Railway guides buying train tickets with 40% discount during the holidays

Accordingly, this type of ticket is only sold directly at railway stations (Not applicable for online purchase). Customers who buy this type of ticket must bring documents confirming that they are priority subjects when purchasing tickets and when boarding the train.

For war invalids and sick soldiers, those who enjoy the same policy as war invalids must have a citizen identification card with a war invalid card, a war invalid card, a war invalid card, or a decision to issue a certificate for war invalids and sick soldiers, and those who enjoy the same policy as war invalids.

Veterans must have a citizen identification card with one of the following documents: a confirmation letter from a military agency or the People's Committee of the commune, ward or town where the veteran is residing. Confirmation at the agency, organization, or unit where the veteran works. Membership card of the Veterans Association.

Relatives of people with revolutionary contributions must have a citizen identification card attached to one of the following documents: a certificate of relatives of people with revolutionary contributions from the agency or unit where they work or the People's Committee of the ward, commune or town where they reside.

Certificate of merit or have confirmation documents of people with revolutionary contributions or residence information via VNeID.

Note that in case the identification documents do not match the information stated on the discount ticket, the train ticket will be considered invalid.

The application period is from April 24, 2025 to May 9, 2025. These train tickets are sold directly at railway stations (not online). Currently, the number of train tickets sold to people with revolutionary contributions is about 350.

The Railway Transport Joint Stock Company said that in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, the railway industry will organize a special train pair called " unified train fleet". On April 29, 2025, train SE1 departs from Hanoi station and train SE4 departs from Saigon station, the two trains will meet on April 30 at Da Nang station.

The Railway industry organized a " unified train fleet" sale program at Hanoi and Saigon stations and a program to welcome two trains to Da Nang station, with many attractive gifts that the Railway industry has prepared to give to passengers on this " unified train fleet".

During the April 30 and May 1 holidays in 2025 (5 days off), the Railway Transport Joint Stock Company will organize train trips as follows:

Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City route:

Passenger train uniform: runs daily 5 pairs of trains: SE1/2, SE3/4, SE5/6, SE7/8, SE11/12.

Passenger train Area:

Organize daily runs of the following trains: SE19/20 (Hanoi - Da Nang), SE22/21 (Saigon - Da Nang), SNT2/1 (Saigon - Nha Trang), SPT2/1 (Saigon - Phan Thiet), Central Heritage Connecting train HD1/2/3/4 (Hue - Da Nang), NA1/2 (Hanoi - Vinh).

Railway Transport Joint Stock Company organizes additional trips as follows:

Saigon - Da Nang: run 4 more trains SE28/27, SE34/33 (TSE28 on April 29, 2025, SE34 on April 30, 2025 and SE27, SE33 on May 3, 2025).

Saigon - Quy Nhon: operate 12 more SE30/29 trains (Se30 trains on 25, 28, 29, 30.4; 1, 2.5.2025 and SE29 trains on 27, 29, 30.4.2025; 1, 3, 4.5.2025).

Saigon - Nha Trang: run 6 more trains SNT4/5, SNT6/7:

SNT4 train departs from Saigon station on April 29, 30, 2025 and SNT5 departs from Nha Trang station on May 3 and 4, 2025.

SNT6 train departs from Saigon station on April 29, 2025 and SNT7 train departs from Nha Trang station on May 3, 2025.

Saigon - Phan Thiet: run 4 more SPT3/4 trains ( spT4 on April 30, 2025 and SPT3 on April 30, 2025; May 3, and 4, 2025).

Hanoi - Da Nang: run 2 more SE17/18 trains ( quite SE17 on April 29, 2025 and quite SE18 on May 3, 2025).

Hanoi - Dong Hoi: run 4 more QB1/2 flights on April 29, 30, 2025 and QB2 train on May 2 and 3, 2025.

Hanoi - Lao Cai route: runs 2 pairs of trains/day SP3/SP4, SP7/SP8.

Hanoi - Hai Phong route: runs 4 pairs of trains/day HP1/2, LP5/6, LP2/3, LP7/8. Running additional HP3, LP9 trains on April 30 and May 1, 2025; LP10, HD2, HP4 on May 2, 3, and 4, 2025.

Da Lat - Trai Mat route: organizes daily running of 1 pair of trains DL3/4, DL7/8, DL9/10 and runs some more trains DL1/2, DL5/6, DL11/12 of the Da Lat - Trai Mat route to serve the needs of passenger transport.

Regarding ticket prices, this company said that train ticket prices for the April 30 and May 1, 2025 holidays will increase by 2% to 4% compared to 2024, depending on the ship and the travel distance of the passenger.

The number of tickets sold during the transportation period during the April 30 and May 1, 2025 is about 70,600 train tickets (as of April 15, 2025), accounting for about 59% of the number of tickets provided during this holiday. Number of passengers gathered to take the train on April 29 and 30 at Hanoi and Saigon stations to tourist destinations. In the afternoon, passengers mainly take the train on the 3rd and 4th of May to return to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, while there are still tickets for other train trips during the holidays.

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