Vietnam Airports: All 22, Where They Are, Their Codes, and Which Ones Taiwan Flies To
Vietnam has 22 operating airports, but only five have scheduled flights from Taiwan. Nha Trang's airport is about 35 km away in Cam Ranh, Hoi An has no airport at all, and Ho Chi Minh City's international flights start moving to the new Long Thanh airport in 2027.
[Vietnam Airports: All 22, Where They Are, Their Codes, and Which Ones Taiwan Flies To]
Vietnam has 22 civilian airports in operation and five more under construction. Only five of the 22 have scheduled direct flights from Taiwan: Tân Sơn Nhất in Ho Chi Minh City, Nội Bài in Hanoi, Da Nang, Phu Quoc, and Cam Ranh, which serves Nha Trang. Those same five airports handle about 80% of Vietnam's air passenger and cargo traffic.
To reach anywhere else, you fly into one of the five and connect to a domestic flight or go overland.
Here is what Taiwan's scheduled service to Vietnam looked like in September 2026, according to Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration. Daily figures are monthly flight movements averaged out:
➤ Ho Chi Minh City (Tân Sơn Nhất, SGN): about 13 to 14 round trips a day from Taoyuan, Kaohsiung and Taichung, flown by China Airlines, EVA Air, Mandarin Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet and Starlux
➤ Hanoi (Nội Bài, HAN): about 11 round trips a day from Taoyuan, Kaohsiung and Taichung, flown by China Airlines, EVA Air, Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet and Starlux. Vietjet also launched a Tainan–Hanoi route on October 25, 2026, with four flights a week
➤ Da Nang (DAD): about 5 round trips a day from Taoyuan, Kaohsiung and Taichung, flown by China Airlines, EVA Air, Vietjet, Tigerair Taiwan and Starlux
➤ Phu Quoc (PQC): about 2 round trips a day from Taoyuan and Taichung, flown by Vietjet, Sun PhuQuoc Airways and Starlux
➤ Nha Trang (Cam Ranh, CXR): just 7 round trips in all of September, fewer than two a week, all Vietjet flights from Taoyuan
Tân Sơn Nhất sits inside Ho Chi Minh City, about 8 km from the center, and gets more Taiwan flights than any other Vietnamese airport. That is about to change. Long Thành International Airport, about 40 km east of the city, is due to open on December 24, 2026, mostly with domestic flights at first. International flights will then shift over in three phases approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam:
➤ From opening to late March 2027: airlines decide for themselves whether to move
➤ Summer 2027 schedule: long-haul international routes move to Long Thành. Under the regional split proposed by Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), long-haul means routes to Europe, the Americas, Oceania, the Middle East, South Asia and similar markets. Northeast and Southeast Asia routes stay at Tân Sơn Nhất
➤ Winter schedule from October 30, 2027: all remaining international routes move to Long Thành. Only short-haul routes under 1,000 km flown by Vietnamese carriers may stay at Tân Sơn Nhất
Under ACV's split, Taiwan counts as Northeast Asia, so its flights stay put in the second phase. Taipei to Ho Chi Minh City is about 2,200 km, so the short-haul exception does not apply either. Going by the plan, Taiwan flights will not have to land at Long Thành until October 30, 2027. The aviation authority has said the timeline depends on the airport's facilities and road links being ready in time.
Nội Bài is much farther out. Depending on the route, it is about 27 to 35 km from central Hanoi.
Da Nang's airport is right in the city, about 3 km from the center. Hoi An has no airport, so travelers heading there also fly into Da Nang and drive 30 to 40 km to the old town.
Cam Ranh International Airport is in Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa province. Every flight to Nha Trang lands here, about 35 km from the city. Of the five airports served from Taiwan, it has the fewest flights.
Phu Quoc's airport is about 10 to 14 km from Dương Đông, the island's main town. Like Vân Đồn airport in Quảng Ninh province, it is run by a Sun Group company. They are the only two airports in the country not managed by state-run ACV.
For popular destinations without direct flights from Taiwan, here is where to fly:
➤ Hoi An: no airport. Fly to Da Nang, about 30 to 40 km from the old town
➤ Da Lat: Liên Khương International Airport (DLI), about 30 km from the city center
➤ Huế: Phú Bài International Airport (HUI), about 13 to 15 km from the city center
➤ Ha Long Bay: Vân Đồn International Airport (VDO), about 50 to 60 km from the Ha Long Bay area. Its only scheduled service right now is one daily flight to and from Ho Chi Minh City, so travelers from Taiwan usually fly into Hanoi's Nội Bài and go overland
➤ Hai Phong: Cát Bi International Airport (HPH), about 8 km from the city center
➤ Quy Nhơn: Phù Cát Airport (UIH)
➤ Sa Pa: no airport yet. A Sa Pa airport is part of Vietnam's airport plan
Below is the full list of Vietnam's 22 operating airports. ACV manages 20 of them. Vietnam merged its provinces on July 1, 2025, so many airports now sit in a different province than before. Côn Đảo airport, for example, now belongs to Ho Chi Minh City. Former province names are in brackets.
An "international" name does not guarantee international flights. Vinh currently has domestic routes only, and Cần Thơ and Vân Đồn see international traffic only on occasional charters.
The 11 airports with "international" in their official names:
➤ Tân Sơn Nhất (SGN): Ho Chi Minh City
➤ Nội Bài (HAN): Hanoi
➤ Da Nang (Đà Nẵng, DAD): Da Nang
➤ Cát Bi (HPH): Hai Phong
➤ Vinh (VII): Nghệ An province
➤ Phú Bài (HUI): Huế
➤ Cam Ranh (CXR): Khánh Hòa province, the airport for Nha Trang
➤ Liên Khương (DLI): Lâm Đồng province, the airport for Da Lat
➤ Phú Quốc (PQC): An Giang province (formerly Kiên Giang), run by Sun Group
➤ Cần Thơ (VCA): Cần Thơ
➤ Vân Đồn (VDO): Quảng Ninh province, run by Sun Group
The 11 domestic airports:
➤ Phù Cát (UIH): Gia Lai province (formerly Bình Định), the airport for Quy Nhơn
➤ Rạch Giá (VKG): An Giang province (formerly Kiên Giang)
➤ Điện Biên Phủ (DIN): Điện Biên province
➤ Đồng Hới (VDH): Quảng Trị province (formerly Quảng Bình)
➤ Chu Lai (VCL): Da Nang (formerly Quảng Nam)
➤ Tuy Hòa (TBB): Đắk Lắk province (formerly Phú Yên)
➤ Buôn Ma Thuột (BMV): Đắk Lắk province
➤ Pleiku (PXU): Gia Lai province
➤ Côn Đảo (VCS): Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu)
➤ Cà Mau (CAH): Cà Mau province. Closed for upgrades, with commercial flights expected to resume on November 29, 2026
➤ Thọ Xuân (THD): Thanh Hóa province
Besides Long Thành, four more airports are under construction: Gia Bình (Bắc Ninh province), Quảng Trị, Phan Thiết and Thổ Chu.
Under a revised national plan approved by the Ministry of Construction and in force since July this year, Vietnam aims to have 36 airports by 2030. The plan names four new international airports, Cao Bằng, Gia Bình, Ninh Bình and Vân Phong, and upgrades Côn Đảo from domestic to international.
Information is current as of November 1, 2026.
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