Railways sell train tickets for Tet, supplying about 330,000 tickets/day

From 8:00 a.m. on September 20, the railway industry will open ticket sales for the 2026 Lunar New Year on all channels, each passenger can buy up to 10 tickets.

The Railway Transport Joint Stock Company said that from now until September 19, it will accept group ticket registrations. Priority groups include the armed forces, universities, colleges, and businesses in industrial zones. This year, the railway industry continues to sell extra seat tickets for children from 6 to under 10 years old. Passengers who have purchased sleeper or seat tickets can buy an additional seat ticket for children, and when boarding the train, children will share seats with adults.

The railway industry is preparing to sell train tickets for the Lunar New Year 2026.

During Tet, there are expected to be 55 trains with more than 800 carriages, supplying about 330,000 tickets per day. In addition to 7 pairs of Thong Nhat passenger trains, there will be two additional pairs of trains (TN3/4 and TN5/6) running the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City route. The railway industry also arranges 12 pairs of trains on the Hanoi - Vinh, Dong Hoi - Da Nang sections, two pairs of Hue - Da Nang trains; along with trips on the Saigon - Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Nha Trang, Phan Thiet routes. Some additional trips from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang, Tam Ky, Dieu Tri, Nha Trang, Hanoi to Vinh... will also be added to serve the travel and spring travel needs.

Customers buying tickets during Tet enjoy a discount policy: Buying long-distance tickets (from 10 days or more, distance over 900 km) gets a 5-15% discount; customers traveling from Saigon station on December 28 (February 15, 2026) over 1,000 km get a 3% discount; buying group tickets of 11 people or more gets a 2-12% discount; buying round-trip tickets gets a 5% discount on the return leg; students get a 10-20% discount.

The railway industry recommends that passengers buy tickets at stations or official agents, bring identification to enjoy preferential treatment, and avoid buying through "ticket brokers". Tickets are also sold online on the websites dsvn.vn, vetau.com.vn, vetauonline.vn.

To check the validity of the ticket, passengers access dsvn.vn, "check ticket" section, enter the necessary information and click "check ticket". If the result shows "no matching e-ticket found", please contact the station for support.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/Giao-thong/duong-sat-ban-ve-tau-tet-cung-ung-khoang-330-000-ve-ngay-i781398/