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Ho Chi Minh City in October
Mixed month: October is outside the recommended season (December – April). Mid-Autumn Festival (Tet Trung Thu) can fall this month. Nothing in our data flags October as a problem, but it isn't the season the place is best in.
The season opens in December, 2 months away.
3 days in Ho Chi Minh City in October · from ₹15,122 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
What’s on in October
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Mid-Autumn Festival (Tet Trung Thu)dates shift yearly
The children's festival of the full moon: lanterns, lion dances and mooncakes. Hanoi's Hang Ma street and Hoi An's old town are full of lanterns in the week before.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 3 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹15,122 for two
- Room a night₹2,020
- Food a day, each₹1,339
- Main sight entry, each₹150
Mid-range
₹37,906 for two
- Room a night₹5,890
- Food a day, each₹3,090
- Main sight entry, each₹150
Luxury
₹96,485 for two
- Room a night₹18,400
- Food a day, each₹7,210
- Main sight entry, each₹150
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 Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Flights from India: from 8 cities, one way from ₹11,000
Fly into Phu Quoc (PQC), 306 km away
Then: Flight · 3h 15m (Vietnam Airlines / VietJet / Sun PhuQuoc Airways (PQC))
Flights from India: from 1 city, one way from ₹10,000
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 October
Instead in season this month.
- Ha Giang · great month
- Mai Chau · great month
- Sapa · great month
- Ban Gioc Waterfall (Cao Bang) · good month
- Hanoi · good month
- Ninh Binh (Tam Coc & Trang An) · good month
- Pu Luong · good month
Nearby in Saigon & the South-East:
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