DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES get in a taxi outside the Ben Thanh Market. Alternately a taxi will cost you between 140,000 to 180,000dong $7 to $9īen Thanh is where the bus stops in right in the thick of it so there will be heaps to see and do.Īllow for a 30min return in a taxi or bus but the bus finishes running at 6pm so only taxis after that. Takes about 35mins which is about 5 mins longer than a taxi but at 6,000dong each (30cents) who's complaining. Next you will need to go through a final Xray security check with your carry on bags, change some money to VND at either the money exchange or from an ATM and then its exit the terminal and look for the bus into town across the road from where you have just exited from, hop on the No.152 bus into town. Its only happened to me twice in 5yrs but its all governed by how many flights arrive at the same time which can cause a backlog.

This whole process can take as little as 10mins or as long as 2 hrs. Hand them the $45 and proceed to passport control. With your VOA form in your hands along with a passport sized photo and a completed application form and nice clean crisp US$45 for each visa hand the forms in along with your passport and then sit down and wait for them to call out you name. Your 14hr is from landing and departing but the reality is much shorter. Further on what Ross said re travel time.

Ho chi minh city airport bribe 2018