Visa Exemption for certain countries to VN

The new rules will be effective as of Wednesday.

Well this is what happened to us . We drove up to the border. Being told the same thing , bu when we exiting Cambodia , they told us that we needed visas still. So they then took our passports with an additional 200$ and sent it back to Phnom Penh and back to the border within 6 hours.. Just to open our passport and find no visa. As we need to visit the embassy ourselves. So we had to end up driving to the trat/hat Lek border. It was so easy and much much cheaper. We wished we had taken this route first! It's also a very beautiful route with some waterfalls and so! Worth the 4 hour drive

Kaylmay777 wrote:

Well this is what happened to us . We drove up to the border. Being told the same thing , bu when we exiting Cambodia , they told us that we needed visas still. So they then took our passports with an additional 200$ and sent it back to Phnom Penh and back to the border within 6 hours.. Just to open our passport and find no visa. As we need to visit the embassy ourselves. So we had to end up driving to the trat/hat Lek border. It was so easy and much much cheaper. We wished we had taken this route first! It's also a very beautiful route with some waterfalls and so! Worth the 4 hour drive

That's because the new Visa exemptions for UK, German, French, Spanish and Italian citizens did not come into effect until 1st June 2015. Pays to do your research first.

It appears you are Sth African, how did you end up crossing the Trat/Hat Lek border without having obtained a Visa prior to arrival?

What about Australians? I am coming to P in  a couple of weeks and was planning on taking a bus to Vietnam. Does this mean I dont have to get a visa to go there now?