Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Phu My Hung (District 7)
Around 13 km south of SGN and 35-50 min out; bus 152 heads this way for 5,000 VND, while Grab runs ~€6-8.5 and taxis ~€8-11.
Phu My Hung (District 7), Ho Chi Minh City날개 / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0Phu My Hung is the planned, low-rise township at the heart of District 7 — wide boulevards, Korean and Japanese communities, the Crescent Mall and lakeside promenades, popular with long-stay visitors and families.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for Phu My Hung (District 7), a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from €16). Travelling light on a budget? The bus is cheapest (from €1) but slower, with a change in the city.
What it costs for your group
The bus is charged per person, while a taxi or private transfer is one price for the whole car — so the more of you there are, the better door-to-door value looks.
| Group | Bus (per person) | Private transfer | Best value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo · 1 traveller | €1 | €16 | Bus |
| Couple · 2 travellers | €2 | €16 | Bus |
| Family of 4 · 4 travellers | €4 | €16 | Bus |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority is… | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Bus | From €1, though slower with a change in the city. |
| Speed & comfort | Private transfer | Door-to-door, fixed price, a driver waiting for you. |
| A group of 3–4 | Transfer or taxi | One flat fare splits cheaper than several bus tickets. |
| A late-night arrival | Transfer or taxi | Both run 24/7 when buses and the tram have stopped. |
By transport mode
Taxi
About 170,000-230,000 VND (~€6-8.5). One of the longer city runs, cutting south through District 4 or via the Nguyen Van Linh boulevard.
Where to catch it: Order after clearing arrivals and collect the car at the D1-D2 ride-hail lanes on the ground floor.
Best for small groups in a hurryBus / shuttle
5,000 VND and it terminates at the Trung Son area on District 7's edge, near Phu My Hung — cheap but slow and finished by 7pm, and you may need a short Grab to finish the trip.
Where to catch it: Board the 152 at the international arrivals kerb.
Best for solo & budget travellersTaxi
Meter reads around 220,000-300,000 VND with the pickup fee. Confirm the driver knows Phu My Hung, as it's a sprawling grid of similar-looking blocks.
Where to catch it: Take a metered car from the signed rank outside the terminal.
Best for small groups in a hurryPrivate transfer
Set fare of ~430,000-620,000 VND. Since the price is agreed up front, the longer run south won't sting you with surge pricing during the evening rush.
Where to catch it: Meet your driver at the arrivals exit; they carry your bags to the car park for you.
Best for families, groups & late arrivalsPhu My Hung (District 7) & Ho Chi Minh City in photos
Buying tickets in Ho Chi Minh City
From Tan Son Nhat, two public buses reach central Ho Chi Minh City. Bus 109 runs to 23/9 Park by Ben Thanh Market for about 15,000 VND, roughly every 40-45 minutes from around 05:30 to 22:00, with luggage racks. The slower local Bus 152 costs about 5,000 VND. Both take cash only — pay the conductor onboard or at the airport booth, and keep small notes handy as change for large bills is limited.
Taxi scams & safety in Ho Chi Minh City
With a street taxi, insist the meter is running or agree the full fare first, and stick to reputable firms like Vinasun or Mai Linh rather than a lookalike cab with a similar name and logo. The easiest way to avoid haggling is a fixed-price app — Grab, Xanh SM or Be — expect roughly 110,000-250,000 VND to District 1. Book in the app, then follow the signs to the "Parking Lot Area" or designated ride-hailing pickup, not a tout's car.
Getting from SGN to Phu My Hung (District 7)
Phu My Hung sits about 13 kilometres due south of Tan Son Nhat, which makes it one of the longest runs you can take from the airport without leaving the city. The township itself feels nothing like the rest of Saigon: wide, planted boulevards, low-rise blocks laid out on a grid, Korean bakeries and Japanese supermarkets, the Crescent Mall on its little lake, and international schools that draw families here for years at a time. Getting to it is less about distance than about which way the traffic sends you. Cut through District 1 and District 4 and you inherit the whole city's rush hour; swing onto the Nguyen Van Linh boulevard further out and you glide. Reckon on 35 to 50 minutes depending on which of those the clock decides, and plan around the fact that almost everyone doing this trip ends up in a car.
Grab is the default, and District 4 is the variable
A ride-hail car through Grab, Be or Xanh SM is what most residents and visitors use for this exact journey, and the price is the reason: roughly 170,000 to 230,000 VND, so somewhere around €6 to €8.5, for a door-to-door run to your building. You order it once you've cleared arrivals and walk out to the D1-D2 ride-hail lanes on the ground floor, where the app pins your car. The catch is the middle of the trip. Drivers heading south either thread through District 4's narrow, congested streets or take the longer, faster arc via Nguyen Van Linh, and in the evening the difference between those two choices can be fifteen minutes. You don't control which one the app picks, but knowing the fare is metered to the app protects you from being talked into a "special" price at the kerb, which still happens to arrivals who look unsure of the going rate.
The metered taxi, and why the driver needs your block
Vinasun and Mai Linh cars wait at the signed rank outside the terminal, and for this run the meter tends to land around 220,000 to 300,000 VND once the airport pickup fee is added — call it €8 to €11. That's a few euros more than Grab for the same seat, which is the trade for not needing the app or a local SIM. The specific wrinkle for Phu My Hung is navigation. The district is a sprawling grid of blocks that look near-identical from the road — same beige towers, same tree-lined streets — so a driver who nods vaguely at "Phu My Hung" may drop you a kilometre from your actual door. Have the building name, the street (many are named after the district's own developers), or a pinned map ready to show before you pull away. It saves the slow crawl of circling identical corners at the end of an already long ride.
Bus 152 gets you close, then leaves you short
Bus 152 does run this direction, and at 5,000 VND it's the cheapest way south by a wide margin. You board it right at the international arrivals kerb, it comes every 15 to 20 minutes, and it operates from about 05:15 until roughly 19:00. The honest limitation is where it stops: the 152 terminates in the Trung Son area on District 7's edge, near Phu My Hung rather than inside it. From there you're likely facing a short Grab or a taxi to reach your actual block, which eats into the saving. It's a sound option in daylight if you're travelling light and not in a hurry, but the early-evening cut-off matters — miss the last one and you're back to a car anyway, so an evening arrival should skip the bus entirely.
A fixed fare that ignores the evening surge
Because this is the longest inner-city haul and the one most exposed to rush-hour surge pricing, a pre-booked private transfer earns its place here more than on a short hop downtown. Firms like Welcome Pickups and local Saigon operators charge a set fare of roughly 430,000 to 620,000 VND, around €16 to €23, agreed before you land — so a 6pm arrival that would push Grab into surge territory costs you exactly what the confirmation email said. The driver meets you at the arrivals exit, takes your bags to the car park, and already knows which block of the grid you're heading for. For a family landing with luggage and tired children, or a long-stay tenant arriving to a lease rather than a hotel, that certainty is often the deciding factor.
Pick by your arrival time more than your budget. A daytime landing with light bags can justify the 152 and a short top-up ride; anyone arriving into the evening rush should book a fixed-fare car and let the Nguyen Van Linh route do the work while the fare stays put.
