Arriving in Vietnam

15/09/2025 Views: 162 Leticia

Arriving in Ho Chi Minh at the end of august is hot and humid!

I purchased a sim card at the airport and order a grab taxi (on the grab app, a most have, it’s like uber). Because the second of September is a national holiday I stayed in Ho Chi Minh for a few days before heading to Phan Thiet.

To go from Ho Chi Minh to the Thien Chi Center located near Phan Thiet, you have two options.

Option 1: the bus (8€)

Go to this address in Ho Chi Minh; Trung Nga bus station: 85A, Nguyen Cu Trinh, district 1, Ho Chi Minh city - Address on GG map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/89Fk4eSUStPDDPTx7.

Go to the man sitting on the computer and deliver this message meaning that they should sell you a ticket to this destination: “Bán cho bạn này 1 vé về bến Trung Nga ở Võ Văn Kiệt nha anh”

You can follow the bus on google maps and it should leave you here: (Address on GG map for the place the bus drop you) https://maps.app.goo.gl/TTY1i3tS965kxcWK8


Once you drop in Phan Thiet, a staff member will come to pick you up.

This is the option I chose, and, in my experience, I arrived at the bus station in Ho Chi Minh around 8 am and I had to wait the bus until 11am. So maybe if you have time to ask beforehand, you can save some useless waiting time. Other than that, everything went smoothly.

Option 2: taxi (100€)

For the second option, you can just book a taxi, but it is expensive as the drive there is around 3h30.

Once here, the thien chi director picked me up and showed me to my homestay.

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