Can you get a new Vietnam visa if your passport expires in 4 months, and can you extend your stay in Da Nang?

For Russian citizens, this is not a visa extension: a free 45-day visa-exempt entry is available. To stay longer, travelers described doing a visa run—leaving to a neighboring country and re-entering Vietnam. The 45-day stays can be repeated while the passport has blank pages and meets the 6-month validity requirement. If the neighboring country does not require a visa, there may be no additional visa cost there.

One traveler reported having a single-entry (not multi) visa with about a month left before expiry at the time of entry. The border officer offered to stamp a 45-day extension. The traveler noted this isn't guaranteed and seems to depend on the individual border officer.

If your passport expires in about 4 months, a standard new visa may be refused, but an e-visa can sometimes still be approved if the visa validity is at least 1 month shorter than your passport validity.

According to traveler reports, in Da Nang this is usually handled as a new visa application rather than an extension of the old one, so you should not rely on a local visa extension.

Travelers said this does not work with an entry stamp, but approvals do happen with an e-visa. If your passport validity is short, the safer route is to apply for an e-visa.

If your passport is close to expiry, the advice is to join the queue for a new passport through the consulate immediately. After submission, the expected wait is around 3 months until collection.

For passport renewal, travelers described this process: apply through Gosuslugi, choose an appointment after approval, attend biometric collection, then return to pick up the finished passport.

You should allow plenty of time for a new passport: one report said the first available appointment alone could take about half a month, and the full process with issuance could stretch close to 2 months or more.

One traveler said the biometric and collection steps were straightforward and did not require many extra documents — only the domestic passport was needed. The main issue is still the appointment and production timeline.