Can Long Thanh Airport fly without faster links to Ho Chi Minh City?

Long Thanh International Airport under construction in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam, July 2025. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

"There needs to be a dedicated express highway with only exits between HCMC and the airport. That means no shophouses, no connections from other highways, no other entrances between the end points and no trucks or motorbikes. 40km needs to be a 25 minute ride like it is in other countries."
Tim

"How about an express super fast train connecting the two airports (Tan Son Nhat and Long Thanh)? But first of all a direct route super highway that should have been implemented before the new airport was started.!"
spackmanjames127

"What is ready needed is a fast efficient transportation system connecting the 2 airports and HCMC. Look at Haneda, Hongkong, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur."
jean.paul.leblond

"Fast train to the city is needed."
jarvo

"There should be direct dedicated shuttle train services between the 2 airports. Using highways likely cause delays if accidents or traffic congestion cause traffic jams on the highway."
zenhao.sg

"The problem No.1 with all the international flights arriving at the new airport, is the connecting domestic flights many passengers need to take, in order to reach various other parts of Vietnam, their final destination (Da Lat, in my case) we will just arrive from a 12 hours international flight, and we will need a long - and maybe complex- transfer to Tan Son Nhat to get our next, domestic, flight. At present, the domestic terminal is just a few hundred meters away from the international terminal, and this is just great, very convenient. It won't be the same in the future."
pajacque