Ho Chi Minh city, Mekong Delta and Mekong River

  • Mien Dong Coach Station in the Bình Thạnh District is the largest coach station in terms of passengers handled in Vietnam.
  • Ho Chi Minh City is also a terminal for many Vietnam Railways train routes in the country. The Reunification Express (tàu Thống Nhất) runs from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi.
  • Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is the largest airport in Vietnam in terms of passengers handled.
  • Tan Son Nhat International Airport is the gateway to Southern Vietnam, as well as the lower Mekong Region.
  • Ho Chi Minh city is one of the well connected cities in the region. Many of the LCC and FCC have regular schedule flights bringing in visitors through Tan Son Nhat International Airport, such as:
    • Vietnam Airways
    • Lufthansa
    • AirAsia
    • Thai AirAsia
    • Tiger Airways
    • Malaysian Airlines
    • Korean Air
    • Japan Airlines
    • Jetstar Airways
    • China Southern Airlines
    • Emirates
  • Long Thành International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to begin operating in 2025, with a maximum traffic capacity of 100 million passengers per year.
  • Bangkok (Singapore & Kuala Lumpur is 2nd & 3rd) is the busiest international route to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, and Hanoi (Da Nang & Hai Phong is 2nd & 3rd) is the busiest domestic route

Mekong Delta

  • Mekong Delta also known as “Nine Dragon river delta” in Vietnam.
  • Mekong Delta is the home to nearly 20 million people and supplies over 70 percent of seafood and fruit output in Vietnam.
  • The region’s land used for growing cereals makes up 47% of the national total, more than northern and central Vietnam combined. Most of this is used for rice cultivation.
  • Rice output in 2011 was 23,186,000t, 54.8% of Vietnam’s total output.
  • Mekong Delta has almost half of Vietnam’s capacity of offshore fishing vessels.
  • Fishery output was at 3.168 million tons, 58.3% of Vietnam’s total output.