Passport? Good.

Vietnam

Arriving

Three gateways, three different rides into town.

Terminal 2 of Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi at night

Does it matter which airport I fly into?

More here than almost anywhere. The three international gateways are not alternatives to one another — they are the north, the centre and the south of a country the train needs 36 hours to cross.

Vietnam Tourism — A traveller's guide to Vietnam's airports
Diagram: Noi Bai is 27 kilometres out and about an hour, Tan Son Nhat only 8 kilometres but 50 minutes, Danang 5 kilometres and half an hour

How do I get from the airport into the city?

Metered taxi or a city bus, and the answer scales with the city: Hanoi's airport is far, Saigon's is close but slow, Danang's is practically downtown.

Vietnam Tourism — A traveller's guide to Vietnam's airports

Sort the practical stuff before you fly.

eSIMs, rail passes, and airport transfers — the things worth booking before you land.