Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa runs about 7 times a day, with the first departure around 06:29 and the last around 19:15. One passenger pays between €88.05 and €100.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 53m over 1,016 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€88.05 to €100.99
- 126%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ho Chi Minh City
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:29First departure
- 19:15Last departure
- 7Services per day
- 71%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €180.09Mon21
- about €164.75Tue22
- about €172.42Wed23
- about €204.87Thu24
- about €164.75Fri25
- about €177.14Sat26
- about €157.08Sun27
- about €107.52Mon28
- about €129.94Tue29
- about €138.79Wed30
- about €162.04Thu1
- about €125.81Fri2
- about €156.49Sat3
- about €136.43Sun4
- about €88.05Mon5
- about €96.04Tue6
- about €96.31Wed7
- about €118.73Thu8
- about €105.75Fri9
- about €125.22Sat10
- about €97.49Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Thanh Hóa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Thanh Hóa for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €106.9390 days
- €91.0060 days
- €89.8245 days
- €79.7930 days
- €97.4921 days
- €136.4314 days
- €157.087 days
- €172.423 days
- €180.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €79.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 126 percent. The dearest point is €180.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa 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
1,016 km
1,002 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
14,002,598 → 850,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,016 km against 1,002 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Huế, Vinh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from THD into Thanh Hóa is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Thanh Hóa
Settled in advance, so the ride into Thanh Hóa 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 near Thanh Hoa Railway Station
Most of the points near Thanh Hoa Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa
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 Thanh Hóa?
The fastest journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa takes 4h 53m door to door, of which 1h 47m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 40m, 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 Thanh Hóa?
The cheapest fare from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa is €88.05, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €162.04. 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 Thanh Hóa?
The cheapest way from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa is by flight, at €88.05 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 57m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa?
The fastest way from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa is by flight, at 4h 57m door to door. Only 1h 47m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €88.05.
When should I book Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa?
Fares from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €79.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 126 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 Thanh Hóa?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa, at €107.52. 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 Thanh Hóa?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa, at €69.76 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 Thanh Hóa?
2 operators sell services from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa across 2 modes: Vietnam Airlines, VNR. 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 Thanh Hóa?
82 percent of the services we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa are direct. The rest connect at Huế, Vinh, with about 77 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa produce?
Travelling from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa by train produces about 33.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 215.9 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa use?
Services from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa by flight leave from Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGN and arrive at Tho Xuan Airport THD. 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 Thanh Hóa?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hóa 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 Thanh Hóa on 20 September 2026: 1016 km of route against 1002 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €88.05, and 4h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Thanh Hóa is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Thanh Hóa and across Vietnam
Day trips that leave Thanh Hóa 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. Thanh Hóa reaches 15 places in 1 countries, from 83 to 1,011 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ho Chi Minh City
- 76Places you can leave for
- 28Countries
- 62Operators
Arriving in Thanh Hóa
Leaving Thanh Hóa
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators