Flights from Ho Chi Minh City (VN968) will take off at 00.05 and from Nagoya (VN969) at 11.30 (local time). A round-trip ticket for economy class will be US$750 and for business class, US$1,310, excluding tax and other fees.

Vietnam Airlines will now have 45 direct flights per week to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka.

The operation of direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Nagoya began in July, 2005 but stopped in December, 2007, because of the global economic downturn. Direct flights between Hanoi and Nagoya started in August 2008.