There are 5 ways to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Kobe by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Kansai International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane SGN - KIX
- Take the bus from Kansai Airport Terminal 1 to Kobe Sannomiyabus
6h 38m¥15,874–52,317Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Ho Chi Minh City to Shanghaicar
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
3d 19h¥93,877–131,711Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) to Kobe (UKB)plane SGN - UKB
8h 37m¥31,194–83,451Fly to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane SGN - ITM
9h¥53,975–101,328Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane SGN - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya to Shin Kobetrain
8h 13m
Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Kobe is to fly and bus which costs ¥15000 - ¥55000 and takes 6h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Kobe is to fly and bus which takes 6h 38m and costs ¥15000 - ¥55000.
The distance between Ho Chi Minh City and Kobe is 3981 km.
It takes approximately 6h 38m to get from Ho Chi Minh City to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 2h ahead of Ho Chi Minh City. It is currently 8:14 AM in Ho Chi Minh City and 10:14 AM in Kobe.
There are 331+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Kobe, Japan?
Korean Air, Vietjet Air, and four other airlines fly from Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) to Kobe (UKB) every 4 hours.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–75,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–240,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–80,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–250,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–80,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–80,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–75,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–80,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–250,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–80,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–250,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–140,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–85,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–95,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–120,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Kaohsiung
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–160,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–250,000
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–170,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–130,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–50,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–65,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–120,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–150,000
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Nagoya to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Kansai Airport Terminal 1 to Kobe Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,200
- Schedules at
- okkbus.co.jp
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
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