Transportation
Airlines: Tan Son Nhat International Airport, a joint
civilian and military airport, is located 4 mi / 7 km north of the
center (District 1) of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
Taxi and bus services: are available for travel to and from the airport and within the city. Most of
the
city's 10,000 taxis are metered and usually in good condition, many
drivers can speak English well. Some drivers refuse to use their meters
in order to obtain a higher fare. Visitors should exercise vigilance
when using motorcycle taxis (xe ôm) or three-wheeled cycle rickshaws
(xích lô ), as they may sometimes leave passengers vulnerable.
Buses are the only public transport available in the city
There are also over 400,000 automobiles, packing the city's arterial roads and making traffic congestion and air pollution common problems. If Beijing is "the City of Bicycles", then Ho Chi Minh City may be called "the City of Motorbikes". Visitors shouldn't consider the city's streets as dangerous due to the motorists' general behavior of dodging pedestrians. In general most people follow traffic rules and enforcement of traffic law is improving. However, drivers can still be seen driving the wrong way up a one way street or ignoring red lights.
- Vietnam Airlines is the national carrier of Vietnam, which currently operates a modern fleet of Western-built aircraft (Airbus 320, 321, Boeing 767, 777 and the 787 in the near future). It operates over 20 domestic routes and to 39 international destinations
- Pacific Airlines, Vietnam's second airline, is using a leased fleet of Boeing 737s and 767s.
Because of the rapid growing number of air-passengers and Tan Son Nhat Airport's proximity to the center of the city, the Vietnamese Government has prepared to build a new international airport near Long Thanh Township, Dong Nai Province about 31 mi / 50 km to the northeast.
Taxi and bus services: are available for travel to and from the airport and within the city. Most of
the
city's 10,000 taxis are metered and usually in good condition, many
drivers can speak English well. Some drivers refuse to use their meters
in order to obtain a higher fare. Visitors should exercise vigilance
when using motorcycle taxis (xe ôm) or three-wheeled cycle rickshaws
(xích lô ), as they may sometimes leave passengers vulnerable. Buses are the only public transport available in the city
There are also over 400,000 automobiles, packing the city's arterial roads and making traffic congestion and air pollution common problems. If Beijing is "the City of Bicycles", then Ho Chi Minh City may be called "the City of Motorbikes". Visitors shouldn't consider the city's streets as dangerous due to the motorists' general behavior of dodging pedestrians. In general most people follow traffic rules and enforcement of traffic law is improving. However, drivers can still be seen driving the wrong way up a one way street or ignoring red lights.