What Vietnam tour packages from Delhi usually cover
In short: Vietnam tour packages from Delhi usually bundle hotels, transfers and sightseeing, but flights, visa and meals vary. Delhi to Hanoi is about 4 hrs 15 mins nonstop, so ask for those three lines in writing.
Open four Vietnam listings and you’ll find four trips that all say “Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Da Nang” and none that can be compared. One shows a price with flights. One shows a price without. One has a tick next to “visa” that turns out to mean “we’ll tell you where to apply”. Then you’re left doing arithmetic on numbers that were never measuring the same thing.
That isn’t you being slow. Vietnam is a multi-city trip, so there are more places for a package to stay vague than there are on a Goa or Manali weekend. If you want the hotel, transfers and sightseeing sorted in one place, VeeTrips lists a Delhi-departure package with the inclusions spelled out, and the about page shows who you’d be talking to in Dwarka. This page is for before you ask anyone, us included.
I’m not going to quote a Vietnam price here. I looked, and every figure I found sat on a seller’s page, usually with flights, visa and meals left unsaid. A number like that is no use to you. What I can give you is the list of lines that decide the number, the facts that shape the route, and an honest read on how many nights each plan needs.
The lines that decide the total
The same five questions work for every seller. Vietnam adds two that a beach weekend doesn’t have: how you move between cities, and who handles the visa.
What to ask about, line by line
| Line | Ask this | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Flights from Delhi | In the price, or not? | The biggest single swing in the total |
| Domestic legs | Flight, train or road between cities? | Vietnam is long; this is a real cost and a real half-day |
| Visa | Who applies, and is the fee in the price? | The fee is a separate cost, paid in dollars |
| Meals | Breakfast only, or more? | A cruise or tour day may bring its own lunch charge |
| Sightseeing | Entry fees, cruise and boat rides in or out? | Often listed as “optional” |
Do the sum yourself. Say two packages for 2 people look 10,000 apart. Before you celebrate, find out which one carries the flights, which one has the Ha Long cruise, and who is paying for the visa. The cheaper one is often the one with fewer lines filled in. We said the same thing in our Goa package checklist, and it holds here, only more so.
Get the answers in a message or an email, not on a call you’ll half remember. A package you can’t read back is a package you can’t compare.
Getting there from Delhi
Start with the flight, because it’s the biggest line and the one most often left out of a “package price”.
Vietnam Airlines’ own Delhi page lists Delhi to Hanoi at 4 hrs 15 mins, with 4 flights a week, and Delhi to Ho Chi Minh City at 5 hrs 0 min, with 3 flights a week. The same page says those figures can change with the date and with seasonal demand. So treat them as a guide to the shape, not a timetable. I couldn’t find a second airline’s schedule on a page I could open, so other carriers and connecting routes are a question for whoever sells you the ticket.
The practical point: Hanoi is the shorter flight, so it’s the natural place to start. If your plan runs from north to south, you land in Hanoi and fly home from Ho Chi Minh City. Ask the seller whether the ticket is an open-jaw like that, in at one city and out of another. A return to the same city means a long extra leg at the end, for no gain.
Then comes the transfer. Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport is 35 km north of the city centre, and a taxi takes about 30 to 40 minutes on the new highway, depending on traffic. Add immigration and bags at the other end of a 4 hrs 15 mins flight, and your first day in Vietnam is mostly a travel day. Don’t book anything you’d hate to miss.
Pick the cities first
A Vietnam package is really a string of places. The nights you give each place matter more than the total. Here’s how the ones that turn up in almost every listing are usually described, with what I’d take from it.
The usual cities, and what each is for
| Place | Described as | What it’s usually for |
|---|---|---|
| Hanoi | Vietnam’s capital, “a historic city with a wealth of cultural and historical sites” | Culture and history; the shorter flight from Delhi |
| Ha Long Bay | “Famous for its unearthly scenery” | Scenery, usually by boat |
| Hue | “The former home of Vietnam’s emperors” | Emperors’ history, between Hanoi and Da Nang |
| Da Nang | “The largest city in central Vietnam” | A base for the coast and for Hoi An |
| Hoi An | “A well-preserved ancient port” | Old town and made-to-measure clothes |
| Ho Chi Minh City | “Vietnam’s largest and most cosmopolitan city” | A big-city stop, usually the last one |
Three of these are the usual spine of a first trip: Hanoi with Ha Long Bay in the north, Da Nang with Hoi An in the middle, Ho Chi Minh City in the south. Hue slots in between if you want it, and it’s the first thing to drop when nights are short.
How far apart they are
Distances are where brochures mislead you. Vietnam is long and thin, and the map makes the cities look closer than the road does.
Ha Long Bay is 170 km east of Hanoi. A public minibus takes approximately 4 hours, and a seaplane flies it in about 45 minutes. So a Ha Long day trip from Hanoi is a long day on a road. That’s why it’s worth asking whether a package puts a night on the water or near the bay. I can’t tell you what your seller’s cruise includes. It’s one of the lines to ask about.
Between the north and the south, the figures are stark. Flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City last only about 2 hours, while the train from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi takes more than 30 hours. The train passes Hue and Da Nang on the way, so it’s a fine thing to do if the train is the point. For a package of a week or so it isn’t. A seller who has you on the train between cities has either a very relaxed plan or a very cheap one.
Da Nang to Hoi An is a short hop. Hoi An is about 30 km south of Da Nang, though figures vary and some say 24 km, so it’s a short transfer either way, about an hour by airport shuttle. I’d happily accept one of those as “short”, and I wouldn’t build anything on the exact figure.
Hoi An and the tailor question
Hoi An sells itself on clothes made to measure. It has about 400 tailor shops of varying quality, a deposit of about 25% is normal, and there are generally no refunds. Hotel and driver recommendations often come with a commission, so a “free tailor visit” in a package may not be free in the way you’d hope.
It’s your holiday and your money. If a tailor stop is in the itinerary, ask whether it’s a fixed stop with a shop the seller picks, or a free evening where you choose. A suit ordered under time pressure is a classic way to spend more than you meant to.
How many nights do you actually need?
Be honest about this one. Most listings pack in more cities than the time allows, because a long list of names looks like value. Every extra city costs you a transfer, and in Vietnam a transfer eats a morning.
Here are two shapes I’d call sensible. Both are examples of how to split time, not prices or a real package.
Two ways to split the nights (an illustration)
| Trip | Split | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| 5 nights, north only | 3 in Hanoi, 2 around Ha Long Bay | First trip, short leave, parents who don’t want internal flights |
| 5 nights, centre only | 2 in Da Nang, 3 in Hoi An | A slower, coastal break with no big-city days |
| 10 nights, north to south | 4 in Hanoi and Ha Long Bay, 3 in Da Nang and Hoi An, 3 in Ho Chi Minh City | The classic first trip, with two internal flights |
One catch on the centre-only trip: I couldn’t confirm a direct Delhi flight to Da Nang, so ask how you’d get there and what the connection costs in time.
The 10-night one is the classic. It works because each block is long enough to unpack once. Cut it to 5 nights and you have to pick a region, not squeeze the lot in.
If you only have 4 or 5 nights, don’t try for the whole country. Pick the north or the middle and do it properly. Anyone telling you that you can see Hanoi, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh City in 5 nights is selling you the airports.
Matching it to who’s going
Parents or small children: keep to one region, and keep the transfers short. Ha Long on a day trip from Hanoi is a long road day, so ask about staying near the bay instead. Couples: the centre, with Hoi An as the base, is the slower option. Friends who want big cities over beaches: Hanoi plus Ho Chi Minh City, with the 2-hour flight between them.
When to go
Vietnam has three climates in one country, so “the best time” depends on where you’re going. This is the part where I won’t promise you a dry week. Nobody can.
Usual seasons by region
| Region | Usually pleasant | Usually difficult |
|---|---|---|
| North (Hanoi, Ha Long Bay) | Spring (Mar-Apr) and autumn (Oct-Dec) | Hot and rainy summer; chilly winter, Hanoi can dip below 15°C |
| Centre (Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An) | Summers are normally hot and dry | Sep-Feb: strong winds, large swells and rain |
| South (Ho Chi Minh City) | Dec-Feb, with cool evenings down to around 20°C | Rainy season May to November |
Read that table twice, because it says the regions pull in different directions. The south is at its best in the same months that the centre has its worst weather and the north is cold. There’s no single month that suits all three, so a north to south trip is always a compromise. A good seller will tell you which end they’ve protected.
A few more specifics help. In Hanoi, autumn is when the weather is at its most perfect, with less humidity, and summer “borders on intolerable”. Pollution is worst in winter. And Hoi An regularly floods during November, so anyone arriving then should book ahead. The town has stayed open through floods, though some tourists have been evacuated.
My plain reading: if one date has to work for the whole country, October to December gets you the north at its best, but you meet the centre in its wet months. If your dates are fixed, choose the region that suits the month and leave the others for another trip. That’s a better idea than a rushed compromise.
Visa: check a dated source, then check again
This is the line to be most careful about, because it changes and because some listings are casual about it.
I’m not going to state Vietnam’s visa rules, fees or validity for Indian passport holders here. I have no official, dated page to give you for them, and a visa rule quoted without one can be out of date by the time you read it. Look up the current rules for your own passport before you book anything.
Two honest limits on that. First, I tried to open the Vietnamese government’s official e-Visa portal, evisa.gov.vn, and the page wouldn’t load for me because of a certificate error, so I couldn’t read the fee or the processing time straight from the source. Some third-party sites mention a fee change in April 2026, but I couldn’t confirm that on an official page, so I’m not repeating it. Second, visa rules change. Check the official portal on the day you apply, and don’t treat a blog, mine included, as the final word.
What does that mean for a package? The visa fee is a separate cost, in dollars. Ask whether it’s in the price or on top. Ask whether the seller’s “visa assistance” means they file it for you or just give you a link. At VeeTrips we offer visa assistance, but we’re not a visa authority: the decision is Vietnam’s, not ours or anyone else’s in the chain. A seller who promises approval is promising something nobody can.
Before you pay
Run this list against any Vietnam package, ours or anyone else’s.
- Flights from Delhi: in the price or not, which airline, and is the ticket in at one city and out of another?
- Domestic legs: how do you get between the cities, and are those tickets in the price?
- Visa: who applies, whose fee, and is it in the number?
- Meals: breakfast only, or more? What about the cruise day?
- Sightseeing: which entries and cruises are included, and which are “optional”?
- Hotel area in each city, not just the hotel name.
- Dates: what happens if yours move? That’s when a person who answers the phone matters.
- Per person or per couple, and for how many nights?
We’re a single-owner agency in Dwarka, so if your plans change the week before you go, you can call the office and speak to the person who booked it. I’d rather you ask a dull question now than find out on the pavement in Hanoi.
One more thing, since this is a first trip abroad for plenty of readers. A package earns its place when you want one person answerable for the hotels, the transfers and the sightseeing across several cities. It’s less obviously worth it if you’re happy to book flights and rooms yourself and you’ve done it before. Compare both totals line by line, and don’t take anyone’s word for which is cheaper, including mine.
Frequently asked questions
Do Vietnam tour packages from Delhi include flights?
Some do and some don’t. A listing can show hotel, meals and sightseeing icons and still leave the Delhi flight out. Ask. If the seller says “with flight”, get the airline, the cities you fly in and out of, and the timings in writing.
How long is the flight from Delhi to Vietnam?
Vietnam Airlines lists Delhi to Hanoi at 4 hrs 15 mins and Delhi to Ho Chi Minh City at 5 hrs 0 min, with 4 and 3 flights a week. Those figures change with the date and demand, so check the schedule when you book.
Do Indians need a visa for Vietnam?
I can’t give you a current rule here without an official, dated source. Visa rules and fees change, so check Vietnam’s official e-Visa portal for your own passport before you apply.
How many days do I need for Vietnam?
For one region, 5 nights is enough. For the classic north to south trip, 10 nights is a sensible length. Fitting Hanoi, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh City into 5 nights means spending much of it in transit.
What is the best time to visit Vietnam?
It depends on the region. The north is pleasant in spring and autumn, the south from December to February, and the centre has a rough time from September to February. No month suits the whole country, and I can’t promise any week will be dry.
Is a package cheaper than booking myself?
Not always. A package earns its place when one person answers for the hotels, the transfers and the sightseeing across several cities. If you’re happy stitching it together, compare both totals line by line.
