Passengers buy tickets at Saigon station. Photo: Tien Luc/VNA

According to a survey by VNA reporters, round-trip ticket prices for the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City route have been reduced by half compared to 1 - 2 weeks ago. Prices for the weekend in March listed by Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Bamboo Airways are only VND4 million, including taxes and fees. Ticket prices on tourist routes have also been recorded to decrease sharply. Round-trip ticket prices from Hanoi to Nha Trang, Da Lat and Phu Quoc are VND3.4 million, VND3.5 million and VND3.6 million, respectively.

Airlines are also implementing the biggest ticket price promotion program of the year, such as Vietnam Airlines' Hello Summer 2024 with domestic flat fare promotion from only 1,099,000 VND/leg (including taxes and fees) to many attractive tourist destinations such as Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Quy Nhon, Da Lat, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc...

In addition, round-trip flights from Vietnam to international destinations are also offered at preferential prices, with the lowest price starting from only VND 4,300,000 (including taxes and fees).

Fares for domestic and international flights in this program include taxes and fees, and are applicable to flights departing from April 5, 2024 to December 28, 2024, with conditions applicable for some peak periods.

Not only airfares, Thong Nhat train fares are reduced by up to 30% during the low season of 2024 when purchased far in advance of the departure date. Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company said that from now until April 24 and from May 2 to May 16, the railway will apply many discount policies.

Specifically, passengers who buy individual tickets for the Thong Nhat SE1/SE2, SE5/SE6 trains between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and vice versa 5-9 days before departure will receive a 5% discount on the ticket price, 10-19 days in advance will receive a 10% discount, 20-39 days in advance will receive a 20% discount, and 40 days or more in advance will receive a 40% discount. The condition is that the ticket must have a travel distance of 900 km or more.

However, when customers change or return tickets with a 20% or 30% discount, the deduction fee will be equivalent to the discount and must be changed or returned at least 72 hours before the train departs. Passengers can only change tickets once and the changed ticket must have the same departure and arrival stations as the returned ticket, without changing the passenger information.

For passenger trains on the Hanoi - Hai Phong route, the railway continues to apply preferential policies for monthly tickets and group tickets. Specifically, passengers can buy monthly tickets for 550,000 VND/ticket/month, traveling by train between Hanoi, Long Bien, Gia Lam, Cam Giang, Hai Duong stations or between Cam Giang, Hai Duong, Phu Thai, Thuong Ly, Hai Phong stations.

With a ticket of 800,000 VND/ticket/month, passengers can travel by train between stations in Hanoi, Long Bien, Gia Lam, Cam Giang, Hai Duong, Phu Thai, Thuong Ly, Hai Phong.

Passengers traveling in groups, with discount codes 3TANG1 (buy 3 tickets, get 1 extra ticket) and 6TANG2 (buy 6 tickets, get 2 extra tickets), can save 85,000 - 125,000 VND one way for a trip of 4 people or save 170,000 - 250,000 VND one way for a trip of 8 people.

Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company also applies many discount programs of up to 30% when passengers buy tickets 5 days or more before departure date, they will get a discount of 5 - 30% on ticket price; passengers buying group tickets of 5 people or more will get a discount of 2 - 14% on ticket price; passengers buying round-trip tickets will also get a 10% discount on return ticket price. At the same time, it implements discount programs for passengers with customer cards, union members, passengers traveling on their birthdays.

For passengers with a customer card when buying tickets at the company's ticket sales points, they will be advised to make a customer card, passengers provide personal information, mobile phone number to make a card, passengers will accumulate points (10,000 VND is counted as 1 point). 3 types of cards include: Customer card with 5% discount on ticket price for the next ticket purchase; Silver card with passengers accumulating 700 points, 10% discount on ticket price; Gold card with passengers accumulating 1,500 points, 15% discount on ticket price.

Union members with union membership cards who buy individual tickets will receive a 5% discount on the ticket price, and those who buy group tickets of 10 or more will receive a 7-10% discount. Or passengers traveling on a train on their birthday will receive a 5% discount on the ticket price when providing their date of birth on their ID.

In addition, the railway is still applying a discount policy for social policy subjects such as Vietnamese heroic mothers, war invalids, people infected with toxic chemicals, people with severe disabilities, the elderly, children, students...

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