During the Binh Ngo Tet holiday 2026, officials, civil servants, and public employees have a 9-day Tet holiday schedule.
Mr. Quang Duy (Bung Lao commune, Dien Bien) currently working in Hanoi said that due to the nature of his work, he had to close the Tet holiday to finalize the holiday schedule, so up to this point he has not yet booked a passenger bus ticket.
Mr. Duy worried: "If it's too close and there are no passenger cars, I may have to rent a taxi to go home. However, the cost of renting a whole trip is very expensive. I am posting news to find 1-2 more people on the same route to join the car, sharing costs to save money.
In the role of passengers who need to book tickets for the My Dinh - Dien Bien route on February 10, 2026 (ie, December 23rd of the lunar calendar), Lao Dong Newspaper reporters contacted some bus companies running this route.
Surveying at Song Chau bus company on the same Hanoi - Dien Bien route, the switchboard staff said that the bus company has not yet received ticket bookings for February 10.
Employees of this bus company informed that the unit only accepts passenger bookings about 4-5 days before the bus departure time. This "close-to-date" ticket sales policy makes many passengers who want to be sure of their schedule feel worried.
When contacting the Hai Van bus company's switchboard for the Hanoi - Dien Bien route, reporters were guided by staff to book tickets online. According to records on this bus company's system, bus tickets for February 10-15 (ie December 23-28 of the lunar calendar) are currently "out of seats".
With experience from previous years, Ms. Thao Trang (Dien Bien Phu ward, Dien Bien), a student studying in Hanoi, said that the road to Dien Bien is quite far and hard, if you don't have a good sleeper ticket or cabin room, traveling is very tiring.
I have to proactively book tickets through the online system of the bus company right after opening sales to be reassured" - Ms. Trang said.
According to representatives of the Dien Bien Provincial Bus Station Management Board, from January 19, bus stations in the province have organized ticket sales to serve the travel needs of people and passengers during the Lunar New Year.
Right from the beginning of January 2026, the Bus Station Management Board has coordinated with transport units to develop Tet ticket sales plans, arrange to increase vehicles on routes with high demand, especially inter-provincial routes.
Ticket sales are carried out publicly, transparently, at listed prices with many flexible forms, creating maximum convenience for people" - a representative of the Dien Bien Provincial Bus Station Management Board affirmed.
In case on February 16 (ie December 29 of the lunar calendar), passengers who need to travel on inter-provincial and intra-provincial routes, bus stations will proactively report to the leaders of the Bus Station Management Board for the Board to coordinate with the Provincial Automobile Transport Association and transport units to agree on a plan to arrange vehicles to serve.
Especially detecting and promptly handling the phenomenon of "ticket scalpers", scamming, luring, scrambling, and price gouging for passengers traveling by bus, gathering passengers in areas around the station" - a representative of the Dien Bien Provincial Bus Station Management Board said.
