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If you are traveling to Vietnam from San Francisco and you plan to visit the island nations just off the border, you will want to fly into Ho Chi Minh City. This is the hub of the southern part of the country and will give you access to many international connections by air, train, and boat.
Yes, citizens of the United States will need both a passport and either a valid visa or a pre-approval for a visa in order to enter Vietnam. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months past your planned departure date from Vietnam. You can apply for your Vietnam tourist visa online. In order to do this, the online processing fee is just under $20, but you will also pay a visa fee upon arrival in Vietnam. For single-entry visas, the fee is $25 and for multiple entries, it is $50.
Unfortunately, there are no nonstop flights from San Francisco to any destination in Vietnam available at this time. You can find journeys from San Francisco to Ho Chi Minh with one or two layovers, typically on Turkish Airlines. These layovers will usually be in Istanbul. You can also find journeys from San Francisco to Hanoi with two or three layovers, but these will be on multiple airlines. The layover locations for these routes will depend on the airlines you choose to fly with.
If you want to start in Vietnam and then head into Laos, Cambodia, or Thailand, your best bet is to fly into Hanoi. This is the main hub of transportation around that area and will easily connect you to the main cities in the other countries via air, rail, or bus.
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Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Vietnam with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline.
Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Vietnam from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.