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Following the first leg of the final at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho province) on the evening of January 2nd, the Vietnamese national team will face Thailand again in the second leg at Rajamangala Stadium (Bangkok, Thailand) on January 5th. Even before knowing the outcome of the first leg, many Vietnamese football fans have rushed to buy plane tickets to Thailand to support the Vietnamese team in the second leg.
Following the news that the Vietnamese national football team defeated Singapore in the semi-finals and secured a place in the final, airfares from Vietnam to Thailand have been soaring. According to surveys, round-trip airfares on the Hanoi-Bangkok route have risen to 5.8 million VND per ticket with Air Asia. Similarly, Thai Airways, Vietnam Airlines, and Vietravel Airlines currently operate this route at prices ranging from 6.3 to 6.8 million VND per round-trip ticket. Even Vietjet Air, a budget airline, recorded prices as high as 9 million VND for tickets from Hanoi to Bangkok on January 4th and back on January 6th.
According to the schedule, the Vietnamese team will face the Thai team at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho province) on the evening of January 2nd for the first leg of the final. On January 5th, the two teams will meet again at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok (Thailand) for the second leg.
From Ho Chi Minh City, the lowest price for a direct flight from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport on January 3rd was 3.5 million VND, while the highest was 8.1 million VND. If traveling on January 4th or 5th, prices ranged from 2.5 million to 8.1 million VND, depending on the flight time and airline. The lowest price for a direct flight from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Don Mueang International Airport on January 3rd was 3.2 million VND/one-way, and the highest was 4 million VND/one-way, but the number of available flights and seats was limited. If traveling on January 4th or 5th, prices ranged from 1.75 million to 4 million VND, depending on the flight time and airline.
The appeal of the ASEAN Cup has led many fans to spend considerable sums of money to support the Vietnamese team.
Therefore, tourists and football fans may have to spend tens of millions of Vietnamese dong just on airfare to travel to Thailand to watch the second leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 final. Despite the higher airfare compared to normal days, many enthusiastic Vietnamese fans are still trying to buy tickets and change tours to be in Thailand to cheer on Xuan Son and his teammates.
