
Vietnam · National QR standard
Works with Moreta Pay
Pay VietQR codes without a Vietnamese bank
Yes. Moreta Pay lets visitors pay VietQR codes in Vietnam without a Vietnamese bank account. Add money from the bank or card you already have, scan the VietQR code at the counter and slide to pay in Vietnamese dong. The merchant is paid the same way as when a local scans it.

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What is VietQR?
VietQR is Vietnam’s common QR code for bank payments, launched by NAPAS and the country’s banks in 2021. Vietnamese customers scan a shop’s VietQR code in any member bank’s app, and the money arrives in the merchant’s account straight away over NAPAS’s 24/7 transfer system.
- Country
Vietnam
- Currency
- Vietnamese dong (VND)
- Type
- National QR standard
- Run by
- NAPAS
- How locals pay
- They scan the code with their own bank or wallet app
- With Moreta
- Pay it from your Moreta balance

How to spot it
A QR code with the VietQR logo, usually printed with the merchant’s bank and account name underneath.
Can tourists pay VietQR?
VietQR is paid from a Vietnamese bank or wallet app, so a code on the counter needs an account opened in Vietnam. A card from home can’t pay the code on the counter, and opening a local account takes paperwork a visit rarely leaves time for.
Moreta closes that gap. It pays the VietQR code itself, from a balance you top up with your own bank, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and converts at the live rate at the moment you pay. One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay.
Card or cash
- A foreign transaction fee on most cards
- Your bank's rate, or the terminal's worse one
- ATM fees from your bank and the operator
- Leftover Vietnamese dong to change back
Moreta
- One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay
- The live rate at the moment you pay
- No ATM and no card to hand over
- What you do not spend stays for the next country
How to pay a VietQR code
Set Moreta up once, at home or on the plane. After that, paying a VietQR code in Vietnam is a scan and a slide.
Costs, limits and tips
Paying in Vietnam
- Transaction fee
- 1.5%per payment, at the live rateEvery fee
- Exchange rate today
- 25,500VNDfor 1 USDLive rate, updated recentlyCompare rates
- Max payment
- 50MVNDabout 1,960 USD
- Weekly limit
- 160MVNDabout 6,270 USD
The app always shows the live rate and the exact cost before you pay.
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VietQR questions
What visitors ask before paying VietQR in Vietnam.
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Activate your Moreta Pay account before your trip
Set up Moreta, add money and land in Vietnam ready to scan. No cash to change, no card to worry about, and one flat fee at the live rate on every payment.
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