Direct flights between the capital city of Laos and the central city of Vietnam will be resumed from March 29.

The
national carrier of Laos, Lao Airlines, will resume direct flights connecting
Laos’ capital, Vientiane, with Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang from March 29,
with a frequency of two flights per week, according to a report from the
Government News.

The
carrier will operate two weekly flights on Thursdays and Sundays using a Comac
909 aircraft with 90 economy-class seats. The estimated flight time is
approximately one hour and 20 minutes.

Flights
are scheduled to depart from Vientiane at 11.20 and arrive in Da Nang at 12.40.
Return flights will depart from Da Nang at 13:50 and arrive in Vientiane at
15:10 on the same day.

The
proposed round-trip fare listed on the airline’s website is $290 for bookings
made in April 2026.

In
the recent years, Vietnam has been the second biggest number of foreign
visitors to the neighboring country, while Laos has remained among the top 15
source markets for Vietnam’s tourism sector.

Tourist
flows from Vietnam to Laos and vice versa both grew by over 23 per cent in
2024. In the first eight months of 2025, Vietnam welcomed 134,507 Lao visitors,
a year-on-year increase of 33.1 per cent.

Meanwhile,
in the first half of 2025, Laos received 588,692 Vietnamese visitors, marking a
15 per cent increase year-on-year.

VGP-Van Nguyen