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Railway Transport Joint Stock Company advises passengers not to buy train tickets through ticket brokers or unofficial ticket sales channels to avoid buying fake or invalid tickets and not being able to enter the station or take the train. Download Passengers should go directly to the station system and ticket agents nationwide to buy tickets - Photo: XD Newspaper Railway Transport Joint Stock Company said that the railway regulates the conditions on time and fees for exchanging and returning train tickets for Tet Binh Ngo 2026, to avoid ticket speculation. Increase in exchange and return fees for train tickets during the Tet peak season. Specifically, the exchange fee is 30% of the price printed on the Train Pass for train tickets during the period: even-numbered trains (running south - north) from February 9 to February 19, 2026 (ie from December 22 to January 3); Even-numbered trains have stations departing from Dong Hoi station to Phu Ly station and arriving at Hanoi station from February 20 to February 22, 2026 (ie from January 4 to 6). This fee also applies to odd-numbered trains (running North-South) from February 20 to February 28, 2026 (ie from January 4 to 12); Odd-numbered trains have a departure station from Hanoi station and an arrival station from Phu Ly station to Dong Hoi station from February 12 to February 19, 2026 (ie from December 25 to January 3). Regarding time, passengers need to return their individual tickets 24 hours or more before the train departure time indicated on the ticket; Collective tickets are 48 hours or more before the train departure time stated on the ticket. Outside of these peak transport days, the railway applies a fee of 20,000 VND/ticket for individual tickets exchanged 24 hours or more before the train departure time; Ticket exchange is not applicable for group tickets. In case of returning tickets, passengers need to return individual tickets 24 hours or more before the train departs, the fee is 10% of the ticket price; From 4 hours to less than 24 hours the fee is 20% of the ticket price; Tickets must be paid for less than 4 hours. For group tickets, tickets must be paid 72 hours or more before the train departs, the fee is 10% of the ticket price; From 24 hours to less than 72 hours the fee is 20% of the ticket price; Failure to return tickets within 24 hours. Railway Transport Joint Stock Company also recommends that passengers do not buy train tickets through ticket brokers or unofficial ticket sales channels to avoid buying fake or invalid tickets, making it impossible to enter the station or take the train. Passengers should go directly to the station system and ticket agents nationwide to buy tickets. When purchasing, you need to present identification documents that will be used to travel by train later; as well as present documents proving eligibility to buy discounted train tickets. After purchasing tickets, passengers can check tickets by accessing the electronic ticket sales page of Vietnam Railways: dsvn.vn; Go to the Check ticket section, fill in all the information: Ticket code, train label, departure station, arrival station, train date, personal document number written on the ticket; From there, compare the information on the system and on the boarding pass. Many peak routes are sold out. Currently, the railway has just opened for sale 22 more trains in the Northern section and 11 trains in the Southern section running in the period from February 14 - 22, 2026. Counting all the trains on the North - South route during the Tet period, currently train tickets for the Southern route run on the peak day even in the evening before Tet from the day February 7-14, 2026 (ie December 20-27, year of the Snake) and the odd afternoon after Tet (from the 4th to 7th of January, year of the Horse) are sold out. However, in the pre-Tet period, the afternoon trains Saigon - Hanoi from February 7 onwards and February 15 and 16, 2026 (ie December 20, 2026) return before and on December 28 and 29) still have tickets to all stations. The days from February 10 to 14, 2025 (ie December 23 to 27) still have many tickets to Phan Thiet station, Nha Trang. In the period after Tet, the Hanoi - Saigon afternoon train from February 24 to March 8, 2026 (ie January 8 to 20) still has many tickets to all stations. During peak times, the Railway industry continues to apply many preferential policies on ticket prices. Accordingly, social policy beneficiaries are reduced by 30 - 90%; Children from 6 - 10 years old 25% off; elderly people reduced by 15%; Students of vocational schools, colleges, and universities receive a 10% discount. For group tickets, passengers traveling in groups of over 20 people receive a discount of 2 - 8% for even-numbered trains, applicable from February 3 to February 8; Odd-numbered trains apply from March 2 - March 8. For groups of over 11 people, the discount is from 4 - 12% for even-numbered trains, applicable from February 21 - March 8; Odd-numbered trains apply from February 3 - February 19. Phan Trang See moreAppraisal of investment proposals for a high-speed railway connecting Ho Chi Minh City - Ca Mau See moreRail passenger transport will grow clearly in 2025 See moreLaunching 162 modern carriages on the North - South railway
