Which Schengen country is easiest to get a visa from Vietnam?

On 2025 figures there is no single easiest country: Italy, Austria and Greece are statistically tied. Across every Schengen state, 91 in 100 applications from Vietnam were approved in 2025. The best option approved 96 in 100; the lowest, Finland, approved 79.

Read this before the table. You are required to apply to the country where you will spend the most nights — or, if the nights are split evenly, the country you enter first. That is not a formality: an application lodged at the wrong consulate is refused on that ground alone, and a refusal is visible to every Schengen consulate on every future application you ever make. This table tells you what the odds look like where you are genuinely going. It is not a menu.

Approval rates from Vietnam, 2025

#	Deciding country	Approved	Likely range	Applications
1	Italy	96.0%	95.5–96.3%	9,744
2	Austria	95.7%	94.7–96.6%	1,731
3	Greece	95.3%	94.1–96.2%	1,592
4	Bulgaria	94.3%	93.3–95.1%	2,726
5	Spain	92.6%	91.8–93.4%	4,362
6	Netherlands	91.7%	90.9–92.5%	4,990
7	France	91.7%	91.4–91.9%	50,756
8	Switzerland	90.5%	89.6–91.3%	4,362
9	Germany	87.5%	87.1–88.0%	24,646
10	Belgium	84.9%	83.0–86.6%	1,565
11	Czech Republic	82.6%	81.4–83.8%	3,939
12	Hungary	81.9%	80.4–83.3%	2,658
13	Finland	79.2%	77.3–81.0%	1,834

Too few decisions to rank (under 1,000): Poland 96% of 961.

Highlighted rows are statistically indistinguishable from the best option — their ranges overlap, so the order between them is noise. "Likely range" is where the true approval rate probably lies (95% confidence) given how many people applied. Approval rate = visas issued (including visas limited to some countries) out of all decisions — the European Commission's own definition. Source: European Commission consulate statistics, 2025.

The number that actually moves: which consulate

A country's rate is an average over posts that behave very differently. This is the part the listicles leave out, and for most applicants it matters more than the choice of country — it is the one figure that describes their own situation rather than a national average.

Country	Most approvals	Fewest	Gap
Germany	Ho Chi Minh 93.7% approved	Hanoi 83.0% approved	10.6 pts
Italy	Ho Chi Minh 97.3% approved	Hanoi 94.5% approved	2.8 pts
France	Hanoi 92.8% approved	Ho Chi Minh 90.4% approved	2.3 pts
Hungary	Hanoi 82.6% approved	Ho Chi Minh 80.9% approved	1.7 pts
Netherlands	Hanoi 92.7% approved	Ho Chi Minh 91.1% approved	1.7 pts

Your consulate is fixed by where you live, so this is rarely a choice either. Its value is calibration: it tells you how much scrutiny to prepare for.

What this page deliberately does not do

It does not rank countries by how "lenient" they are, because the data cannot support that claim. A consulate's refusal rate reflects who applies there as much as how it decides. Germany's Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi posts apply the same law; they see different applicant pools.

It also does not tell you your own chances. A national approval rate of 96% does not mean you personally have a 96% chance — your documents, finances, employment and travel history dominate. What the rate is good for is judging how thorough you need to be. The reasons applications actually fail →

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