Can you open a bank account or get a bank card in Vietnam on a short-term visa?

At BIDV, an account and card were issued without a visa when 30 days of visa-free stay remained. Account opening and card issuance cost 330,000 VND.

If your visa expires in just 5 days, it's not worth applying for a card: the bank will block it the day the visa ends, and card issuance itself can take about that many days, so banks are likely to refuse.

With a 90-day visa, you can open an account at BIDV bank and top it up via P2P crypto exchange.

Without official local employment (only remote work), banks require a visa valid for at least 6 months to approve account opening.

Techcombank refused to open an account with a 45-day visa, citing a minimum requirement of a 6-month visa.