London to Ho Chi Minh City flight

Flights from London to Ho Chi Minh City start at €943.55 and take 16h 49m at their fastest.

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The skyline of Ho Chi Minh City just before sunrise. The Bitexco Financial Tower is silhouetted.

The Flights from London to Ho Chi Minh City starts at €943.55 and takes 16h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 10,500 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 16h 49mDoor to door
  • 13h 39mMoving
  • €1,007.86 to €1,999.65From
  • 06:45 to 16:59First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 3076.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€1,007.86 to €1,999.65 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €1,749.49Mon21
  2. about €1,948.32Tue22
  3. about €1,669.84Wed23
  4. about €1,999.65Thu24
  5. about €1,591.96Fri25
  6. about €1,719.40Sat26
  7. about €1,512.31Sun27
  8. about €1,007.86Mon28
  9. about €1,236.78Tue29
  10. about €1,327.64Wed30
  11. about €1,579.57Thu1
  12. about €1,194.89Fri2
  13. about €1,508.18Sat3
  14. about €1,301.68Sun4

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Fastest€993.11
  1. Vietnam Airlines VA277211:2313h 39m07:02London Heathrow Airport LHRTan Son Nhat International Airport SGN

Door to door 16h 49mCO2 3076.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Vietnam Airlines€895.1716h 44m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Vietnam Airlines

The flight gets you into Ho Chi Minh City. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ho Chi Minh City for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book London to Ho Chi Minh City

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

  1. €1,004.3290 days
  2. €946.5060 days
  3. €685.0945 days
  4. €729.9730 days
  5. €906.3821 days
  6. €1,077.2414 days
  7. €1,374.797 days
  8. €1,669.843 days
  9. €1,749.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €685.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €1,749.49, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €1,077.24Sun
  2. €1,007.86Mon
  3. €1,204.84Tue
  4. €1,327.64Wed
  5. €1,579.57Thu
  6. €1,194.89Fri
  7. €1,153.14Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

London

Air
  • LHR
  • LGW
  • STN
  • LTN
  • LCY
  • SEN

Ho Chi Minh City

Air
  • SGN
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 10,500 km against 10,194 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Amsterdam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 103 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 9 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves London at 06:45 and the last at 16:59, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about London to Ho Chi Minh City

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City take?

The Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City takes 16h 49m door to door, of which 13h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 10,500 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City cost?

The Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City starts at €943.55 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €993.11. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City?

1 operators run the Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam Airlines. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City use?

The Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City leaves from London Heathrow Airport LHR and arrives at Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGN. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City?

Fares for the Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €685.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City produce?

The Flight from London to Ho Chi Minh City produces about 3076.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 10500 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for London to Ho Chi Minh City on September 20, 2026: 10500 km of route against 10194 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €943.55, and 16h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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Ho Chi Minh City is large, and the road in from SGN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

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A car waiting when you land in Ho Chi Minh City

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