Vietjet, the Vietnamese low-cost airline, has announced an increase in its flight frequency from Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne and Sydney from three weekly to four weekly return flights starting in September 2023. The flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Melbourne will operate every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday taking off at 10:55 and landing at 22:35 local time. The return flights from Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City, operating every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, take off at 12:30 am and land at 06:30 local time. The Ho Chi Minh City-Sydney route will also have four weekly return flights from 18 September, with flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday and flights back to Ho Chi Minh City every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
The airline has also launched a special promotion on routes connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane, offering USD zero tickets for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays until 25 October 2023. In addition, Vietjet will launch its first-ever direct flight connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Brisbane in June 2023.