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The best way to get around Ho Chi Minh City is on foot. This dynamic industrial
center of Vietnam offers a wide variety of transportation facilities to choose
from.
Airlines
Vietnam Airlines is the national airline and operates in more than 20 domestic
and 39 international air routes. At present Vietnam Airlines is using a modern
fleet of Western-built aircraft. Pacific Airlines is the second airline of Vietnam.
It operates through a leased fleet of Boeing 737s and 767s. Tan Son Nhat International
Airport, located 7 km away from the District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, is the largest
international airport of Vietnam. Transfer facilities (bus & taxi) at affordable
rates are offered by the airport authority to transfer the passengers to and
from the airport.
Railway
The Vietnamese railway company, Duong Sat Vietnam, offers the rail service
in the city. The Southern rail route from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City operates
the famous Reunification Express train. The entire trip takes around 2 days.
Roads
The National Highway 1, extending from the Huu Nghi Border Gate in Lang Son
Province to Ho Chi Minh City and terminating at Go Dau Ha is the well-known
trans-Vietnam North-South high way.
Truong Son Trail, starting from Tan Ky in Ha Tinh province and ending at southern
Vietnam, goes in parallel with the National Highway 1.
However the network of roads within the city is not adequately developed. Roads
are packed with bicycles and motorbikes. Cyclo plying on the streets is an interesting
feature of Saigon's road transport.
Ho Chi Minh City is well connected with other parts of Vietnam through the
National Highways.
Waterway
Ferry service operating through the waterways of the city is of great use to
the locals.
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