How can a foreigner obtain Vietnamese citizenship?

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TL;DR

Vietnamese citizenship is only accessible through a simplified procedure — marriage to a Vietnamese citizen or exceptional merits to the country; investment alone does not qualify you for citizenship.

What the community said

The decision to grant citizenship is made personally by the President of Vietnam — it's not a fixed-price formal procedure, but an individual case-by-case review.

Investing in Vietnam does not by itself grant citizenship rights. It can only serve as grounds for an investor visa or residence permit (temporary residence card).

Investor visa / residence permit

A simplified naturalization procedure exists for people with exceptional merits to Vietnam or those married to a Vietnamese citizen. However, no confirmed successful cases via the marriage route have been reported.

Marriage to Vietnamese citizen / exceptional merits