There are 9 ways to get from Kathmandu to Vietnam by plane, car, bus or train
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Recommended option
Fly to Tan Son Nhat • 6h 38m
$425 - $558
Cheapest option
Fly to Nakhon Phanom, drive • 21h 53m
$116 - $211
7 alternative options
Fly to Danang • 8h 55m
$183 - $336
Fly to Noi Bai International • 9h 49m
$141 - $263
Fly to Pleiku • 15h 16m
$144 - $706
Drive, bus, train via Hanoi • 5 days 5h
Drive, bus, train • 5 days 9h
Drive, bus • 5 days 11h
$315 - $370
Drive • 2 days 9h
$340 - $500
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The cheapest way to get from Kathmandu to Vietnam is to fly and drive which costs $110 - $220 and takes 21h 53m.
The quickest way to get from Kathmandu to Vietnam is to fly which costs $420 - $600 and takes 6h 38m.
The distance between Kathmandu and Vietnam is 2882 km. The road distance is 4035.4 km.
It takes approximately 6h 38m to get from Kathmandu to Vietnam, including transfers.
There is no direct flight from Kathmandu Airport to Tan Son Nhat Airport. The quickest flight takes 12h 25m and has one stopover.
Vietnam is 1h 15m ahead of Kathmandu. It is currently 12:39 AM in Kathmandu and 1:54 AM in Vietnam.
Yes, the driving distance between Kathmandu to Vietnam is 4035 km. It takes approximately 2 days 9h to drive from Kathmandu to Vietnam.
Thai Smile, Cathay Pacific, AirAsia and Nepal Airlines offer flights from Kathmandu Airport to Tan Son Nhat Airport.
The best way to get from Kathmandu to Kathmandu Airport is to drive which takes 6 min and costs $1.

- Distance: 2882.1 km
- Duration: 6h 38m
What companies run services between Kathmandu, Nepal and Vietnam?
Nepal Airlines, Thai Smile and five other airlines fly from Kathmandu to Ho Chi Minh City 5 times a day.

- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Kathmandu to Tan Son Nhat via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $850
Flights from Kathmandu to Danang via Suvarnabhumi, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $800
Flights from Kathmandu to Danang via Kuala Lumpur, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800 - $1,100
Flights from Kathmandu to Noi Bai International via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450 - $950
Flights from Kathmandu to Noi Bai International via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $490 - $650
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Hong Kong, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $900
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Kuala Lumpur, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,100
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Hong Kong, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $850
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Suvarnabhumi, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300 - $600
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Kuala Lumpur, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $950

- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Kathmandu to Tan Son Nhat via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420 - $550
Flights from Kathmandu to Nakhon Phanom via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $330
Flights from Kathmandu to Nakhon Phanom via Delhi, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $320
Flights from Kathmandu to Nakhon Phanom via Kuala Lumpur, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460 - $600
Flights from Kathmandu to Noi Bai International via Kolkata, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280 - $550

- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kathmandu to Tan Son Nhat via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $850
Flights from Kathmandu to Tan Son Nhat via Kuala Lumpur, Penang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $850
Flights from Kathmandu to Danang via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800 - $1,100
Flights from Kathmandu to Danang via Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220 - $380
Flights from Kathmandu to Noi Bai International via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $900

- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kathmandu to Danang via Kolkata, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $330
Flights from Kathmandu to Nakhon Phanom via Kolkata, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90 - $170
Flights from Kathmandu to Nakhon Phanom via Hong Kong, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $470 - $650
Flights from Kathmandu to Nakhon Phanom via Guangzhou Baiyun, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $450
Flights from Kathmandu to Noi Bai International via Kolkata, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $260

- Website
- bambooairways.com
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Singapore Changi, Danang
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,200
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Suvarnabhumi, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340 - $650
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Kuala Lumpur, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850 - $1,200
Flights from Kathmandu to Pleiku via Guangzhou Baiyun, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700

- Website
- thaismileair.com
Flights from Kathmandu to Tan Son Nhat via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420 - $550
Flights from Kathmandu to Nakhon Phanom via Delhi, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $320
Flights from Kathmandu to Nakhon Phanom via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250 - $330

- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Kathmandu to Tan Son Nhat via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $850

- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Kathmandu to Noi Bai International via Chengdu, Shenzhen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270 - $1,200

- Website
- chinahighlights.com
Train from Lhasa to Wuchang
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45 - $140
- Website
- Trip.com
- Hard Seat
- $45 - $70
- Hard Sleeper
- $110 - $140
- Soft Sleeper
- $160 - $220

- Website
- china-railway.com.cn
Train from Wuchang to Hanoi Gia Lam Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
Train from Wuchang to Dong Dang station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com

- Phone
- 19006469
- support1@dsvn.vn
- Website
- dsvn.vn
Train from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28 - $80
- Website
- http://dsvn.vn
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/
- Hard seat, air-conditioned
- $28 - $45
- Soft seat, air-conditioned
- $35 - $60
- Bed, air-conditioned
- $50 - $80


- Phone
- 0225 3920920
- info@hoanglongasia.com
- Website
- hoanglongasia.com
Bus from Lang Son Bus Station to Ho Chi Minh Mien Dong
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50 - $80
- Schedules at
- hoanglongasia.com
- Book at
- 12go.asia
Bus from Ha Noi Nuoc Ngam Bus Station to Ho Chi Minh Mien Dong
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $75
- Schedules at
- hoanglongasia.com
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- trip8080.com
Bus from Sichuan Chengdu to Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $71
- Schedules at
- trip8080.com

- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Haikou Xiuying Port Bus Terminal to Nanning
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $44
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Nanning Tourism Distribution Centre to Ha Noi Nuoc Ngam Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Book at
- baolau.com

- Phone
- 028 39 39 39 39
- Website
- mailinhexpress.vn
Bus from Ha Noi Nuoc Ngam Bus Station to Ho Chi Minh Mien Dong
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- mailinhexpress.vn
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