Italian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City

Italy requires Vietnamese citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Applications may be taken here or by a visa centre working for Italy.

In 2025, Italy’s consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City received 4,983 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 4,849. 134 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 2.7%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 3.1%. Applications rose by 31% compared with 2024 (3,808).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 2.7% (2025) to 4.3% (2023).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Vietnam; this office handled 51% of their 9,744 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Hanoi 5.5%, which makes Ho Chi Minh City the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Vietnam, 9.4% of applications were refused in 2025; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the 3rd largest number of applications of the 16 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 27.4% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Vietnam.

For matters it cannot handle, the Italian embassy in Hanoi is responsible. The Italian consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City is one of 2 missions of Italy in Vietnam. Vietnam in turn has 2 missions in Italy, its embassy being in Rome.

About the Italian consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Italy in Ho Chi Minh City. The head of mission on record is Tognonato Alessandra. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: President Place Building 10th Floor, n. 93 Nguyen Du Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. The record for the Italian consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town; use the street address.

Italian citizens travelling to Vietnam

Vietnam admits Italian citizens without a visa for stays of up to 45 days.

When the Italian consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City is closed

Expect the Italian consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City to be shut on New Year's Day (Tết dương lịch) on Friday 1 January 2027 and Reunification Day on Friday 30 April 2027, and often on Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026, a holiday in Italy.

Before visiting the Italian consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City

Current procedures for the Italian consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.