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Airplane: Vietnam Airlines has much progress for a few years and became one of the best airline companies of the world by the safety and the quality of service. The domestic flights included the airport tax and cover almost all the large cities of the country. Caution : there is, sometimes, the changes of flight schedules, especially around the public holidays when the requests often exceed the offers.
Train: The Express train (TGV) is still the dream of Vietnamese, we have only the TGL (Train of great slowness), the rail network since the beginning of the 20 century remains still well in use. From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city E1 (fastest, therefore expensive), we spend 32 h, equal to 50km/h. S1, S3, S5 and S7 approximately spend 41 h. These same trains in the Saigon-Hanoi direction carry the numbers E2, S2, S4, S6 and S8 and spend same time. On the other hand, they are liked more and more by the tourists by safety, comfort (berth with 4 people per compartment, clean, with mattress, air-conditioning, safe box for luggages). Moreover, you can admire beautiful landscapes along the road, and the tariff less expensive than the air tickets.
Taxi: there are now a lot of private taxi companies in the large cities. Price in dôngs posted in the meter. It is the most reliable transport mean (it's not possible dispute with the meter) and the cheapest to circulate downtown. Car + Bus : In Vietnam, we drive on the right, it is preferable to rent a driven car to lead yourself the vehicle. The cars and buses are in the same standard than in Europe : (good, clean, air-conditioned), the drivers speak a little bit English sometimes.
Hanoi - Halong - Ninhbinh - Maichau (5D/ 4N)
Northeast Loop
(7D/ 6N)
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