Tobacco Cigarettes 🇻🇳 Vietnam
400 cigarettes duty-free
Can I bring Tobacco Cigarettes into Vietnam?
400 cigarettes duty-free
400 cigarettes or 100 cigars or 500g tobacco
Excise + 10% VAT on excess
- Customs declaration form for quantities above duty-free allowance
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Vietnam allows 400 cigarettes or 100 cigars or 500g tobacco duty-free for travelers over 18. Quantities above the allowance attract excise duty and VAT. Travelers should check current regulations before departure as rules change frequently. Carry all relevant documentation including prescriptions and purchase receipts. Declare items proactively at customs to avoid penalties. Enforcement in Vietnam carries fines from VND 1,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 under Customs Law 2014; Government Decree 128/2020; Criminal Code Art. 188 (typical personal cases are handled as civil infringements).
PENALTIES
- Fine: 1000000–100000000 VND
- Civil penalty only
Leaving Vietnam with tobacco cigarettes
Cigarettes and tobacco for personal consumption are freely exportable from Vietnam — excise is origin-paid at retail and no export formality applies to personal quantities. The binding constraint is the destination's duty-free allowance, typically 200 cigarettes (one carton) or 250 g of tobacco, above which arrival duty and in some countries steep penalties apply. Carrying obviously above-allowance quantities can also draw origin-side questioning about undeclared commercial export.
Duty-free per person: spirits up to 1.5L (or beer up to 3L), 200 cigarettes or 250g pipe tobacco or 20 cigars; personal goods valued up to VND 10 million (approx. USD $400–$430). For Vietnamese nationals returning after 6+ months abroad, the allowance for goods is higher at VND 20 million.
Declare quantities above the standard 200-cigarette / 50-cigar / 250g personal allowance to Vietnam Customs; bring the purchase receipt to compute excise + VAT. Keep duty-free purchases sealed in the original retailer bag for audit.
400 cigarettes or 100 cigars or 500g tobacco
- Customs declaration form for quantities above duty-free allowance
Excise + 10% VAT on excess
Vietnamese Customs Law
This page covers destination customs rules in Vietnam. Whether you can carry tobacco cigarettes through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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25 cigarettes duty-free per adult. Excess requires import permit and duty payment.
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🇸🇬 Singapore
No duty-free tobacco allowance. All tobacco must be declared and duty paid.
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🇵🇭 Philippines
400 cigarettes or 50 cigars duty-free
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🇰🇷 South Korea
200 cigarettes duty-free for travelers over 19
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🇪🇸 Spain
200 cigarettes from non-EU; 800 from EU
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🇿🇦 South Africa
200 cigarettes duty-free