Visas and border crossings forum

Cambodia/Vietnam border query

ChrisM48

backpacker
Posts: 17

I am travelling to Cambodia and then Vitenam from Thailand in July/August 2007. To avoid any problems at borders, is it feasible to obtain visas in Australia at the Embassy's to avoid the hassle when arriving?

#1 Posted: 27/12/2006 - 16:56
marcus_schm-
arcus

newbie
Posts: 2

i've found it is much less hassle to get your viet visa in bangkok and get your camb visa at the border.

#2 Posted: 27/12/2006 - 17:36
miranda456

backpacker
Posts: 11

I did the same trip as you are going to do. I also found it easy to get my Cambodia visa at the border (watch out for the "helpers" that say its 1,000Baht instead of $22US). In Cambodia, if you are going to Phnom Penh you can get your Vietnam visa there either from the Vietnam embassy or your guesthouse. I was sick for a few days in Phnom Penh so I got my Vietnam visa through my guesthouse for $US33 (I think thats only $3 more than the embassy) and I got the visa the next day.

#3 Posted: 3/1/2007 - 17:43
dobe

newbie
Posts: 1

I'd like to ask the other way roud, from Vietnam to Cambodia

I tried to check border crossings and each I found were in the Southern part of Vietnam, close to HCMC. Are there other options to cross to Cambodia? Are there any border crossings in the Nort-eastern part of Cambodia? Specifically, is it possible to make a Kon Tum-Siem Reap-Phnom Penh-HCMC journey? Is this journey feasible at all considering land travel in Eastern Cambodia, can you reach Siem Reap from the Eastern border without having to go South?

#4 Posted: 27/3/2007 - 22:21