In early October 2015, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, along with low-cost carriers Vietjet Air and Jetstar Pacific, began offering cheap air tickets for passengers travelling over the 2016 Lunar New Year (Tet) period.  Only one month later, air tickets for routes departing from Da Nang to Vinh, Can Tho, Daklak and Lam Dong were already out of stock. 

At present, some return air tickets from Da Nang to Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City are still available.  Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air are currently offering return tickets during Tet for Da Nang-Ha Noi flights at around 1.5 million VND, whilst Da Nang-Ho Chi Minh return flights are over 2.2 million VND.  Meanwhile, Vietjet Air’s one-way tickets from Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang after Tet are now ranging between 450,000 and 490,000 VND per ticket. 

According to local ticketing agencies, people who book their tickets in the early morning or after 9.00pm each day can save up to 30% of the ticket price compared with similar purchases during the day.

Passengers at VietJet Air’s check-in counter

Vietnam Railways also started selling tickets for Tet in October last year.  To date, all tickets on trains departing from Da Nang to Ha Noi between 6 and 12 February are sold out.   

To meet the increasing travel demands of travellers from Da Nang to southern localities after Tet, train 8H35 has been added to the schedule.  It will depart every day at 10.22am from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City, starting from 10 February. 

Passengers can book their train tickets via telephone, in person directly from the station, or on the following websites: www.dsvn.vn,  www.vietnamrailway.vn, and  www.vetau.com.vn.

According to a local road passenger transport agency, this year’s surcharges for road passenger services over the Tet period will decrease by between 15% and 20% compared with previous years as a result of the consecutive decreases in petrol prices over recent months.