Train fares for Tet holiday down up by 80 percent

Vietnam Railway will begin selling train tickets for the Lunar New Year in the end of October with Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City fares down by as much as 80%.

Sai Gon Railway Station
        Sai Gon Railway Station

Accordingly, train fares from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City before Tet holiday and Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi after Tet will drop 80 percent.

This is the most decrease that the Vietnam Railway has ever launched. The previous years saw a maximum cut of 50 percent.

Customers can buy tickets by phone or on the Internet, at the station and local agencies.

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