Phuong Trang
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About Phuong Trang
Bus is a convenient way of travel no matter whether you need to get to a neighboring town a couple of hours away or venture further afield crossing the whole country. Whatever your budget, buses have you covered. Express buses offer the most affordable ticket price for travellers who have very little money to spend. VIP options are geared toward those who do not want to compromise on comfort. Before you jump on a bus, make sure you choose the type of service which suits you best. For a long-haul trip look for a VIP or first-class coach which provides non-stop service to your destination or just call a minor number of stations along the way. Express or local buses in many cases may prove an acceptable choice for shorter trips, but longer rides are often not the best buy. Study the timetable before going as many long-haul destinations are served by night buses, and some offer wider seats or sleeper berths for such travels. Make an online reservation for your bus ticket with Phuong Trang. Other travellers’ reviews will help you to choose the best ticket and coach class.
Phuong Trang Popular Stations
The main stations covered by Phuong Trang’s buses include:
- Bac Lieu Bus Station
- Mien Tay Bus Station
- Can Tho Bus Station
- Nha Trang Southern Bus Station
- Da Lat Bus Station
- 26 Nguyen Cu Trinh
- 32 Nguyen Chi Thanh
- Buon Me Thuot Futa
- An Suong Bus Station
- Mien Dong Moi
- Mui Ne
- Chau Doc
- Nha Trang Southern Bus Station
- Mien Dong
Phuong Trang Top Destinations
Phuong Trang buses ply a number of routes and here is the list of some of the most popular ones:
- Ho Chi Minh City - Mui Ne
- Ho Chi Minh City - Nha Trang
- Ho Chi Minh City - Da Lat
- Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh City
- Da Lat - Ho Chi Minh City
- Nha Trang - Da Lat
- Ho Chi Minh City - Can Tho
- Da Lat - Nha Trang
- Mui Ne - Ho Chi Minh City
- Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh City
- Ho Chi Minh City - Chau Doc
- Chau Doc - Ho Chi Minh City
- Khanh Hoa - Da Lat
- Da Lat - Khanh Hoa
- Ho Chi Minh City - Dak Lak
- Dak Lak - Ho Chi Minh City
- Khanh Hoa - Ho Chi Minh City
- Ho Chi Minh City - Khanh Hoa
- Bac Lieu - Ho Chi Minh City
- Ho Chi Minh City - Bac Lieu
Phuong Trang Ticket Prices & Bus Classes
One of the best things about bus travel is that you can almost tailor-make your trip adjusting it to your requirements for privacy and comfort. Different classes and types of buses cater to the different needs of travellers. The cheapest trips are normally offered by standard-class buses. They may be called local, express or ordinary. These are a good choice for shorter trips. Sleepers or VIP coaches are good both for longer and overnight trips. They may offer berths or wide soft reclining seats, sometimes with built-in massage options, blankets, soft drinks, and snacks, or more substantial meals on board or during toilet or refuelling stops. Travelling by night buses allows you to save on a hotel room, but to ensure the most comfortable ride do choose the class of your bus wisely. Prices always depend on the distance you ride and the type of coach. For some, even shorter trips, it is worth investing some extra money and buying a seat on a VIP bus as it can save you twice as much time as you spend travelling by an ordinary bus.
Travel by Bus: Pros & Cons
Pros of Bus Travel
- Bus is the best choice to get to destinations that are not connected by rail or planes. The network of buses often covers almost the whole country, and their routes are well and long-established.
- Opposite to air travel and sometimes rail travel, taking a bus does not require arriving at the bus station much in advance. Check-in, even on international routes, does not take much time. Luggage allowances are usually very traveller-friendly, and the fee for extra luggage, if limits are set, is normally not very high.
- Bus tickets can be more affordable compared to air or fast train tickets. There is always a choice of ticket classes for all pockets. Cheaper standard options may be a bit slow and do not offer top comfort, but anyway acceptable and bring you to your destination. On longer routes, toilets or toilet stops as well as snacks, water, and sometimes toiletries and blankets are almost always included in the price.
- If you are ready to spend more, some VIP coaches offer seating comparable to business class on a plane with wide soft reclining seats, blankets, fewer passengers, and many other perks to make your trip a pleasant journey.
Cons of Bus Travel
- Newer intercity bus terminals are very often located out of the city close to bigger highways to allow buses to avoid city congestion. Unfortunately, it may create extra challenges for travellers, too. Getting to such a terminal may be a problem as in some destinations there are restrictions on vehicles allowed to enter the terminal, and you will have to use special carriers to get there. This results in higher costs as prices may be inflated. Also do calculate extra time if you are travelling during rush hours, especially if you are not familiar with the traffic situation at your starting point.
- Buses are probably the means of transport which runs out of schedule more often than trains or planes. They are heavily dependent on the road situation which sometimes can be unpredictable – accidents, road construction works, detours, etc. This is especially true for travels during weekends, high season, or national holidays. Do keep this in mind and do not plan tight connections.
- Travelling on certain routes or during the most popular periods may require advanced booking. Bear in mind that it is not always possible to show up at the bus station and hop on the next bus – tickets may well be all sold out, so organize your trip accordingly.
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Phuong Trang Stations
Bac Lieu Bus StationMien Tay Bus StationCan Tho Bus StationNha Trang Southern Bus StationDa Lat Bus Station26 Nguyen Cu Trinh32 Nguyen Chi ThanhBuon Me Thuot FutaAn Suong Bus StationMien Dong MoiMui NeChau DocNha Trang Southern Bus StationMien Dong
Phuong Trang Company Reviews
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Ja LBus was on time and we arrived in can tho 30 min. earlier than expected. We had one break. This was totally sufficient and comfortable. Same for the ride back to HCM. WiFi was working. In Can Tho Taxi shuttle from Futa is for free, you do not need a taxi.
The seats are very comfortable for people not taller than 1.70m. But also for my husband with 1.90m, it was ok for 3hours.
On both was it was not possible to use the seat adjustment.
Bus Sleeper 34, Phuong Trang, Mar 3, 2024
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Taib EVery good company..on time..the buses are well organized and comfortable.
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Bus VIP, Phuong Trang, Feb 14, 2024
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Diane VWe were not allowed to pee
Bus Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Aug 28, 2023
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Kevin Comfortable VIP sleeper bus. One stop for refreshments and toilet
Bus VIP, Phuong Trang, Jul 29, 2023
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Christian RA decent ride all in all, unfortunately this is the bus with 3 columns of seats rather than 2, so a bit more cramped than usual. The first part of the journey is quite twisty as well. Other than that we arrived on time and stopped off at a pretty scenic rest stop.
Bus VIP, Phuong Trang, May 12, 2023
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JANICE TClean bus spacious enough with leg room but if you're taller, 5'10 and above, then this will NOT be comfortable for you. Bus left and arrived on time.
Bus Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Apr 11, 2023
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Jaycob B2 stars for having a comfy and spacious enough bed allowing me to sleep and for sticking to the times as on the booking. The rest however I am not happy with.
Staff were smoking constantly, so the bus stank of smoke.
The bus stopped constantly with no communication at all to pick up packages etc which was completely fine. What wasn't okay was the fact our suitcases were constantly being rearranged and taken from storage and put on the street unattended so they could load whatever they were picking up. Made for a nervous few minutes waiting for the suitcases to be loaded back on.
Our suitcases ended up filthy and wet, stinking of a fishy smell. There are now black marks all over my grey suitcase.
Picking people up and letting them sit all in the aisles too was annoying, as I am tall and would have liked to be able to walk up and down the aisle to stretch my legs out. 10.5 hours in somewhat awkward positions wasn't fun.
Overall I would not book again. It was cheap yes, but the worrying about suitcases and then having them end up filthy, barely working wifi, bus stinking of smoke, no communication at all from any workers about stops (for toilet, food etc), and people in the aisles put me off. I know it isn't supposed to be a 5 star experience, but there are definitely ways to make it better for travellers.
Bus VIP, Phuong Trang, Feb 9, 2023
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Christina Pthe bus station needed more signs, the upper level seats were difficult to get into especially for older or larger people and the bus was quite late. 'The luggage handling and food food stop were well done.
Bus Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Jan 21, 2023
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Petter GI wish they gave the information they give to Vietnamese passengers also in English to the tourists. This bus route is popular with tourists and they make no effort to inform in English (or provide service in general). The bus was half full of foreign travelers.
Bus Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Dec 9, 2022
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Spyridon MArrived 2 hours early
Bus Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Nov 24, 2022
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Siubhan KComfortable and efficient
Bus Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Nov 9, 2022
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Frederique FThe seat I was in had a broken lever to adjust the back so I spent the entire time lying down even though I was not sleeping. Everything else was great. The driver spoke English and they provided us with water.
Bus VIP, Phuong Trang, Sep 30, 2022
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Amanda TThe bus station was pretty grotty but we got a pretty fab and clean sleeper bud with free water and a sleeping cover.
Bus VIP, Phuong Trang, Aug 3, 2022
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Helen WThe bus was comfortable and clean. It did arrive 3 hours earlier than stated on the booking! Not usually a problem but we booked a sleeper bus and ended up arriving at our hotel at 5am. Luckily they were able. To let us in.
The free minivan from the bus station to our hotel was unexpected but really appreciated!
Bus Sleeper, Phuong Trang, May 5, 2022
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georgia Vokay service other than the driver being obsessed with beeping his horn over and over from 4am! And I mean loads literally once a minute which seems odd for a SLEEPER bus! Would use again but would take ear plugs
Bus Sleeper, Phuong Trang, May 1, 2022
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Liane DVery rough riding. People where puking. I also got sick.
Stops a lot and for long moments.
Seats are to small for European people. They put on music even though people want to sleep. Staff where facetiming loud while people wanted to sleep.
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Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Feb 21, 2020
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Krystyna BIt was very cheap and super luxurious, with half beds instead of seats. Honestly, that was the best bus ride I had ever.
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Feb 16, 2020
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Aleksandr GThe company is excellent, they work accurately, it is very convenient to use the application. Unfortunately in the buses steal headphones and suitcase cover, but these people are such the company has nothing to do, just be more careful who will ride the buses in Vietnam
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Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Feb 11, 2020
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Claudia BBus was comfortable, luxury. Stopped at nice bathrooms. Did get in 4hrs early.
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Feb 4, 2020
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Intan SGood service!
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Feb 3, 2020
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MEI NThe first ride to Dalat was upper seats and my parents had difficulty to climb up so we requested for change on this ride but was told bus was full. Understand that if the bus was fully booked then no choice on reallocation but at the first place we weren’t given the choice to select seat! Please kindly consider to give lower deck seating to oldies.
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Feb 2, 2020
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MEI NWasn’t given the choice to select seat and were assigned to the upper seats for all 4 pax. Don’t know how’s the allocation of seating but should prioritise on old people as am travelling with my parents and they are hard and dangerous to climb the upper part of seat.
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Feb 2, 2020
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Bonnie LLoved the ride and the view !
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Feb 1, 2020
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Loizos MWe travelled from dalat to ho chi Minh in a semi sleeper bus but don't be fooled, we didn't get any sleep. The driver drove like a maniac, constantly accelerating and then immediately braking, used the horn every two seconds, really reckless driving. I know this is how they drive in Vietnam, but I think it has to change, especially when they have tourists on board. The only good thing I can say is that we reached our destination 2 hours earlier.The two stars are because the bus was very comfortable. Unfortunately the ride was not.
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Jan 26, 2020
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Bradley MVery comfortable. Best buses ive ever been on
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Jan 11, 2020
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Yulia LThe biggest concern was safety. The driver was driving extremely dangerously, especially on the motorway. I noticed that our bus was the only one on the road that was systematically driving on the hard shoulder. Also the other buses and trucks on the road were keeping much bigger distance to the other cars. Because of the very short distance the driver used emergency stop at least 5 times! Not to mention constant speed limit ignoring.
I am an experienced driver myself and I am sure that soon or late this style of driving will lead to an accident.
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Jan 2, 2020
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Werner SThe reclining seat is rather too small for taller people
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Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Dec 29, 2019
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EE SGood
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Dec 28, 2019
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Roderick KComfortable bus
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Dec 21, 2019
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Karin LEtwas zu kurze Sitze für Europäer, aber trotzdem komfortabel. Man braucht einen Schal, weil die Klimaanlage kalt ist. Man bekommt Wasser und eine Decke. Der Bus war sehr pünktlich und man wird zum und von dem Zentralbusbahnhof zu Fula gebracht.
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Dec 13, 2019
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Shannon BComfortable & efficient! Pack your own snacks as there’s very little options at stop off. Service even offered free shuttle to hotel which we appreciated!
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Dec 11, 2019
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John PGreat bus ride - comfortable and staff very helpful
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Nov 28, 2019
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Lefranc SNo one to help or inform.
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Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Nov 24, 2019
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Emilie FHorns honking all night long and unobtrusive staff shouting in the rows at every stop - a horror!
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Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Nov 21, 2019
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mashitah Beverything was smooth and fine
Bus Express, Phuong Trang, Nov 2, 2019
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Eslam HExteremely flixable and very good experience
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Oct 8, 2019
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Elleke LNo english speaking
No good toilets on the stops
Good chairs
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Sep 25, 2019
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Iuliia SVery good and very quickly ???? we lost phone in the bus, but find it with operators help. Thanks
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Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Sep 18, 2019
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Carla SAggressive driving style of the bus driver, few toilets breaks
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Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Sep 8, 2019
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Ondrej KWe arrived almost 3 hours earlier than was written. And for us, it was problem. Because what do you want to do in Da Lat at 4:30 AM instead of 7:30 AM. On the other side, the way was good and comfortable.
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Sep 3, 2019
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Nur Abus yang sangat selesa dengan harga yang berpatutan akan tetapi pemandu tidak wajar mencampak kan bag2 kami semasa mengeluarkan dari tempat simpanan bag
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Aug 26, 2019
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Mihaela RThe bus arrived h1.30 earlier so I advice u to check with your hotel if they can accept check in in advance. The WiFi was working and the travel was quite good, just a little nosy. They stopped many times to allow u to go to the toilet. It’s a good way if u want to save money and don’t want to waste the days during your Vietnam journey.
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Aug 21, 2019
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CHRISTINE SNo choice to go from Châu Doc to Ho Chi Minh. A unique experience. Incredible traffic on the road, better to sleep than to watch
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Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Aug 11, 2019
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Irina MThere were very small and uncomfortable seat In this sleep bus. Then we ask to change our seats on the last In bus, they response: no. But nobody took this place
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Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Aug 8, 2019
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Megan MVery helpful service and comfortable trip!
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Jul 16, 2019
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Maya VThe service of the website and instructions where to go were very good. The trip it self was oke but i hope you can sleep with nonstop honking. That was to bad. We arrived two and a half hours to early. Overal is was oke.
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Jul 16, 2019
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Arisa KWe booked online, got ticket from bus station quite easily but the staion of Futa bus quite far from the entrance have to ask and people dont speak english
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Jul 8, 2019
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Murray GNot clear from booking instructions where to check in, in HCMC. Our hotel explained where we needed to go to get the pick up service.Otherwise we would have had a very expensive taxi ride from central HCMC. Similarly not clear at Chau Doc where pick up bus was located. It wasn’t made clear that semi sleeper seats were very different from standard seats. We would not have booked had we known. Not geared up for foreign travellers at all and the driving was a bit scary.
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, Jun 14, 2019
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Ravil AComfortable. Not too much space on a bed but anyway much better than not sleep bus. Have been 10 hours on the way. Was wondered after bus we had free transfer to my hotel. So I give you 5 stars.
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Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, May 28, 2019
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Luis LComfortable ride. Left on time and arrived on time. Stops are well spread out. It would be helpful if they included English announcements like they do in Cambodia. Would do it again.
Bus Semi Sleeper, Phuong Trang, May 21, 2019