When you are through the security check process, you will can go upstairs to use the free WiFi courtesy of Illy Cafe (expensive, but tasty) or Burger King has free WiFi both upstairs and at their location outside of the terminal. Contact: 0918414949 at least 30 minutes before departure or email at least 5 hours ahead of time to schedule.Ĭheck in: The first thing is customs, then immigration and then security check. Travel time to airport will be around 30 minutes or so. They will come to your hotel for one of the 5 scheduled times each day: 7:00 am, 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm and the last, 5:00 pm. If you are going solo to the airport from District 1 and want to use a slightly cheaper method, there is a shuttle minivan service at a fixed price of 105,000 VND per person with pick-up only in the backpacker streets of Pham Ngu Lao and Bui Vien. The airport fee of 10,000 VND is not paid upon arriving to the airport (only when leaving) so if the driver happens to ask for it just say that you already paid it when you arrived. To get to the airport, a taxi should cost roughly the same as it does coming from it (around 150,000 - 170,000 VND from District 1). While not overly impressive, the airport is clean and efficient and has all the features a traveler needs: an information center, ATMs, currency exchange booths, duty-free shopping, bookstores, fast food and regional food restaurants, internet cafes, bars and storage lockers service. There are signs pointing you to a 5 minute walk in between each terminal. The airport is separated into two completely different terminals- domestic and international. Be prepared for a long haul and rest assured knowing what to expect once you land in the arrivals terminal. If you are flying from the USA or Europe, your flight probably involves a stop-over in Asia or the Middle East- oftentimes Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Dubai. It is the usual destination for those coming to the South of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport, located north of the main city center of District 1, it lies in the Tan Binh District’s Southern end. Built by the French during the 1930’s and then expanded into a military airbase by the USA during the war in the 50’s, following the free-market changes that Saigon underwent following the war, Tan Son Nhat airport became the 1977 acre hub of Vietnam- able to support close to 20 million passengers per year.
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