How To Reach Vietnam From Kolkata

By Air: Kolkata to Vietnam flights are the fastest among all the other Indian metro cities. One stop flights from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport to Hanoi Airport in Vietnam takes around 6 hours and 30 minutes, and to Ho Chi Minh City, Kolkata to Vietnam flight duration is 5 hours 50 minutes. These are the fastest flights, operated by either Thai Airways or Jet Airways. Most of them have layovers a Bangkok in Thailand. But even with that, traveling from Kolkata to Vietnam by air is the fastest route.

By Rail: To reach Vietnam via railway from Kolkata is not possible. One can either take the train to reach Manipur for further road journey or fly to China and then take trains to Vietnam. China is the only country with cross-border trains to Vietnam. Nanning and Beijing stations have trains that go to Gia Lam Railway Station in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

By Road: Kolkata to Vietnam distance by road is a little more than 4350 km. and although it takes nearly 86 hours to travel between the places, it is not impossible to go from Kolkata to Vietnam by road. It is time-consuming and not worth all the effort. But if one really wants, they can take the Yangon - Mandalay Expressway after reaching Myanmar using the Friendship road from Manipur. One must ensure that all their papers are in order since this road trip involves crossing quite a few international borders.