VIETJET officially launched its new Yangon-Ho Chi Minh route on October 2 with the aims to boost tourism and trade between the two cities.
The airline will fly as five return flights per week on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Estimated flying time between the two cities is 2 hours and 15 minutes. Flights take off from Yangon at 13:00 (local time) and arrive in Ho Chi Minh City at 15:35 (local time). The return flights depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 10:25 (local time) and arrive in Yangon at 12:10 (local time).
According to the airline, the new route from Ho Chi Minh City to Yangon is expected to bring Myanmar and Vietnam people opportunities to visit and discover these two countries’ incredible culture and breathtaking landscapes and also expected to increase mutual trade exchange and investment between enterprises and investors.
Upon landing in Ho Chi Minh City from Yangon, passengers can now travel to 17 famous tourism and business destinations in Vietnam and/or take connecting flights to some of Asia’smost popular tourist destinations such as Bangkok, Singapore, Taipei (Taiwan) and Seoul (South Korea).