2-Week Vietnam and Cambodia Itinerary for Americans: Visas, Order, and Costs

The two visas this trip needs

Because the route crosses one international border in the middle, you need exactly two visas for the standard one-way version of this trip: one Vietnam e-visa and one Cambodia eVisa. They are issued by two different governments, on two different portals, and you carry both as separate approvals. Neither covers the other country, and there is no shared product that covers both.

The Vietnam e-visa

Vietnam issues Americans an e-visa that costs about $25 for single-entry or $50 for multiple-entry, valid for up to 90 days depending on the option you choose. For the standard one-way route in this itinerary — Vietnam then Cambodia, never returning to Vietnam — single-entry is all you need. You apply with a US passport scan, a digital photo, a card, and a nominated entry and exit port, and approval takes roughly three working days.

ویزای الکترونیکی کامبوج

The Cambodia Tourist eVisa is $80 USD all-in for US citizens, with the Business eVisa at $90. Both are approved in 3–5 days and delivered as a printable PDF by email. The visa is valid for 3 months from issue and allows a 30-day single-entry stay, which comfortably covers the 5-to-6-day Cambodia portion of a two-week trip. There is no return flight, hotel booking, or bank statement required at the application stage — the Cambodia eVisa is one of the lightest application packs in the region.

The two run as parallel mini-processes that never talk to each other, so a flagged photo on one side has no effect on the other. If you want the full side-by-side on both systems — every price, document, and rule for the pair — our Cambodia and Vietnam visa combo guide for Americans lays it all out, and the budget breakdown shows exactly where each dollar goes across the whole trip.

ترتیب درخواست و زمان ارسال

Apply for both visas on the same day, ideally 10 to 14 days before your first international flight. There is no operational reason to stagger them — the two portals process independently, in parallel, in about 3–5 days each. Filing together means both approvals land with buffer to spare, so a flagged photo on either side does not put your departure date at risk.

If you want a sequencing preference, treat whichever country you enter first as the priority application. For the standard route in this guide, that is Vietnam — it is the one the airline checks at your US gate before you have even left, so it is the visa that absolutely cannot be late. The Vietnam e-visa asks you to nominate an entry and exit port, so have your first Vietnam airport decided before you start that form.

چرا "روزهای کاری" برای زمان‌بندی اهمیت دارد

3–5 days is the standard approval window for each visa, but the word "business" is doing real work. A US weekend or a Cambodian or Vietnamese public holiday extends the calendar wait, so a Friday-night application does not start moving until the following week. Filing 10 to 14 days out absorbs all of that comfortably. Leaving both visas to the final 72 hours is the single most common way two-week travelers turn a routine application into an avoidable scramble.

There is no real cost or timing penalty to either order, so the choice comes down to your route and your nerves. If you are still deciding which country to start in, our guide on whether to do Vietnam or Cambodia first weighs the visa, flight, and seasonal factors for Americans planning the same trip.

Crossing between the two: fly or take the bus

Between the Vietnam and Cambodia legs you have two clean options, and both work for Americans who already hold both visas. The first is flying: Saigon to Phnom Penh and Hanoi to Siem Reap are short, well-served, inexpensive hops that save a day over the land route. The second is the overland crossing, which many first-timers enjoy as part of the experience.

The overland route runs from Saigon to Phnom Penh through the Moc Bai border on the Vietnamese side and Bavet on the Cambodian side. Tourist buses run it daily, the journey takes roughly 6 to 7 hours including border processing, and travelers with both approved visas in hand walk through without issues. The non-negotiable rule is that both visas must already be approved before you reach the border — neither country issues a casual tourist visa at the land crossing, so a missing approval means you do not cross.

One regional note that reshapes any wider overland plan: every Thailand-Cambodia land border has been closed since June 2025, with no scheduled reopening confirmed as of April 2026. If you were thinking of bolting a Thailand leg onto this trip overland, that no longer works — you fly between Thailand and Cambodia instead. The Vietnam-Cambodia land border is unaffected and remains the reliable overland link for this itinerary.

اگر اتوبوس برنامه شماست، راهنمای عبور از مرز باوات برای شهروندان آمریکایی، مسیرها، آنچه افسران بررسی می‌کنند و مدت زمان واقعی هر طرف را پوشش می‌دهد. توجه داشته باشید که الزام کارت ورود الکترونیکی برای ورود هوایی به کامبوج اعمال می‌شود — اگر به جای عبور از طریق زمینی، به پنوم‌پن یا سیم‌ریپ پرواز می‌کنید، آن را قبل از پرواز ارسال می‌کنید.

هزینه ویزاها و سفر در سال ۲۰۲۶

Start with the paperwork, because it is the part this guide can pin down to the dollar. For the standard one-way version of this trip, the visa math is simple: a single-entry Vietnam e-visa at $25 plus a Cambodia Tourist eVisa at $80 comes to $105 in visa fees. Add the $20 verified Cambodia e-Arrival Card and the total reaches $125 for both countries, fully covered, per traveler.

The Cambodia figure is fixed and all-in: it includes the approval delivered as a printable PDF, free resubmission if Immigration flags a correction, and US-timezone support, so there is no second invoice if your photo bounces. Against the flights and two weeks of accommodation, the visa cost barely registers — but it is worth budgeting at the start so it never becomes a last-minute surprise. For two travelers on the standard route, the combined visa-and-arrival cost is $250.

بودجه سفر بزرگ‌تر

فراتر از ویزاها، دو هفته در ویتنام و کامبوج یکی از سفرهای طولانی با ارزش بهتر برای یک آمریکایی است — هر دو کشور در عمل از دلار آمریکا استفاده می‌کنند (کامبوج رسماً دلار آمریکا را در کنار ریل استفاده می‌کند)، پروازهای داخلی ارزان هستند و غذا و اقامت کسری از قیمت‌های آمریکا است. راهنمای بودجه سفر کامل ما برای آمریکایی‌ها هزینه‌های روزانه را بر اساس شهر تفکیک می‌کند و راهنمای بودجه سفر کامبوج بر بخش کامبوج به‌طور مفصل تمرکز دارد.

مرحله کارت ورود الکترونیکی کامبوج و کنار هم قرار دادن همه چیز

One last piece that Vietnam has no equivalent for: the Cambodia e-Arrival Card. Every air arrival into Cambodia must file it — 14 fields covering your passport, flight number, arrival date, accommodation, and a short customs declaration. It is separate from the eVisa, mandatory, and submitted within 7 days before your flight into Cambodia. Our verified e-Arrival is $20 USD, checked end-to-end before it reaches Cambodian Immigration. A single date-format slip on the Card is one of the most common reasons travelers get bounced back at the kiosk.

اگر در ابتدای بخش کامبوج سفرتان به کامبوج پرواز می‌کنید — پنوم‌پن یا سیم‌ریپ، هر دو با فرودگاه‌های جدید از جمله فرودگاه بین‌المللی KTI تچو نزدیک پنوم‌پن — کارت ورود الکترونیکی را ارسال می‌کنید. اگر در عوض از طریق زمینی در باوات وارد کامبوج می‌شوید، مرحله کارت ورود الکترونیکی به همین شکل اعمال نمی‌شود، اما ویزای الکترونیکی کامبوج شما همچنان باید تأیید شده و در دست باشد. ویتنام در هیچ طرفی معادلی درخواست نمی‌کند؛ PDF ویزای الکترونیکی کل مجموعه اسناد در میز ویتنام است.

بنابراین کل دو هفته، از ابتدا تا انتها: ۷ تا ۸ روز در ویتنام، ۵ تا ۶ روز در کامبوج، با دو ویزای جداگانه ارسال‌شده آنلاین در همان روز ۱۰ تا ۱۴ روز قبل، یک عبور در وسط، و کارت ورود الکترونیکی کامبوج اگر به کامبوج پرواز می‌کنید. وقتی آماده هستید، می‌توانید همین الان برای ویزای الکترونیکی کامبوج خود درخواست دهید و مرکز ویزای کامبوج ما برای شهروندان ایالات متحده آمریکا را نشانک بزنید تا به‌عنوان مرجع واحد برای هر قاعده، هزینه و مدرک کامبوج در طول سفر استفاده کنید.