If you decide to fly, choose one of the following full service airlines or budget carriers: Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, VietJet Air. From Hanoi. To Ho Chi Minh. One Way. Find Tickets. Pick Date. Best Options. VND 1. VND Earliest to latest. Departure Station. Arrival Station. The length of the North-South express railway between the two cities is km. Flying direct is only km. Connecting flights will take you not less than four hours, more likely five. Plane Flying is not the most expensive choice on this route.
Online booking is available for buying air, train, and bus tickets. For luxury travels, Violette Express train is the most recommended option. As shorter segments sell out faster it may be a challenge to book the whole Hanoi—Ho Chi Minh City trip if you wait too long. For a more convenient journey opt for berth classes instead of seat classes on a train.
Between trains and buses, it is wiser to choose the former as train journeys in general allow you to travel with more comfort, offer more seat classes to choose from basing on your preferences and budget, feature toilets on board.
For buses, opt for evening departures to arrive in the morning the day after. Morning departures rob you off two full days. Sleeper buses are equipped with berths organized in three rows and two tiers that do not allow you to sit on your berth, only lie.
If you consider connecting flights, choose Danang as your stopover airport. Ferries are not avaliable. Stay overnight. The next day, drive for about 2. Next, drive for another 3. Drive for 3. The next day, drive for about 4 hours , then stop in Mui Ne and stay for about 1 hour. Finally, drive for about 4 hours and arrive in Ho Chi Minh City. To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner: Road trip from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City airports and flights In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city.
But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline whether it's first class or coach. So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.
To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports. With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.
Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from HAN to SGN on Vietnam Airlines and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway. If you're looking for a place to stay, you might want to check out Saigon River. A great place to eat might be Nha hang Ngon. Another alternate route, that only requires 26 hours of driving time, is to travel through Cambodia and Laos.
However with so many border crossings, this trip would likely take longer and you wouldn't get to see any of Vietnam's beautiful beaches. While still a time-consuming option, trains are the most scenic way to see parts of the Vietnam countryside normally overlooked by the majority of tourists.
A direct trip via train without making any stops will take at least 31 hours, 30 minutes. However, you'll arrive well rested and can appreciate views of the countryside from the comfort of an air-conditioned car along the way. It's a long time to spend on a train, but you can purchase meal tickets on trains that cover a set meal delivered directly to your compartment or buy drinks and snacks from the carts that come around sporadically.
Free boiling water is also available on tap to make your own tea, coffee, or instant noodles. Sleeper trains come in the "hard" and "soft" varieties. Hard-sleeper cars—the cheaper of the two options—have six berths, meaning that you could be sandwiched between someone sleeping above and below you. Soft-sleeper cars are slightly more expensive but have only four people to each compartment. Luggage is kept with you for security and basic bedding is provided.
The cheapest train ticket, a "soft seat," provides you with only a reclining chair in a cramped car. While not super luxurious, soft-sleeper trains are the most comfortable option for getting some sleep on the long journey.
While travel agencies and hotels can book tickets for a commission, the safest option is to book several days in advance directly at the train station. Tickets often get snatched up by resellers who know that tourists wait until the last minute to book. Some unsavory travel agents have been known to sell hard-sleeper train tickets for soft-sleeper prices. You won't be able to confront them once you are boarding your train and find out that you've been scammed.
There are plenty of bus lines that run long-haul buses between northern and southern regions of Vietnam. While traveling by bus is incredibly cheap, chaotic road conditions provide less scenery and it's much harder to get a good night's sleep.
Buses are also the slowest option for getting around. While they do provide some convenience—many tour companies will collect you right at your hotel and tickets are easy to book—you'll spend hours waiting in Vietnam's terrible traffic to collect other passengers and get out of the city. Always add an hour or two to the estimated arrival time to compensate for rest stops and traffic. Night buses have small, horizontal bunk beds and can save you the expense of a night in a hotel, but between the swerving and the constant cacophony of horns, you'll get little rest.
Because passengers ride in a mostly horizontal position, motion sickness is very likely, so pack some medication or ginger candy just in case you start to feel nauseous. Take the bus only if you need to save money or want the greatest amount of convenience and flexibility. Theft is a problem on overnight buses, so keep your wits about you and don't expect to get much sleep. Winters in Vietnam December to February see milder temperatures and less rain, but there is some difference in climate between Vietnam's northern and southern regions.
While Ho Chi Minh City and the rest of the south are more tropical, Hanoi in the north can get quite cool in the winter with temperatures sometimes dropping as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit 10 degrees Celsius at night. Summers though are very hot in Hanoi and it also happens to be monsoon season.
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