Am not a big fan of plane rides, but going from Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi by land would otherwise take us 32 to 40 hours. It seems we had no choice but to book this domestic flight with the state carrier Vietnam Airlines which cost more than the PAL ticket going out of Manila. The plane from HCMC would take us to Hanoi in one hour 40 minutes, or just about the same time it would take to travel from Manila to Davao. It is my first time to fly Vietnam Airlines and I was happy that they used big planes in both directions: a Boeing 777 on the way to Hanoi and an Airbus ... Continue Reading...