and develop private enterprises, and attract human resources from abroad to Vietnam to contribute to promoting the development of science, technology, and innovation. We must create mechanisms to attract them through tax, fee, and levy policies, housing, land, visa, and labor contracts…
“We cannot allow a situation where foreign experts and scientists enter Vietnam but have to wait for visas,” the Prime Minister emphasized.
2. The key to attracting high-quality capital and intellectual resources
With Decree 221 taking effect from On August 15th, this visa exemption policy entered a new phase: from a tool to support the tourism industry, it became a strategic lever to attract talent and high-quality capital.
Advanced economies all apply preferential visa policies for global talent. Singapore has the “Employment Pass,” the UAE has the “Golden Visa”… Vietnam, with Decree 221, has officially entered this “race” with a clear message: Creative minds, skilled hands, and top managers will be welcomed as development partners.
In particular, the digital technology workforce, including artificial intelligence experts, software engineers, integrated circuit designers, and cybersecurity experts, is considered a key force for Vietnam to realize its goal of becoming a digital nation by 2030. With the removal of visa barriers, technology corporations and international research institutes will easily bring their elite personnel to Vietnam to implement projects. projects, technology transfer, and domestic human resource training.
Scholars, professors, and scientists coming to Vietnam not only bring knowledge but also a global cooperation network.
Long-term visa exemptions will help them consider Vietnam as a “base” to implement their ideas, rather than just a short-term stopover. International investors always consider the business environment not only in terms of taxes and infrastructure but also in terms of ease of travel. A country where corporate leaders and technical experts can easily enter and exit without worrying about complicated visa procedures will score big points in the eyes of the business community.
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Visa exemptions for leaders of large corporations and businesses, along with their key personnel, facilitate quick surveys, negotiations, and contract signings. This helps shorten the investment cycle, accelerate disbursement, and project implementation – a decisive factor in the increasingly fierce competition to attract FDI. Expanding visas for investors is also crucial. The investment in experts and high-tech human resources is a concrete step in implementing the action program of Resolution 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation.
Notably, Resolution 57 has opened a new chapter for foreign technology investors with three key pillars: strategic consensus, institutional reform, and market potential. In particular, Vietnam aims to attract at least seven leading global technology corporations to establish headquarters, research and development (R&D) centers, or production facilities in Vietnam by 2030. This is not just a guiding goal, but is also concretized through tailored incentives and flexibility in the legal framework.
In the era of global competition for high-quality human resources, with Resolution 57 and Decree 221, Vietnam has sent a strong signal: The door is always wide open for those who can work with Vietnam to build a prosperous future.
If we know how to leverage and combine this with reforms in the business environment, investment in science and technology, and innovation, this policy will become the “golden key” for Vietnam to break through and become a leading destination for high-quality talent and investment on the world map.
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