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Singapore retains title of world's most powerful passport in 2025
Singapore continues to hold its position as the world's most powerful passport in the latest rankings released in early 2025 while both Vietnam and Malaysia have dropped one place compared to last year.
Singaporean passport holders enjoy visa-free access to 195 out of 227 destinations, according to the index published by Henley & Partners, a London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm.
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In the previous ranking from November 2024, Malaysia's passport had risen to 11th place globally but it has now slipped to 12th, offering visa-free access to 183 destinations.
Vietnam's passport has dropped one spot to 91st place, with visa-free access remaining unchanged at 51 destinations.
Japan now ranked second globally, providing its passport holders visa-free access to 193 destinations.
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Spain share the third position, granting visa-free access to 192 destinations.
The UAE stands out as one of the index's biggest success stories in global mobility. It has added 72 visa-free destinations since 2015, climbing 32 places to reach 10th spot with access to 185 destinations.
At the bottom of the ranking, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan have the world's least powerful passports.
The Henley Passport Index tracks global travel freedoms in 227 countries and territories using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association.
It ranks 199 passports based on the number of destinations their holders can enter without a prior visa. Continuously updated throughout the year to reflect changes in visa policies, the index is widely recognized as a key measure of global mobility.
The capital city of Hanoi is envisaged to become the nation’s tourism growth pole in the north under the tourism system planning for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2045 recently announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Travel businesses in Vietnam are eagerly awaiting the launch of a joint Southeast Asian visa initiative called “Six Countries, One Destination.”
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered the ministries of public security and foreign affairs to consider waiving visas for several countries to boost tourism recovery.
Vietnamese citizens traveling to Thailand will be granted a 60-day visa-free period.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of Justice announced to extend the pilot e-group visa programme for citizens of three Southeast Asian countries of the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam by two years.
The Schengen-style joint visa initiative for six Southeast Asian countries, proposed by Thailand, will be a great opportunity for Vietnam to attract international visitors and increase its competitiveness, insiders said.
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