Ho Chi Minh City Airport

We recently returned from Saigon. Unfortunately we missed our connecting flight to Da Nang and had to stay in the airport 10 hours overnight. We found the staff very friendly and re- arranged our flight for us. Domestic airport closed at 1 am and our flight was 6 am so we could do nothing but lounge on the seats. We found the airport very clean and staff very friendly.

I found this airport (International terminal) excellent. Very impressive big clean. Don't expect much friendly service though; particular as you exit on arrival. I was ill leaving the airport but had a very comfortable experience. Shops are expensive.

Nice clean very modern airport with efficient check in & security for international flights. Catering airside is very pricey even by airport standards. Immigration was not exactly speedy but acceptable (but then I had a proper visa - the queue for "visa on arrival" looked horrendous) and the luggage beat us to the hall despite being one of teh first off the plane. Bit of a scrum outside arrivals - lots of taxi touts etc - but felt safe and secure (like the rest of Vietnam really). Note that if you need to change money you need to do it before you leave arrivals though USD seem to be equally accepted as local currency - the rates offered by some of the moneychangers varied fairly significantly - you could get 5% more by walking 20 yards down the hall!.

The airport at first appearance looked spacious though the duty-free shopping areas were congested and very few seats were available in the check-in lounges. However it was clean and modern in all aspects.

Modern airport much better than last time I visited in May 2007 style reminds me of Hong Kong (bright/lots of steel/clean). Departure smooth though 2 security checks right before and after immigration. Arrival is the same chaos at the 'visa-on-arrival' but as in Hanoi no clear signage and communication skills of staff non-existent. This is not a usual visa-on-arrival you can only get it when you have the electronic approval letter (normally done by travel agency in vietnam). Best to bring your 2 passport pictures. Best if you can secure a proper visa before arrival. If not budget at least 60 minutes for the 'visa-on-arrival'.

Used both the international and domestic terminals while traveling around Vietnam. The international airport is very modern and will certainly mature in its offerings as it becomes a major business center. The domestic terminal is showing its age and could use a deep cleaning and a little bit of a face lift. But it is still efficient and semi-organized.

Used Tan Son Nhat International Airport domestic airport for a VN flight from Saigon to Dalat. Domestic airport is old yet clean and pleasant to use. Understood used to be an old military airport and upgraded to an international airport in Aug 2007. There are about 8 gates where one can view arriving and departing planes. There are 2-3 cafes selling Vietnamese and western food (cheaper than international airport but they don accept credit cards). Plenty of seats available in the departures hall. Toilets were clean however they do not have handicap/baby changing facilities.

The new terminal at Saigon Airport has transformed things. There are virtually no queues at immigration any more and baggage handling seems to have improved.

Used Tan Son Nhat International Airport recently. It was bright clean and pleasant to use. Arrivals has 6 belts trolleys were FOC. Several immigration counters were opened so passed through immigration was a breeze; took less than 15 mins! Dep hall has 8 counters from A - H. Dep hall has a post office 2 cafes. Set up reminds me of HKLA of a smaller scale. Once passed the immigration there is some DFS. Dinning is ex and in US dollars. A sandwich cost US$7 pastry cost US$3! However dining was a pleasant experience where 1 can watch plans fly. Toilets were clean and pleasant to use. However there is no baby changing facilities found. Ample seats could be found in the dep hall. Overall a pleasant airport to use.

I flew biz class ANA from SGN via NRT to HNL. SGN check-in was very quick departure immigration relatively fast and I spent one hour in the F/J all-airline lounge before boarding. I stop at SGN twice a year and have found SGN Airport to be very efficient and the F/J departure lounge is really quite good with an excellent selection of food internet terminals etc.