Vietnam Airlines

Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi with Vietnam Airlines. Lovely seat, even it seems old compared to other airlines in the same region. Seat recline was not functioning well. Dinner was great and I tried the local Vietnamese foods, it was delicious. Cabin crew very warm, despite there is some misunderstanding because of some of cabin crew not fluent in speaking English. Anyhow, service is what matters. I love the in-flight magazine. No in-flight entertainment, quite boring for that matter.

Arrived 2 hours early as requested for our flight from Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh City with Vietnam Airlines. They delayed the flight from 15:35 to 19:40 without prior notice. Been stuck at the airport for over 7 hours, another flight left at 17:00 to Ho Chi Minh but we were told to wait. The scheduling staff are completely incompetent and I will never use Vietnam Airlines again. They cost saving do not compensate for the neglect towards customer service.

Flew with Vietnam Airlines from Singapore to Paris via Ho Chi Minh City round trip. I choose VN because I wanted to fly with the new A350 and the fare in business class was the same that Economy with SQ. Ho Chi Minh City To Paris the A350 had technical issue and they replaced it by the old Boeing 777-200 so I was a bit disappointed. However the communication and customer service were well managed, plus VN gave me 200USD compensation because of this incident. Paris to Singapore I had the pleasure to fly with this amazing aircraft A350, quiet, smooth in the air, cabin is very comfy and I managed to sleep the all flight. Both legs, the cabin crew were friendly, not really pro active but prompt to reply to any request. Food was good especially the Vietnamese one. The only negative point is the IFE - a very limited choice of movies and music but enough for me. Overall a very good experience. Vietnam Airlines is making effort to move to the next level.

Recently travelled Vietnam Airlines from Singapore via Ho Chi Minh City to Frankfurt, and return via Hanoi to Singapore in Business Class. Chose this airline because of their competitive pricing, the fact that they are introducing new planes (Boeing 787 / A350) on the European routes. Seats on the short-haul flights were adequate for the duration of the flights and the service was excellent. Each passenger is served individually, not the mass service via cart as many other airlines nowadays also provide in Business Class. Transit both in HCM City and Hanoi was fast and uncomplicated, the Lotus lounges adequate, whereas the Hanoi lounge is newer and has a better ambience than the HCM City one. On both long-haul legs we were on the 787, which has flat bed seats in a 1-2-1 configuration, which allowed for a good rest. Inflight entertainment system is good, screens of high quality and we had the impression that compared to earlier reviews the selection of international movies has improved, albeit not yet at the standard of Singapore Airlines or Emirates. Service was great and the flight attendants were friendly and attentive. Only slight complaint was that on the HCM City to FRA leg, the premium wines were out of stock too fast.

Travelled Vietnam Airlines from Phu Bai to Da Nang via Ho Chi Minh City in December 2015 and and HUI-HAN in January 2016. All flights in A321. Product is very stable, flights on time, and attractive prices as purchased in ample time prior to departures. Service onboard for economy is virtually non-existing, but cabins are clean and well maintained. A minor change of 25 minutes postponed departure was well alerted several days prior to departure by SMS, email, and reissued ticket.

London Heathrow to Bangkok via Ho Chi Minh. Our flight was delayed 10.5 hours which caused us to miss our connecting flight to Bangkok. We missed 24 hours of our 2 week holiday and were travelling with my 87 year old father and his friend of 84. Technical reason was given for this new aircraft. We are still waiting to hear from Vietnam Airlines as we are told they are responsible for compensation. That's a month now. So infuriating. Also, the screens flickered and were unable to watch any films

My flight on January 8th from Ho Chi Minh city to Cam Ranh airport got delayed for 4 hours with no particular reason. My flight was supposed to depart at 12:25; however, after waiting for three hours, it got delayed one more time. The ground team at Cam Ranh Airport also gave my family attitude when they asked for the exact departure and arrival times. It was a very unpleasant experience.

Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Frankfurt on the new Boeing 787-9 in Vietnam Airlines Premium Economy. Seats were in 2-3-2 arrangement with pretty large seat pitch, so more than enough leg room. The seat also reclines in a big angle and I could sleep for more than 7 hours between the two meal services. For dinner and breakfast were two choices (asian sytle or western style) available. The quality and quantity was very good and the meals were both tasteful. The crew was friendly and responded immediately on requests.

Flew Vietnam Airlines business class return from Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City and what a difference compared to the outbound flight reviewed earlier. IFE still mostly didn't work (I think I only saw one screen operating in the whole business class cabin) but this time the crew handed our iPads providing the full IFE content advertised in it's inflight magazine - good solution (why don't they generally do this). Food also was much tastier, in line with most 4* airlines. Well the seat still is the outdated recliner but since it was a daylight it didn't matter too much. So definitely recommended - decent product at great value.

Flew business class Singapore to Ho Chi Minch City to Sydney on A321/Boeing 77 at a really good price. Singapore to Ho Chi Minch City is comparable to Silkair. Ho Chi Minch City to Sydney is more comparable to premium economy overall. Crew was very attentive and offered ok drinks selection. Food was not up to competitors business class standards and neither was the seat - think early 2000s recliners - but better than a typical premium economy product. Inflight entertainment would have been poor even if it had worked (the inflight entertainment guide introduces a decent selection of movies and TV programs but only a quarter or so would have been actually available). However, none of the four of us could get the inflight entertainment system to work and neither could a Vietnam Airlines engineer who was travelling on board. Not a big problem since it was an overnight flight but I hope Vietnam Airlines has state of the art inflight entertainment systems on their new planes. However, given price/value still an ok product.