What visa does a Grenada passport need for Laos?
🇬🇩 → 🇱🇦 Visa on arrival
Fly first, then apply at the arrival airport. Bring a return ticket and proof of accommodation — the border officer can still refuse you.
Visa rules can change at any time. Confirm with your airline before each flight — the airline is liable if they board a passenger against regulations, so they update fastest. Data verified on 26/07/2026.
The other direction: Laos nationals travelling to Grenada — visa required in advance.
We have no investment migration program on file for this country. Interested in it anyway?
LAOS · 17,9757°N 102,6331°E
◉ Vientiane
CapitalVientiane
Population~7,600,000
CurrencyLAK
ContinentAsia
ISO codeLA / LAO
Passport rank#78
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Frequently asked questions
No. Under a bilateral agreement, Vietnamese citizens with ordinary passports enter Laos visa-free for a stay period set by that agreement, and reciprocally for Lao citizens entering Vietnam. The duration can change between periods, so check before travelling. Visa-free entry does not permit working — employment still requires a work permit.
Because Laos is the most heavily bombed country in world history per capita, with an estimated tens of millions of unexploded submunitions remaining in the ground, concentrated in the eastern provinces bordering Vietnam. Before buying, leasing or building on any plot you must establish whether it has been cleared and whether certification exists — a genuine required step, and one land surveyors encounter more often than tourists.
No. Land is held in all-people ownership administered by the state; foreigners and foreign companies may only lease or receive time-limited use rights under prescribed mechanisms. The principle resembles Vietnam's, so Vietnamese investors typically grasp it faster than others.
No. Those naturalising must renounce their prior nationality, and naturalisation requires long residence, the Lao language and case-by-case assessment. If the objective is an additional nationality while retaining Vietnamese, Laos is not on the list.
High public debt and foreign-currency repayment pressure, together with the sharp depreciation of the kip during 2022-2023 and high inflation — for a business, exchange rate and capital repatriation risk. The domestic market is also only 7.6 million people, so most projects must be export-oriented or serve neighbouring countries.
Opened at the end of 2021 connecting Vientiane to Kunming, it is the largest infrastructure project in the country's history and substantially shortens freight times northward, changing the regional logistics map. The borrowing behind it also forms a significant part of the debt picture.
It is among the oldest and best-organised Vietnamese communities anywhere abroad, formed during French Indochina and continuing across generations, with Vietnamese-language schools, associations and business networks. This is a substantial practical advantage for Vietnamese newcomers.
Domestic facilities are limited. In practice many people in Vientiane cross to Thailand for care, since Nong Khai and Udon Thani are just over the Friendship Bridge, while complex cases go to Thailand or Vietnam. International insurance with medical evacuation cover is necessary.
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