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Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia. From €31.41, fastest 3h 50m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:38 and the last around 06:38. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 50m over 198 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 28 September 2026

€31.41

  • 54%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Ho Chi Minh City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:38First departure
  • 06:38Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €42.03Mon21
  2. about €49.70Tue22
  3. about €47.93Wed23
  4. about €53.24Thu24
  5. about €39.08Fri25
  6. about €51.47Sat26
  7. about €48.52Sun27
  8. about €31.41Mon28
  9. about €34.95Tue29
  10. about €37.31Wed30
  11. about €41.44Thu1
  12. about €39.67Fri2
  13. about €37.90Sat3
  14. about €33.18Sun4
  15. about €31.41Mon5
  16. about €31.41Tue6
  17. about €31.41Wed7
  18. about €34.95Thu8
  19. about €32.59Fri9
  20. about €33.77Sat10
  21. about €31.41Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Rach Gia. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Rach Gia for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Rach Gia Bus Station, Kien Giang and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €31.4190 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €31.4145 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €31.4121 days
  6. €33.1814 days
  7. €48.527 days
  8. €47.933 days
  9. €42.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 54 percent. The dearest point is €48.52, 7 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€48.52€31.41137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

198 km

192 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

14,002,598459,860

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

VietnamCambodiaSouth China SeaPhnom PenhPhnom PenhCan ThoCan ThoTakeoTakeoVũng TàuVũng TàuBến CátBến CátKoh TrolKoh TrolMỹ ThoMỹ ThoThanh Pho Ba RiaThanh Pho Ba RiaPhan ThiếtPhan ThiếtCa MauCa MauSoc TrangSoc TrangTan AnTan AnPhan RangPhan RangBảo LộcBảo LộcDong XoaiDong XoaiTrảng BàngTrảng BàngHo Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityRạch GiáRạch GiáMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 198 km against 192 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from VKG into Rach Gia is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Rach Gia

Settled in advance, so the ride into Rach Gia costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Rach Gia Bus Station, Kien Giang

Most of the points near Rach Gia Bus Station, Kien Giang open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

The fastest journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia takes 3h 50m door to door, of which 40m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 51m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

The cheapest fare from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia is €31.41, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €37.31. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

The cheapest way from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 50m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

Fares from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 54 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia, at €31.41 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

1 operators sell services from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia across 1 mode: Vietnam Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

Every service we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 3h 50m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia use?

Services from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia by flight leave from Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGN and arrive at Rach Gia Airport VKG. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia on 20 September 2026: 198 km of route against 192 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Rach Gia a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Rach Gia and across Vietnam

Day trips that leave Rach Gia in the morning and cover a good part of Vietnam by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Ho Chi Minh City reaches 76 places in 28 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 10,194 km. Rach Gia reaches 3 places in 1 countries, from 42 to 192 km.

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Leaving Ho Chi Minh City

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  • 28Countries
  • 62Operators

Arriving in Rach Gia

Leaving Rach Gia

  • 3Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

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