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Cat Ba (Lan Ha Bay) in January
Mixed month: January is outside the recommended season (April – June, September – October). Plan around: Tet: Closures and a Travel Rush. Tet (Lunar New Year) can fall this month.
The season opens in April, 3 months away.
2 days in Cat Ba (Lan Ha Bay) in January · from ₹8,522 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
Before you book January
Closures, crowds and rules at Cat Ba (Lan Ha Bay) this month.
Worth knowing
Tet: Closures and a Travel Rush
Tet (Lunar New Year) falls on 6 February in 2027. In the week before, trains, buses and flights sell out and fares rise; for three to five days after, many shops, restaurants and family-run hotels close. Check the date for your year, book transport a month or more ahead, and expect higher prices.
What’s on in January
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Tet (Lunar New Year)dates shift yearly
Vietnam's biggest holiday. In the week before, trains, buses and flights sell out and prices rise as everyone travels home; for three to five days after New Year's Eve many shops, restaurants and family-run hotels close, while temples and flower markets are at their liveliest. Book transport a month or more ahead, or avoid travelling in the days either side.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹8,522 for two
- Room a night₹1,470
- Food a day, each₹1,196
- Main sight entry, each₹290
Mid-range
₹20,117 for two
- Room a night₹4,050
- Food a day, each₹2,760
- Main sight entry, each₹290
Luxury
₹46,804 for two
- Room a night₹11,040
- Food a day, each₹6,440
- Main sight entry, each₹290
What January does to prices
- In the week before, trains, buses and flights sell out and fares rise; for three to five days after, many shops, restaurants and family-run hotels close.
- Check the date for your year, book transport a month or more ahead, and expect higher prices.
- In the week before, trains, buses and flights sell out and prices rise as everyone travels home; for three to five days after New Year's Eve many shops, restaurants and family-run hotels close, while temples and flower markets are at their liveliest.
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Vietnam yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Hanoi (HAN), 128 km away
Then: Transfer · 3h 30m (Private car incl. the car ferry, per vehicle)
Flights from India: from 7 cities, one way from ₹9,000
Fly into Da Nang (DAD), 534 km away
Flights from India: from 5 cities, one way from ₹14,500
Routes compared
Entry rules
E-visa before you fly for up to 90 days, about ₹2,380
- At least a week before you fly, apply for the e-visa on the official portal, evisa.gov.vn: passport scan, a recent photo, your entry date and the airport you will land at. The fee is US$25 single entry or US$50 multiple entry (for a side trip to Cambodia or Laos), paid by card and not refunded if refused.
- Approval usually takes 3 working days. Download the e-visa, check every letter of your name and passport number and the dates, and print it.
- At immigration, show your passport and the printed e-visa. There is no arrival card. Enter through the airport or border post named on the e-visa.
- Flying straight into Phu Quoc from abroad and staying on the island: no visa is needed for up to 30 days, but you need one to go on to the mainland. India's embassy in Hanoi advises getting the e-visa anyway, in case you have to reach the mainland in an emergency.
Carry: Passport valid for at least 6 months from the day you arrive, with two blank pages; Printed e-visa approval letter; Return or onward ticket; Hotel bookings for the stay.
Use only evisa.gov.vn (the Vietnam Immigration Department's portal); look-alike sites charge two to four times the fee. The e-visa cannot be extended inside Vietnam, so choose its dates and single or multiple entry carefully.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Vietnam in January
Instead in season this month.
- Ha Long Bay · great month
- Mui Ne · great month
- Ninh Binh (Tam Coc & Trang An) · great month
- Phu Quoc · great month
- Vung Tau · great month
- Ben Tre (Mekong Delta) · great month
- Can Tho (Mekong Delta) · great month
- Cu Chi Tunnels · great month
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