Vietnam ID photo guide
Vietnam ID Card Photo Size, Requirements, and Online Maker
Prepare a 3 × 4 cm Vietnam ID-style photo for a form or organisation that accepts a supplied image. Current Citizen ID issuance is different: the authority normally captures the portrait and biometrics in person.
Vietnam ID photo requirements and current scope
Vietnam's legacy identity-card regulation published a 3 × 4 cm portrait. Official photo guidance calls for a colour, straight-on portrait with the head uncovered, face and ears visible, no glasses, formal appearance, and no face-altering Photoshop edits. Current Citizen ID applications normally complete portrait and biometric capture at the authority.
Official source: Vietnam legal database — legacy identity-card photo size
Where the Vietnam 3×4 ID-style photo is used
Use this file only when a form or organisation asks you to supply a 3 × 4 cm photo.
Legacy identity-card records
The 3 × 4 cm format comes from Vietnam's legacy identity-card design and may appear in older records or instructions.
Forms and organisations
Use the digital or printed file when a school, employer, local office, or other organisation explicitly requests a 3 × 4 cm ID photo.
Current Citizen ID
Current Citizen ID issuance normally captures the portrait and biometrics in person, so this file does not replace that appointment.
How to take a Vietnam 3×4 ID photo with a phone
These steps help create a natural source image when a supplied photo is accepted.
- Ask another person to use the phone's rear camera at eye level; avoid a close selfie.
- Use soft, even front light and a simple background without shadows.
- Face the camera directly, keep the head upright, and make both ears visible.
- Remove glasses and headwear, and keep hair away from the eyes and facial outline.
- Leave space around the head and shoulders for the 3:4 crop.
- Disable beauty filters, portrait blur, skin smoothing, and face reshaping.
Common Vietnam 3×4 ID photo problems
Check these issues before sending the file to a form or organisation that requests it.

- The image is not 30 × 40 mm or does not use a 3:4 portrait frame.
- The background is patterned, uneven, or contains visible shadows.
- The face is turned, tilted, partly hidden, or the ears are covered.
- The applicant is wearing glasses or non-permitted headwear.
- The image is blurred, compressed, overexposed, filtered, or face-altered.
- The file is submitted where the authority requires in-person capture instead.
PhotoOmni vs. other Vietnam 3×4 photo options
Compare PhotoOmni with a basic crop tool and a traditional studio for accepted supplied-photo use cases.
Make the photo from home
- PhotoOmni
- Upload from a phone
- Basic online tools
- Usually online
- Photo studios
- Requires a visit
Photo checks
- PhotoOmni
- AI pre-check plus expert review
- Basic online tools
- May only crop or resize
- Photo studios
- Depends on the operator
Ready-to-use output
- PhotoOmni
- 3×4 digital and print files
- Basic online tools
- Formats vary
- Photo studios
- Digital file may cost extra
Rejection protection
- PhotoOmni
- 100% refund for photo-caused rejection
- Basic online tools
- Policy varies
- Photo studios
- Policy varies by shop
Total price & inclusions
- PhotoOmni
- One-time fee of $5.99
- Basic online tools
- Add-ons can cost $3–$10+
- Photo studios
- Often $15+; files vary






