Route · VN

Hanoi (Soc Son) to Luang Phabang

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 01.

Getting from Hanoi (Soc Son) to Luang Phabang

Somewhere to stay in Luang Phabang partner Left luggage in Luang Phabang Everywhere from Hanoi (Soc Son) Everywhere from Luang Phabang

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Lao Airlines, Vietnam Airlines HAN → LPQ 407 km non-stop AT7 in the air 2 h 31 est. rate not held 403 km/h average

Other ways to reach Luang Phabang

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Luang Phabang without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Vientiane – Luang Phabang 46 min FlyNordic

Chiang Mai – Luang Phabang 57 min Lao Airlines

Pakse – Luang Phabang 1 h 19 Lao Airlines

Bangkok – Luang Phabang 1 h 23 Air France

And other ways to reach Hanoi (Soc Son)

Vinh – Hanoi (Soc Son) 51 min Vietnam Airlines

Dien Bien Phu – Hanoi (Soc Son) 52 min Vietnam Airlines

Dong Hoi – Hanoi (Soc Son) 1 h 02 Vietnam Airlines

Vientiane – Hanoi (Soc Son) 1 h 07 Lao Airlines

Huế – Hanoi (Soc Son) 1 h 13 Royal Air Cambodge

Da Nang – Hanoi (Soc Son) 1 h 17 Jetstar Pacific

Tam Nghĩa – Hanoi (Soc Son) 1 h 24 Vietnam Airlines

Guangzhou (Huadu) – Hanoi (Soc Son) 1 h 31 China Southern Airlines

Nossa Senhora do Carmo – Hanoi (Soc Son) 1 h 31 Air Macau

Hong Kong – Hanoi (Soc Son) 1 h 33 Cathay Pacific

Where else these quays go

Also from Hanoi (Soc Son)

Bangkok · Beijing · Buon Ma Thuot · Busan · Can Tho · Da Lat · Da Nang · Dien Bien Phu · Dong Hoi · Frankfurt am Main · Fukuoka · Guangzhou (Huadu) · Ho Chi Minh City · Hong Kong

Also from Luang Phabang

Bangkok · Chiang Mai · Pakse · Vientiane

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Hanoi (Soc Son)–Luang Phabang crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.