Vietjet has launched a new route connecting Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City with Brisbane, Australia.

The new route will operate two return flights per week, on Mondays and Fridays, joining the existing routes connecting Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s most populous city – to Sydney and Melbourne.

Stirling Hinchliffe, Queensland’s Minister for Tourism, Innovation and Sport, said: “Tonight’s arrival of Vietjet’s history-making maiden flight demonstrates the importance and growing closeness of Queensland’s post-pandemic trade partnership with Vietnam. It’s terrific to welcome Vietjet to Brisbane as the first-ever Vietnamese airline to establish a direct air connection with Queensland.”

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