The train was very old and the seats small for us tall Swedish people. The man beside me was snoring loud most of the eight hours train ride so I spent as little time as I could in my own seat.
The staff on the train were not very service minded, slept alternatively spoke very loud to each other in the food car, but we at least got some food to eat.
All in all it is very strange that a developed country as Vietnam have this very low standard train.
We read much negative comments about the train journey so booked soft seats and split our journey but our only regret is not booking the sleeper 4 birth cabin and taking the bottom bunks. There were not many people booked in them.
The toilets were also absolutely fine despite the bad comments we had read.
The train was busy but not packed and with regular food carts and a carriage with food as an optional the journey was absolutely fine and so much cheaper than flying!I would recording this journey but careful as you get off the train if the taxi drivers!!! Look at grab and book if needed.
西貢辦公室 到 芽莊市, 火車 軟座, Vietnam Rail, 2026年3月23日
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James H
Train was lovely and spacious. Seats reclined and wasn’t too delayed getting into Nha Trang. It is a rather slow train, never exceeding 80km per hour, but we got to see parts of Vietnam we would never see had we travelled by air
西貢辦公室 到 芽莊市, 火車 2nd Class AC Seat, Vietnam Railway, 2026年1月27日
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Bartosz R
Really good service, train was on time, all hassle-free. The train looks a bit more outdated than on pictures but all good comfy soft seats, we had soft seats for 7 hours which was doable, toilets were pretty clean for train and cool scenery.
西貢辦公室 到 芽莊市, 火車 軟座, Vietnam Rail, 2026年1月22日
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Mrs F
Efficient service. Pillow & blanket neat. Power points for charging.