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Vietnam trip planner for Indian travellers — visa, timings, and what closes

Vietnam is the ₹799 case: a long-haul trip where the entry rules, the internal flights and the site timings all have to line up, and where a plan that is a day out is a plan that wasted a flight. This page lists what we checked ourselves, with dates, and names what we did not.

Written by Akshat Jain

What we checked

  • The Cu Chi tunnels, at both Ben Dinh and Ben Duoc, are open 7am to 5pm every day, and the ticket counter stops selling at 4pm.

    Checked · 11 Sept 2026

  • Most Ha Long Bay overnight cruises board between noon and 12.30pm and are back at the harbour late the next morning, which puts you in Hanoi around 4pm.

    Checked · 11 Sept 2026

  • Hoi An old town charges 120,000 VND per adult for a ticket that covers five heritage sites. Lantern night falls on the 14th of every lunar month: from 6pm to 10pm the lights go off and traffic stops, and you still need the ticket that night.

    Checked · 11 Sept 2026

What we could not check

  • Current e-visa processing time

    It moves with policy and we last used it on our own trip. We will tell you what happened to us and on what date; do not treat that as this month's number.

  • Sapa and the far north

    We have not been. A page about a place we have not stood in is the thing this site refuses to publish.

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