There are 11 ways to get from Shanghai to Vietnam by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Da Nang International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Da Nang International Airport (DAD)plane SHA - DAD
8h 20m$192–382Train, bus via Maoming
cheapest- Take the train from Shanghai South to Maomingtrain
- Take the train from Maoming to Nanningtrain
- Take the bus from Nanning Tourism Distribution Centre to Ha Noi Nuoc Ngam Bus Stationbus
2d 2h$57–124Train, bus
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Guangzhou South stationtrain
- Take the train from Guangzhou South station to Nanningtrain
- Take the bus from Nanning Tourism Distribution Centre to Ha Noi Nuoc Ngam Bus Stationbus
23h 43m$158–256Drive 2,210.6 km
- Drive from Shanghai to Hanoicar 2,210.6 km
23h 8m$279–403Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)plane PVG - HAN
6h 48m$119–210Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)plane SHA - HAN
8h 11m$132–172Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN)plane PVG - SGN
7h 28m$130–251Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Noi Bai International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)plane HGH - HAN
8h 36m$113–343Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN)plane HGH - SGN
9h 6m$134–384Train
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Nanning Easttrain Shanghai Hongqiao
- Take the train from Nanning to Hanoi Gia Lam Stationtrain
27h 48m$157–326Train via Guilin
- Take the train from Shanghai South to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Guilin Stationtrain
- Take the train from Guilin to Hanoi Gia Lam Stationtrain
33h 23m$250–327
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Da Nang International Airport (DAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Vietnam is to train and bus via Maoming which costs $55 - $130 and takes 2 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Vietnam is to fly which takes 6h 48m and costs $110 - $210.
No, there is no direct train from Shanghai to Vietnam. However, there are services departing from South Shaanxi Road and arriving at Ha Noi via Shanghai Hongqiao Station, Nanning East, Nanning and Hanoi Gia Lam Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 48m.
The distance between Shanghai and Vietnam is 2162 km. The road distance is 2210.6 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Vietnam without a car is to train and bus which takes 23h 43m and costs $150 - $260.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Shanghai to Vietnam, including transfers.
Shanghai to Vietnam train services, operated by China Railways G-Class, depart from Shanghai Hongqiao Station.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Vietnam is to fly which takes 8h 20m and costs $190 - $390. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $150 - $330 and takes 27h 48m.
Shanghai to Vietnam train services, operated by China Railways G-Class, arrive at Nanning East station.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Vietnam is 2211 km. It takes approximately 23h 8m to drive from Shanghai to Vietnam.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Vietnam?
Air Macau, Hong Kong Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Da Nang International Airport (DAD) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a subway from South Shaanxi Road to Ha Noi via Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station, Shanghai Hongqiao Station, Nanning East, Nanning, and Hanoi Gia Lam Station in around 27h 48m.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–160
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–160
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–420
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–450
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–440
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–320
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–370
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–370
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–440
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–320
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–420
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–340
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–400
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–350
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–380
- Website
- airmacau.com.mo
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Da Nang International Airport via Macau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–420
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Macau
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–330
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Macau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–360
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Macau
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–380
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Da Nang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–360
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–330
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–390
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–330
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–350
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–380
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Da Nang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–440
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–300
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–320
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–360
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–280
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–180
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–340
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–450
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–350
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Guangzhou South station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $110–120
- 1st Class Seat
- $180–200
- Business Class Seat
- $260–380
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $10–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $17–20
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $10–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $17–20
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Nanning East
- 2nd Class Seat
- $125–140
- 1st Class Seat
- $200–230
- Business Class Seat
- $300–430
Train from Shanghai South to Hangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- $11–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $18–20
- Business Class Seat
- $25–40
Train from Hangzhou East to Guilin Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $90–100
- 1st Class Seat
- $150–170
- Business Class Seat
- $220–310
Train from Guangzhou South station to Nanning
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–65
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $27–40
- Adult - 1st Class
- $40–65
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
Train from Shanghai South to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–20
- Schedules at
- highspeed.mtr.com.hk
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $14–20
- Phone
- 86-010-12306
- Website
- china-railway.com.cn
Train from Nanning to Hanoi Gia Lam Station
- Sleeper
- $28–40
Train from Guilin to Hanoi Gia Lam Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $150–190
- Schedules at
- booking.baolau.com
Train from Shanghai South to Hangzhou East
- Adult - second class
- $8–12
Train from Shanghai South to Maoming
- Hard Seat
- $30–40
- Hard sleeper
- $50–75
- Soft sleeper
- $85–120
Train from Maoming to Nanning
- Hard Seat
- $7–10
- Hard sleeper
- $14–20
- Soft sleeper
- $24–35
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Nanning Tourism Distribution Centre to Ha Noi Nuoc Ngam Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Book at
- baolau.com
- Bus
- $18–25
Bus from Nanning Tourism Distribution Centre to Ha Noi Nuoc Ngam Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Book at
- baolau.com
- Bus
- $18–25
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