Venue

Quy Nhon is a coastal town in central Vietnam that can be reached by plane from Hanoi and from Ho Chin Minh City (Saigon). Arriving from abroad, the second alternative is recommended because of the fare and the time duration of the journey (one hour instead of one and half hour). Indeed, from Ho Chi Minh City, there are daily flights at 6:00 and 14:25 (Vietnam Airlines) and at 10:00 and 17:55 (Vietjet) but it must be checked. From Hanoi there is a single flight at 6:00 (Vietnam Airlines) every day. See also the useful booking sites (Vietnam Airfare, Jetcost). The airport is around 20 km north-west of Quy Nhon.

Alternative solutions are bus and train (useful informations are here). The bus is the cheapest means of transport. Buses are becoming on more international standards. The express buses are faster than local buses, which stop anywhere on request. There are also buses chartered by private companies. The express train connecting Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City is named the Reunification Express. There are 3 per day in each direction. Trains that are registered SE are the fastest, while the TN are (much) slower, see Golden Trains (between Saigon & Quy-Nhon).

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Travel

There are two main international airports in Vietnam: Hanoi (Noi Bai airport: HAN) and Ho Chi Minh (Tan Son Nhut airport: SGN).

As there are more flights from Ho Chi Minh to Quy Nhon, it is more convenient to fly from foreign countries to Ho Chi Minh than to Hanoi.

In order to welcome you and organize your transfer from Quy Nhon airport to the conference hotel, please inform the conference secretariat of your flight number as well as the date and the arrival time in Quy nhon.

Conference buses will be available at Quy Nhon airport on Sunday March 24th (morning and afternoon flights) and Monday March 25th (morning flights).  The transportation for the return will be also organized.  You should inform the secretariat to arrange the drop-off if the date of your departure is different from the group.

Conference hotel address:
Hotel Hai Au : 489 An Duong Vuong Street, Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province.

As a rough guide to organize your trip, you can have a look to flights’ schedules hereafter but check a possible updated at corresponding websites.

Sunday March 24th: Ho Chi Minh to Quy Nhon

Ho Chi Minh – SGN
06:15 		Quy Nhon – UIH
07:25 		Vietnam Airlines / VietJet Air
VN 1392 / VJ384
Ho Chi Minh – SGN
10:00 		Quy Nhon – UIH
11:10 		Vietnam Airlines / VietJet Air
VN 1394 / VJ386
Ho Chi Minh – SGN
11:20 		Quy Nhon – UIH
12:30 		Jetstar Pacific
BL 448
Ho Chi Minh – SGN
14:00 		Quy Nhon – UIH
15:10 		Vietnam Airlines
VN 1396
Ho Chi Minh – SGN
17:55 		Quy Nhon – UIH
19:05 		VietJet Air
VJ 382

Saturday March 30th: Quy Nhon to Ho Chi Minh

Quy Nhon – UIH
08:00 		Ho Chi Minh – SGN
09:05 		VietJet Air
VJ 381
Quy Nhon – UIH
08:05 		Ho Chi Minh – SGN
09:15 		Vietnam Airlines
VN 1393
Quy Nhon – UIH
11:45 		Ho Chi Minh – SGN
12:50 		VietJet Air
VJ 387
Quy Nhon – UIH
11:50 		Ho Chi Minh – SGN
13:00 		Vietnam Airlines
VN 1395
Quy Nhon – UIH
14:55 		Ho Chi Minh – SGN
16:05 		Jetstar Pacific
BL 450
Quy Nhon – UIH
15:50 		Ho Chi Minh – SGN
17:00 		Vietnam Airlines
VN 1397
Quy Nhon – UIH
19:50 		Ho Chi Minh – SGN
20:55 		VietJet Air
VJ 383

Sunday March 24th: Hanoi to Quy Nhon

Hanoi – HAN
06:35 		Quy Nhon – UIH
08:10 		VietJet  Air
VJ 433
Hanoi – HAN
08:05 		Quy Nhon – UIH
09:40 		Vietnam Airlines
VN 1621
Hanoi – HAN
12:50 		Quy Nhon – UIH
14:25 		Vietnam VietJet Air
VJ 435
Hanoi – HAN
16:05 		Quy Nhon – UIH
17:40 		Vietnam Airlines
VN 1625

Saturday March 30th: Quy Nhon to Hanoi

Quy Nhon – UIH
08:40		 Hanoi – HAN
10:15 		VietJet Air
VJ 432
Quy Nhon – UIH
10:20 		Hanoi – HAN
11:50 		Vietnam Airlines
VN 1620
Quy Nhon – UIH
15:00 		Hanoi – HAN
16:35 		VietJet Air
VJ 434
Quy Nhon – UIH
18:20 		Hanoi – HAN
19:50 		Vietnam Airlines
VN 1624

Websites of above airlines

Immigration / Visa

All participants do require a visa to visit Vietnam, except for few exemptions listed below.

Vietnam Visa exemption is granted to citizens of:

  • Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos for visits of 30 days at the maximum.
  • Philippines for visits of 21 days at the maximum.
  • France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia and Finland for visits of 15 days at the maximum.

Apply for a TOURIST VISA, you may use the official website to get the E-visa. The time of processing is only 3 to 4 working days to get it. You just print out the approved E-visa and present it directly to the officer at the immigration desk.

If you plan to stay Vietnam longer than a month, please either go to your nearest vietnamese consulate or through the Internet (you will have to retrieve it on your arrival) at following websites:

This internet visa procedure is the simplest and the cheapest, but it will take you some time on arrival in Vietnam at the airport immigration office (up to ~ 60 min waiting, depending on your position in the queue). Do not forget to bring with you 2 passport photos and the required amount of USD currencies (exclusively) in cash.

Please inform the conference secretariat (rencontres.vietnam[at]gmail.com) of  your arrival date and time at the Quy Nhon airport.