Crossing between Vietnam and Cambodia: border gates, buses and visas

The crossings, and which visa works where

The crossings with buses and minivans on sale:

• Mộc Bài – Bavet, on the main road between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh. The buses between the two cities cross here.
• Hà Tiên (Xà Xía) – Prek Chak, on the coast near Hà Tiên, for Kep and Kampot. Hà Tiên is also the port for the boats to Phu Quoc.
• Vĩnh Xương – Kaoam Samnor and Tịnh Biên – Phnom Den, near Châu Đốc in the Mekong delta.

Entering Cambodia. Cambodia's official e-visa site lists the ports that accept its e-visa. From Vietnam, only Bavet accepts it for entry.

Kaoam Samnor, Phnom Den and Trapaing Sre are open but do not take the e-visa for entry, and Prek Chak is not on the list. Cambodia's embassies in Bangkok and Berlin say a visa on arrival is issued at its international land checkpoints, these included. The e-visa costs USD 30 plus a service fee and is valid for three months.

Whatever visa you hold, Cambodia's e-Arrival portal asks every traveller to file its free e-Arrival form online within seven days before arrival; the embassy in Berlin says that for now this applies only to arrivals by air.

Entering Vietnam. Vietnam's e-visa is accepted at Mộc Bài, Xa Mát, Tịnh Biên, Vĩnh Xương and Hà Tiên, and since Resolution 389/NQ-CP of 2 December 2025 also at Bình Hiệp, Tân Nam, Dinh Bà, Thường Phước and Lệ Thanh. Check whether your passport is visa-exempt on the Vietnam visa page.

Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh, via Mộc Bài and Bavet

Buses leave central Ho Chi Minh City, most of them around Phạm Ngũ Lão street, from about 05:00 to 17:00, and take 5 hours 45 minutes to 8 hours 30 minutes including the border. For October 2026, Giant Ibis (06:00, 08:00, 09:45, 13:15), Phuong Heng, Long Phuong, Capitol, Danh Danh, Airbus, Meko Limo vans and others were on sale online, from about 561,000₫.

They arrive at company offices in central Phnom Penh, several on Preah Sihanouk Boulevard, and run the same way back.

Every company, time and fare, both ways, is on the Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh page.

Hà Tiên and Kampot or Kep, via Prek Chak

Minivans cross between Hà Tiên and Kampot in about 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes. On sale online for October 2026:

• Hà Tiên to Kampot377,700–434,400₫Ha Tien Xanh (434,400₫, seven departures from 08:30 to 16:00), Champa Tourist from 63 Chi Lăng street to Kampot's Old Market (400,000₫), Kampot Transports (428,100₫) and CP Express (377,700₫)
• Kampot to Hà Tiên251,800–377,700₫Kampot Transports (251,800₫ to the border, 327,400₫ into Hà Tiên), Kep Express via Kep (302,200₫ to 377,700₫), Ha Tien Xanh (355,800₫)
• Private car1,700,000₫from about 1,700,000₫

This crossing pairs naturally with Phu Quoc: the fast boats from Phu Quoc land in Hà Tiên, an hour and a half across.

Châu Đốc and Phnom Penh

For October 2026, only minivans were on sale between Châu Đốc and Phnom Penh, no boat: Ha Tien Xanh (09:00 from Châu Đốc, 08:00 from Phnom Penh, 840,600₫), Mekong Flash Travel and CP Express from Phnom Penh, taking about 7 to 9 hours 30 minutes.

The Vietnamese gates near Châu Đốc, Vĩnh Xương and Tịnh Biên, accept the Vietnamese e-visa; the Cambodian gates opposite them do not accept the Cambodian e-visa for entry.