2. After getting a passport, it usually takes 3 working days to apply for a visa in embassies and consulates in China. If you are traveling, it is ok to apply for a single round-trip tourist visa of 1 month. The place where you can apply for a Vietnamese visa now is Beijing. Shanghai. Nanning. Guangzhou. Kunming, right? If you fly, you will transfer from Guangzhou or Shanghai. If you go by land, there are more domestic land tourists passing through Guangxi. Convenient and cheap. There is a shuttle bus from Nanning, Guangxi to Hanoi, Vietnam. The fare is about 150.