Ho Chi Minh City - Post Report Question and Answers

What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?

DC area. - Sep 2021


East Lansing, Michigan. Plan for 24 hours of travel time, because there are no direct flights between Vietnam and the U.S. (yet). Transit through Seoul or Tokyo. - Jul 2019


Home base is Australia - very easy flights with a transfer in Singapore or KL - Mar 2016


We are a bi-coastal family. From LAX we took an 11-hour flight to Tokyo, then a 6-hour flight to Ho Chi Minh City. From the NY area we flew 16 hours to Hong Kong and 2.5 hours to Ho Chi Minh City. - Aug 2015


Washington, DC. It takes a solid 24-26 hours. - May 2014


East Coast, U.S. Takes a full 24 hours with connections. There are no direct flights to the U.S. - Jul 2011


Washington DC. Usually travel 3 flights. DC to west coast SFO then Pacific route to Japan,or Bangkok or Singapore, then need to change to connect to Vietnam. But last post was Bangkok so did a direct transfer. - Sep 2010


Home base is Sydney, 10-12 hours with a stopover in Bangkok or Singapore. - Nov 2009


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