Hanoi to Thap Muoi Drive: Road Trip Tips & Info

If you’re planning this same drive and want to know all about it – how long it is, how long it takes, and where to stop along the way – read on. By the end of this post, you’ll know everything about the drive between Hanoi and Thap Muoi.

How far is Thap Muoi from Hanoi?

As the crow flies, it’s roughly 721 miles between Hanoi and Thap Muoi. Luckily, we can’t skip over all the good stuff and have to drive – that means seeing some of the sights and countryside between these two points.

For driving, it is roughly 1036 miles or 1667 km between Hanoi and Thap Muoi. This may vary slightly depending on your start and end points.

Hanoi to Thap Muoi drive hours

In terms of travel time by car, the 1036 miles drive from Hanoi to Thap Muoi takes 23 hours 59 minutes. Again, your final drive time depends on where you start in Hanoi and end in Thap Muoi.

This is a really long drive, so it's not very realistic to drive nonstop. To get a better idea of how long this road trip would actually take, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would be if you drive with stops.

Hanoi to Thap Muoi road trip

Realistically, you're not going to want to drive without stopping all the way from Hanoi to Thap Muoi, especially if you're the main driver. So let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Thap Muoi, and you need to stop along the way to rest. Plus if it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what we are perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over a number of days.

Road trip: 4 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 23 hours 59 minutes hours on the road with 4 overnights

Itinerary

Start at Hanoi.

Drive for about 3 hours, then stop in Đường Trần Phú and stay for about 2 hours. Next, drive for another 4 hours then stop in Đường tránh lũ -QL.1A, QL.1A. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 3 hours, then stop in Quốc lộ 1A, QL.1A and stay for about 2 hours. Next, drive for another 4 hours then stop in Quốc lộ 14C, QL.14C. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 3 hours, then stop in Quốc lộ 14C, QL.14C and stay for about 2 hours. Next, drive for another 4 hours then stop in Phú Riềng Đỏ, ĐT.741. Stay overnight.

Finally, drive for about 3 hours and arrive in Thap Muoi.

Hanoi to Thap Muoi airports and flights

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)

Arrival airport: Can Tho International Airport (VCA)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 32 minutes

Getting to your destination: 1 hour 35 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from HAN to VCA and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour 33 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Hanoi to Thap Muoi including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 5 hours 39 minutes

Flying non-stop from Hanoi to Thap Muoi

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Hanoi and Thap Muoi. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight time from Hanoi to Thap Muoi, Dong Thap Province, Mekong Delta is 1 hour 27 minutes under avarage conditions.

Our flight time calculator assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/hr or 434 knots.

Actual flight times may vary depending on aircraft type, cruise speed, routing, weather conditions, passenger load, and other factors.