Transportation in Ho Chi Minh City

Transportation in Ho Chi Minh City is good enough for visitors to move within the city quite comfortably and at ease. Transportation in Ho Chi Minh City primarily comprises of train, buses and ferry services.

Bus

Inter-city buses arrive and depart from a variety of stations around the Ho Chi Minh City. Cholon bus station is the best place to avail buses to My Tho and other Mekong Delta towns. The Cholon bus station is one street north of the sprawling Binh Tay Market.

Availing bus in Mien Tay bus station is not that convenient as getting into buses from Cholon. However Mien Tay has even more buses which depart daily to areas south of Ho Chi Minh City. This huge station is about 10 kilometers west of Ho Chi Minh City in An Lac, a part of Binh Chanh district. Buses and minibuses from Mien Tay serve most towns in the Mekong Delta.

Buses moving to the north of Ho Chi Minh City leave from Mien Dong bus station in Binh Thanh district about 5 kilometers from central Ho Chi Minh City.

Buses to Tay Ninh, Cu Chi and points northeast of Ho Chi Minh City depart from the Tay Ninh bus station, in Tan Binh district west of the center.

Train

Trains mainly serve from the Saigon train station. The train services include the Reunification Express to Hanoi and serve cities along the coast north of Ho Chi Minh City.

Ferry

Ferry services are widely availed in Ho Chi Minh City. Cargo ferries bound for the Mekong Delta depart from the dock at the river end of DL Ham Nghi. There is a daily service to the provinces of An Giang and Vinh Long and to the towns of Ben Tre which takes about 8 hours to reach. Ca Mau is 30 hours away and departs once every 4 days. My Tho takes 6 hours to reach. Travelers need to buy tickets on boats. Simple food at times may be available on board. These ancient vessels lack the most elementary safety gear, such as life jackets. So passengers need to be careful while traveling on a boat.