Hoi An

A riverside trading town of old shophouses and halls, with a beach nearby and the My Son ruins a day trip away.

Reviewed 20 Oct 2026

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VerdictCome February to April for dry days in the Ancient Town; October and November are the wettest months.

Hoi An is a small town on the Thu Bon River, about 25 km south of Da Nang city in a straight line. Vietnam Tourism, the national tourism site, says it was a major Southeast Asian trading post from the 15th to the 19th centuries, and that 844 of the 1107 buildings in the townscape are on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The Japanese Covered Bridge, which the site says the Japanese built around 1593 to link their neighbourhood to the Chinese one, is printed on the 20,000 VND banknote.

October is the wettest month here, and floods are nothing new for the people who live in the old town. Gemma, from Australia, arrived on 26 October 2025 with her mother and brother, partway through a 17-day trip they'd booked long before. Friends had promised the water would be gone by then. Bad weather had already pushed the family off the beach and into the old town, where they found what she called "the sea in the old town" when she told her story to VnExpress International. Their Airbnb cancelled over power cuts and rising water, the restaurants shut, and locals and hotel staff found them new rooms and moved their bags by boat. So they pulled on raincoats and waded through with other tourists, which she found "memorable and different" from her earlier visits. She was struck by how the locals took it: "They were calm, walking or cycling through the flooded areas. Life just goes on."

Vietnam Today's report on the flooded Ancient Town, published on 1 November 2025:

Hoi An’s heritage endures amid floods | Vietnam Today

The town's heritage office asks visitors to buy a ticket before walking into the Ancient Town. Since 10 August 2026 the Da Nang city council has set the fee at VND 20,000 per person for each building you enter, the same for Vietnamese and foreign visitors. The heritage center's ticket notice still listed its VND 120,000 ticket on 20 October 2026 (the Japanese Covered Bridge or Quan Cong Temple, one museum and three monuments), so ask at the booth which price applies. Among the old houses, Vietnam Tourism singles out Tan Ky Old House, built in 1741 and home to seven generations of one family.

A two-storey yellow shophouse with wooden shutters and a balcony, lanterns hanging over the pavement — Image: Supanut Arunoprayote / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Side view of the covered bridge at dusk, showing the stone piers and the roofed wooden gallery above — Image: yuichiro anazawa / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

The main temple of My Son Group G on a raised base with brick stairways on two sides — Image: Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

A smiling man in a pale grey ao dai holds a painted fan in a lantern shop crowded with silk lanterns — Image: Võ Văn Tiến / Pexels

Guides we wrote before Hoi An had its own page cover both towns, and they stay on the Hoi An & Da Nang page.

Region: Central Vietnam
Province: Da Nang
Nearest airport: Da Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km (14 mi)14 mi (23 km) in a straight line. All three nearest
Weather station: Đà Nẵng6 m (20 ft) above sea level
UNESCO: World Heritage Site

Hoi An in pictures

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Top sights in Hoi An

We picked sights whose official hours and ticket prices we could check. This is not a ranking.

Hoi An itinerary

The full plan, stop by stop, with times, fees and a map for each day

Hoi An by interest

UNESCO World Heritage

Climate in Hoi An

Monthly averages from the Đà Nẵng weather station, 6 m (20 ft) above sea level, 22 km (14 mi)14 mi (22 km) from Hoi An. Averages describe a typical month, not a forecast.

Least rain: Feb to Apr (24 to 35 mm a month)Feb to Apr (24 to 35 mm a month)
Most rain: Sep to Nov (351 to 628 mm a month)Sep to Nov (351 to 628 mm a month)
Coolest: Dec to Jan (21.5 to 22.2°C mean)Dec to Jan (71 to 72°F mean)
Warmest: Jun to Jul (29.3 to 29.4°C mean)Jun to Jul (85°F mean)
Drier months by our rule: Jan to JulJan to Jul

Mean temperature (left axis) Average daily low to high Rainfall (right axis)

Monthly climate averages for Hoi An
Month	Mean °C / °FMean °F / °C	Low to high °CLow to high °F	Rain mm	Rain days	Fog days	Drizzle days	Sun hours	By our rule
January	21.5 / 7171 / 21.5	19.3 to 25.067 to 77	82	12.0	0.4	0.2	132	DrierMostly cloudy, some rain
February	22.4 / 7272 / 22.4	20.2 to 26.268 to 79	24	5.6	0.9	0.1	146	DrierSun and cloud, little rain
March	24.2 / 7676 / 24.2	21.8 to 28.371 to 83	25	4.8	2.2	0.0	182	DrierSun and cloud, little rain
April	26.5 / 8080 / 26.5	23.8 to 31.075 to 88	35	5.4	1.0	0.0	209	DrierSun and cloud, little rain
May	28.4 / 8383 / 28.4	25.2 to 33.377 to 92	81	9.2	0.0	0.0	247	DrierHot and sunny, some rain
June	29.4 / 8585 / 29.4	26.0 to 34.579 to 94	83	8.1	0.0	0.0	242	DrierHot and sunny, some rain
July	29.3 / 8585 / 29.3	25.7 to 34.478 to 94	93	9.4	0.0	0.0	246	DrierHot and sunny, some rain
August	29.0 / 8484 / 29.0	25.6 to 33.978 to 93	141	11.6	0.0	0.0	215	MixedSun and cloud, rainy
September	27.6 / 8282 / 27.6	24.5 to 31.876 to 89	351	14.6	0.0	0.0	177	WetSun and cloud, heavy rain
October	26.0 / 7979 / 26.0	23.5 to 29.574 to 85	628	20.0	0.0	0.0	143	WetMostly cloudy, very heavy rain
November	24.4 / 7676 / 24.4	22.1 to 27.472 to 81	448	20.3	0.0	0.0	118	WetMostly cloudy, heavy rain
December	22.2 / 7272 / 22.2	20.0 to 25.168 to 77	218	18.7	0.3	0.1	95	ShoweryMostly cloudy, rainy

Swipe the table sideways to see every column.

The weather station is 22 km (14 mi)14 mi (22 km) away, so the weather in Hoi An itself can differ.

How the last column is decided

These limits are ours; the source tables do not set them. A month is Drier when it has under 100 mm of rain, no more than 12 rainy days and fewer than 10 foggy days. Otherwise it is Wet (over 250 mm), Foggy (10 or more foggy days), Showery (15 or more rainy days) or Mixed. A month near one of these limits could almost have the next label, so read the numbers.

The icon beside each label pictures the month. The sun fills it at 7 or more hours of sunshine a day (the month's total over its days), sits behind cloud from 5 hours, peeks out from 3 and gives way to two clouds below that. Drops start at 50 mm of rain and grow to four long ones at 500 mm or more. A foggy month shows fog lines; a broken ring means no sunshine figure. The sun is yellow, orange in a sunny month and red when that month is also hot (a mean of 28°C or more); drops go from light to dark blue as the rain grows. The dot beside the label is the drier, mixed or wet colour of the homepage board.

The source does not define a “rain day”. Crowds, prices and storms are not part of this table.

The source does not say which years these averages cover. The regulation does not state the observation period of these tables.

People silhouetted on the shore against an orange evening sky — Image: Pete Walls / Unsplash

Getting to Hoi An

Hoi An has no airport or railway station: fly or take the train to Da Nang, then it is about 30 minutes by road to the Ancient Town from the airport (30 km), the station (31 km) or the Dragon Bridge in central Da Nang (32 km). The Queen Cafe buses from Hanoi and Hue and Da Nang's city bus 02 come into Hoi An itself. Most visitors stay in or around the Ancient Town or out by the beach.

Where are you coming from?

Our pick from Hanoi: Fly to Da Nang and take a taxi or Grab car: under 2 hours from take-off to the Ancient Town. The 18:30 Queen Cafe sleeper bus is the only way that stops in Hoi An, at 11:30 the next day.

Fly to Da Nang
Vietnam Airlines
Fastest
Door to town
1 h 55 min
1 h 25 min flight + 30 min drive
Fare
On the airlines' sites
How often
10 to 11 a day
You arrive at
Da Nang Airport, domestic terminal T1
Train to Da Nang
Quickest train: SE3
Overnight
Door to town
15 h 38 min
15 h 08 min train + 30 min drive
19:20 to 10:28 next day
Fare
On the railway's booking site
How often
6 a day
You arrive at
Da Nang station
Sleeper bus
Queen Cafe Bus
Into townOvernight
Door to town
17 h 00 min
bus straight into town
18:30 to 11:30 next day
Fare
600,000 to 850,000 VND
about US$23 to 33, sleeper bed to VIP cabin
How often
1 a day
You arrive at
105 Ton Duc Thang Street, Hoi An
Pick-up 18:00 to 18:30 at 208 Tran Quang Khai.

Door to town = the trip + the drive on the map. Taxi not in the fare.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Natural Earth.

Da Nang Airport (DAD) to Hoi An Ancient Town30 km (19 mi)19 mi (30 km), about 30 min by car
Da Nang station to Hoi An Ancient Town31 km (19 mi)19 mi (31 km), about 30 min by car
Hoi An bus station to Hoi An Ancient Town2 km (1 mi)1 mi (2 km), about 5 min by car
Hoi An Ancient Town to An Bang Beach5 km (3 mi)3 mi (5 km), about 10 min by car
Da Nang centre (Dragon Bridge) to Hoi An Ancient Town32 km (20 mi)20 mi (32 km), about 30 min by car
Hoi An Ancient Town to Cua Dai pier8 km (5 mi)5 mi (8 km), about 10 min by car

Full detailsBy air · From Da Nang airport · By train · By bus

By air

Fly to Da Nang (DAD); our Da Nang page has the details, and our closest airport to Hoi An post compares Da Nang with Chu Lai and Phu Bai.

From Da Nang airport

Bus 01SB, run by the Hai Van company in 10-seat vans, goes from the airport to Hoi An for VND 120,000. It leaves from the domestic terminal (T1) car park and also calls at the international terminal (T2); its times follow the flight schedule, and Da Nang's bus site publishes no timetable for it, so ask at the airport. On the way it stops at the International Convention Centre and The Ocean Estates on the beach road, and it ends at the Cua Dai pier car park, 8 km from the Ancient Town; the route list shows no stop in town.

The taxi fare in the table is Xanh SM's Da Nang rate card (VND 30,500 for the first 2 km, then VND 15,300, 14,000 and 13,000 a km in steps) applied to the 30 km by our arithmetic, before any airport fee or toll.

By train

The nearest station is Da Nang; train times are on our Da Nang page, including the tourist train from Hue over the Hai Van Pass.

Correction, 23 October 2026: the train options at the top of Getting there gave the time each train leaves Da Nang as its arrival, 15 minutes after it gets in. SE3 from Hanoi and Hue reaches Da Nang at 10:28, not 10:43, and SE2 from Ho Chi Minh City at 13:06, not 13:21, so SE2 takes 16 h 31 min, not 16 h 46 min.

By bus

City bus 02 links central Da Nang and Hoi An. It starts at Da Nang's central bus station, stops in the centre opposite 151 Tran Phu, by the cathedral, and in Hoi An calls at the Hoi An bus station on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, 2 km from the Ancient Town, and on Ly Thuong Kiet Street before running out along Cua Dai Road to the pier. The whole route takes 90 minutes. Fares go by distance: VND 8,000 up to 10 km, VND 20,000 up to 25 km and VND 30,000 beyond.

From Hue, Queen Cafe Bus leaves 7 Doi Cung Street and stops at 105 Ton Duc Thang Street in Hoi An; the bus back leaves Hoi An at 13:30 and reaches Hue at 16:30. From Hanoi the same company picks up at 208 Tran Quang Khai; the 36-seat sleeper costs VND 600,000, the 32-bed cabin VND 700,000 and the 22-bed VIP cabin VND 850,000.

Getting around Hoi An

The Ancient Town's streets are kept for people on foot and non-motorised vehicles from 09:00 to 21:30 in summer and to 21:00 in winter, and Phan Chau Trinh Street from 17:30, so walk or cycle in; bicycles are allowed. Our Ancient Town ticket post explains what you pay. An Bang Beach is 5 km by road, about 10 minutes, and the Cua Dai pier 8 km. From the pier, speedboats cross to Cu Lao Cham in 20 to 25 minutes, going out between 08:00 and 10:00 and returning at 13:30 to 14:00, for VND 350,000 to 400,000 return including the island fees; Vietnam Tourism says the islands are hard to reach from October to February, when the sea is rough.

VinWonders Nam Hoi An runs a free shuttle that picks up at An Bang Beach at 09:10 and on Hai Ba Trung Street at 09:20, returning at 18:00. The tourist bus 01DL from Hoi An to My Son is suspended for six months from 15 September 2026, so go by taxi, motorbike or tour.

Nearest airports

The three nearest airports with scheduled flights, as the crow flies. By road or rail the trip is longer, and the nearest airport is not always the easiest one to use.

DADDa Nang International Airport23 km (14 mi)14 mi (23 km)
VCLChu Lai Airport67 km (42 mi)42 mi (67 km)
HUIPhu Bai International Airport88 km (55 mi)55 mi (88 km)

A man rows a boat loaded with goods on the calm river — Image: Juup Schram / Unsplash

Where to stay in Hoi An

We don't rank hotels and have no booking partners. These are the areas, described by what is near them.

Inside or next to the Ancient Town. The Japanese Covered Bridge is about 0.3 km from the middle of the Ancient Town.

By the beach. Vietnam Tourism says a beach is less than 10 km away and that some visitors stay at a beach-side resort and go into the old town for day trips. It names An Bang as the nearest and most popular beach and Cua Dai as the beach where most of the resorts are.

In Da Nang. Da Nang's airport is about 23 km from the Ancient Town in a straight line. My Son is 68 km from Da Nang city, against 45 km from the Ancient Town.

UNESCO status

Hoi An Ancient Town
Cultural. Inscribed 1999.
- Image: Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Image: Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Image: Suicasmo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Image: Steffen Schmitz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Image: lumoplank / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Our guides to Hoi An

Getting to nearby places

The three nearest places, as the crow flies.

Da Nang
Straight line:
25 km (16 mi)16 mi (25 km)
By road:
31 km (19 mi)19 mi (31 km), about 0 h 29 min by car
Hue
Straight line:
102 km (63 mi)63 mi (102 km)
By road:
121 km (75 mi)75 mi (121 km), about 1 h 45 min by car
Motorbike one way:
Anh Khoa (hoianit.com) lists 750,000 VND (about US$29) with luggage transfer.
Quy Nhon
Straight line:
252 km (157 mi)157 mi (252 km)
By road:
289 km (180 mi)180 mi (289 km), about 3 h 39 min by car

Flights: no fares shown

Fares are on each airline's own site.

Motorbike: same roads as the car, valid licence needed

Hoi An Bike Rental lists a Honda Air Blade 110cc automatic at US$5.95 a day (October 2026). Details on getting around.

Questions travelers ask about Hoi An

When is the best time to visit Hoi An? February to April, if you can choose. Hoi An has no weather station of its own, and at the nearest one, in Da Nang, those are the three driest months of the year. Avoid October and November if rain bothers you: October is the wettest month there, at about 630 mm on average, and November comes next. Our Hoi An weather by month guide has the figures for every month.

When is the Ancient Town least crowded? On a thread asking whether Hoi An was worth it, one reply:

"The old town is great in the morning when you're alone. The evening was like hell for me. Outside of the old town I loved riding my biciclye around the rice fields and to the beach! Lovely town."

u/Effective_Tackle_195 on r/VietNam

Is there more to do than the Old Town? On the same thread, another reply:

"Jump over to Cham Island, 15 mins by speedboat and a whole different experience."

u/OkSeaworthiness1267 on r/VietNam

Sources

Checked in October 2026.Show all 38 sources

QCVN 02:2022/BXD, National technical regulation on natural physical and climatic data for construction. Ministry of Construction, Viet Nam (issued with Circular 02/2022/TT-BXD); climate data supplied by IMHEN. Station: Đà Nẵng. The source does not say which years.
OurAirports. Public domain, no guarantee of accuracy. Scheduled-service airports only.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Viet Nam. Inscription years as listed by UNESCO.
Wikimedia Commons. Photographs in the UNESCO status section, each credited to its photographer under its own open licence.
OpenStreetMap data routed with OSRM, car profile. Estimate for a car at the speeds in the map data. Traffic, road works, weather and stops are not included.
OpenStreetMap and Natural Earth. Main roads, railway and rivers on the Getting there map from OpenStreetMap (ODbL); land and borders from Natural Earth (public domain). Drive lengths and times on the map routed with OSRM.
Anh Khoa (hoianit.com). One-way rental from Hoi An to Hue over the Hai Van Pass with luggage transfer included, petrol and the pass gate ticket not included. The operator states about 150 km and 5 to 6 hours with stops. The page was marked as updated in August 2026.
Hoi An Bike Rental. Price per day in US dollars as listed by the shop. It includes two helmets, unlimited mileage and delivery in Hoi An. Petrol is paid separately.
Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam: Circular 44/2024/TT-BGTVT
Tuoi Tre News: Foreigners caught riding motorbikes without international driving permits in Vietnam's Khanh Hoa. News report dated 14 May 2026.
vietnam.travel. Hoi An on the Thu Bon River.
vietnam.travel. Major Southeast Asian trading post from the 15th to the 19th centuries; 844 of the 1107 buildings on the UNESCO list.
hoianheritage.danang.gov.vn. Visitors asked to buy a ticket before entering the ancient town.
danang.gov.vn. Fee from 10 August 2026: Resolution 98/2026/NQ-HĐND sets the Ancient Town sightseeing fee at VND 20,000 (20.000) per person per building (công trình), the same for Vietnamese and foreign visitors; reported on the city portal.
nhandan.vn. Same fee and start date reported by the newspaper Nhan Dan on 7 August 2026 (07/08/2026).
hoianheritage.danang.gov.vn. Streets closed to traffic 09:00 to 21:30 in summer, 09:00 to 21:00 in winter.
mysonsanctuary.com.vn. My Son visits 06:00 to 18:00; first show 09:00.
mysonsanctuary.com.vn. My Son 45 km from Hoi An Ancient Town; 68 km from Da Nang city.
wikidata.org, page 2, page 3. Ancient Town about 25 km (24.88 km) from Da Nang city; airport about 23 km (23.15 km); Japanese Covered Bridge about 0.3 km (0.28 km).
davidmegginson.github.io. Ancient Town about 25 km (24.88 km) from Da Nang city; airport about 23 km (23.15 km); Japanese Covered Bridge about 0.3 km (0.28 km).
router.project-osrm.org, page 2, page 3. Drive times on the map, OpenStreetMap routed with OSRM via scripts/access-maps.mjs (data/access-maps/hoi-an.json, built 2026-10-18): Da Nang Airport (T1) to the Ancient Town 30 km, 30 min; Da Nang station 31 km, 30 min; Hoi An bus station 2 km, 5 min; Ancient Town to An Bang Beach 5 km, 10 min; to Cua Dai pier 8 km, 10 min; Da Nang centre (the Dragon Bridge, point from its page at 16.06111, 108.22667) to the Ancient Town 32 km, 30 min (centre = “Phố cổ Hội An / Hoi An Old Town”, OSM node 4601279489 at 15.87713, 108.32866; T1 OSM way 295394150; station OSM way 303615117; bus station OSM node 11686377861; An Bang = the beach road in An Bang, OSM way 207755634; Cua Dai pier OSM way 514538921, “Cảng Du Lịch Cửa Đại - Hội An”).
vietnamairlines.com. Vietnam Airlines' Da Nang page: 13 flights a day from Ho Chi Minh City, 10 to 11 from Hanoi.
giotaugiave.dsvn.vn. No station in Hoi An: the national timetable's stations for the region are Hue and Da Nang (row 6 of closest-airport-to-hoi-an.sources.md; data/vietnam-rail.json).
danangbus.vn. Bus 01SB Da Nang airport to Hoi An (DanaBus route list): Hoi An end at the Cua Dai pier car park, airport end at the domestic terminal T1 car park, via the international arrivals T2; hours and trips follow the flight schedule; stops airport, International Convention Centre (Vo Nguyen Giap), The Ocean Estates (Truong Sa), Cua Dai pier (the other direction adds Aria, Hyatt Regency, Crown International Club); 45 km; VND 120,000; Hyundai Solati, 10 seats; operator Hai Van international transport joint venture, Quang Nam branch; running since 25/9/2025.
xanhsm.com. Xanh SM (Green SM) Car, Da Nang: VND 30,500 for the first 2 km, 15,300 a km to km 12, 14,000 to km 25, 13,000 from km 26; 30 km = 30,500 + 10 × 15,300 + 13 × 14,000 + 5 × 13,000 = VND 430,500.
grab.com. Grab lists Hoi An (and Da Nang) among the places it serves.
danangbus.vn. Bus 02, Da Nang central bus station to Cua Dai: southbound stop opposite 151 Tran Phu (Chicken Church, the cathedral); in Hoi An via Nguyen Tat Thanh, the Hoi An bus station (Bến xe buýt Hội An), Ly Thuong Kiet (stop at EMM Hotel, 187 Ly Thuong Kiet), Tran Nhan Tong, Cua Dai, Au Co to the Cua Dai pier car park; 05:15 to 18:30; 90 minutes, 70 from the city administration centre to Cua Dai; every 15 to 30 minutes; VND 8,000 up to 10 km, 20,000 over 10 to 25 km, 30,000 over 25 km. The operator's notice of 28/08/2026 (electric buses, 15 to 30 minutes) names the route's end as the Hai Ba Trung car park in Hoi An instead of Cua Dai.
queenbus.com.vn, page 2. Queen Cafe Bus, Hue to Hoi An (page dated 14/08/2026): table 07:30 and 13:00 from 7 Doi Cung, arrivals 11:30 and 16:00 at 105 Ton Duc Thang Street; FAQ says 08:00 and 13:00; 9-seat limousine VND 300,000, sleeper VND 200,000. Hoi An to Hue (page dated 26/07/2026): 13:30, arrives 16:30, VND 200,000.
queenbus.com.vn. Queen Cafe Bus, Hanoi to Hoi An: 18:00 to 18:30 from 208 Tran Quang Khai, arrives 11:30 the next day at 105 Ton Duc Thang Street; 36-seat sleeper VND 600,000, 32-bed cabin 700,000, VIP 22-bed cabin 850,000 one way.
culaochammpa.com.vn. Cu Lao Cham speedboats from Cua Dai port: 20 to 25 minutes, out 8:00 to 10:00, back 13:30 to 14:00, VND 350,000 to 400,000 round trip including the VND 70,000 fee and VND 20,000 cleaning fee (marine park board, as row 14 of attr-cu-lao-cham.sources.md); Vietnam Tourism: virtually inaccessible October to February due to rough seas (row 16 there).
vietnam.travel. Cu Lao Cham speedboats from Cua Dai port: 20 to 25 minutes, out 8:00 to 10:00, back 13:30 to 14:00, VND 350,000 to 400,000 round trip including the VND 70,000 fee and VND 20,000 cleaning fee (marine park board, as row 14 of attr-cu-lao-cham.sources.md); Vietnam Tourism: virtually inaccessible October to February due to rough seas (row 16 there).
vinwonders.com. VinWonders Nam Hoi An free shuttle: An Bang Beach 09:10, Hai Ba Trung Street 09:20, return 18:00; schedules may change.
danangbus.vn. Tourist bus 01DL Hoi An to My Son to Dong Giang suspended for 6 months from 15/9/2026 (DanaBus notice of 14/09/2026, citing the Da Nang Department of Construction's letter 16791/SXD-VTATGT of 11/9/2026).
giotaugiave.dsvn.vn. Trains to Da Nang station, the nearest to Hoi An: six express trains a day from Hanoi, from Hue and from Saigon; quickest from Hanoi SE3 19:20, arrives 10:28 (leaves 10:43), 15 h 08 min; quickest from Saigon SE2 20:35, arrives 13:06 (leaves 13:21), 16 h 31 min; from Hue SE3 07:55 to 10:28, 2 h 33 min (SE7, 19:43 to 22:15, is a minute quicker). Until 23 October this row used the departures from Da Nang as arrivals (10:43, 13:21; 15 h 23 min, 16 h 46 min, 2 h 48 min).
k.vnticketonline.vn. Hue and Da Nang train fare, SE2 Da Nang 13:21 to Hue, travel date 10 November 2026: soft seat (NML56) VND 103,000, air-conditioned soft seat (NML56V) VND 113,000 (fare record in data/vietnam-fares.json, read on the railway's ticket site in a browser).
ketnoidisan.dsvn.vn. Tourist train HĐ1 Hue 7:05 to Da Nang 10:10; HĐ3 14:30 to 18:15; soft seat from VND 180,000 (Tuesday 20-10-2026) and from VND 210,000 (Sunday 18-10-2026) (as row 22 of place-da-nang.sources.md). Times rechecked on ketnoidisan.dsvn.vn on 20 October; the fares (read 18 October) are only in the getting-there table, not in the page text, and were not re-read.
giotaugiave.dsvn.vn. Tourist train HĐ1 Hue 7:05 to Da Nang 10:10; HĐ3 14:30 to 18:15; soft seat from VND 180,000 (Tuesday 20-10-2026) and from VND 210,000 (Sunday 18-10-2026) (as row 22 of place-da-nang.sources.md). Times rechecked on ketnoidisan.dsvn.vn on 20 October; the fares (read 18 October) are only in the getting-there table, not in the page text, and were not re-read.
pexels.com. Image: a man in an ao dai in a Hoi An lantern shop, Võ Văn Tiến, Pexels License (taken 2025-12-19).

Dong Son bronze drum face ornament: Tom Mai, Public domain