Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 14:08. One passenger pays between €105.75 and €122.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h 1m over 1,230 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€105.75 to €122.99
- 204%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ho Chi Minh City
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:50First departure
- 14:08Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between Ho Chi Minh City and Nam Định.
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €274.49Mon21
- about €221.98Tue22
- about €217.85Wed23
- about €209.00Thu24
- about €247.94Fri25
- about €203.69Sat26
- about €223.75Sun27
- about €118.73Mon28
- about €157.08Tue29
- about €171.83Wed30
- about €193.07Thu1
- about €170.06Fri2
- about €153.54Sat3
- about €163.57Sun4
- about €123.45Mon5
- about €115.78Tue6
- about €105.75Wed7
- about €140.56Thu8
- about €147.74Fri9
- about €123.45Sat10
- about €128.17Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Nam Định. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Nam Định for the night the train gets in
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When to book Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €134.0790 days
- €124.6460 days
- €90.9945 days
- €90.4130 days
- €128.1721 days
- €163.5714 days
- €223.757 days
- €217.853 days
- €274.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €90.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 204 percent. The most expensive point is €274.49, 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 Nam Định 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
1,230 km
1,070 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
14,002,598 → 448,225
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,230 km against 1,070 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Thanh Hóa, Vinh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Nam Định railway station
Most of the points near Nam Định railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định
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 it take to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định?
The fastest journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định takes 9h 1m door to door, of which 8h 32m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 9h 36m, 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 Nam Định?
The cheapest fare from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định is €105.75, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €223.37. 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 Nam Định?
The cheapest way from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định is by train, at €122.99 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 9h 16m 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 Nam Định?
Fares from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €90.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 204 percent, measured on September 20, 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 Nam Định?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định, at €123.45. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 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 Nam Định?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định, at €85.68 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 service from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định?
1 operators sell services from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định across 1 mode: 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 Nam Định?
50 percent of the services we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định are direct. The rest connect at Thanh Hóa, Vinh, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định use?
Services from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định by train leave from Gò Vấp railway station and arrive at Nam Định railway station. Allow about 44m 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 Nam Định?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Nam Định 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 labeled 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 Nam Định on September 20, 2026: 1230 km of route against 1070 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €105.75, and 9h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Nam Định is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Nam Định and across Vietnam
Day trips that leave Nam Định 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. Nam Định reaches 29 places in 1 countries, from 59 to 1,078 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ho Chi Minh City
- 76Places you can leave for
- 28Countries
- 62Operators
Arriving in Nam Định
Leaving Nam Định
- 29Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators