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Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ✅ Quick Answer Getting around Vietnam usually means picking between the Reunification Express sleeper train (around $65-85 full line, or around $61 for a Hanoi-Da Nang soft berth), Sinh Tourist’s open-tour buses (single legs from around $6-12, a 1-month Hanoi-HCMC pass around $50), and domestic flights on VietJet or Vietnam Airlines (around $30-102 Hanoi-HCMC one-way). Grab covers the last mile in every city, and Hanoi’s Bus 86 or a Grab car (around $9-12) gets you from Noi Bai Airport into the Old Quarter in under an hour. Getting Around Vietnam: Why the “Right” Way to Travel Keeps Changing Route by Route I booked my first Vietnam sleeper train expecting a scenic overnighter and ended up doing the math on a hard seat versus a soft berth at 11pm in Hanoi station, dong notes fanned out on my lap because I genuinely couldn’t tell a ₫100,000 bill from a ₫10,000 one in the fluorescent light. That’s the real challenge of getting around Vietnam: the country runs nearly 1,700 km north to south, and no single mode of transport wins every leg. The train is atmospheric but slow. The bus is cheap but long. The flight is fast but skips the scenery. Grab handles everything in between. ...