Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Seoul (SEL): 2,214 miles (3,563 km) great-circle, about 4h 55m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $218 round-trip on Shandong Airlines, with 1 stop, departing June 29, 2026.
$218 round-trip, Shandong Airlines SC8074, departing 2026-06-29 at 01:30, returning 2026-07-07. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Tuesday 8 nights later; the fare was observed 65 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $218, it ranked 10th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from SGN (median $257). That is 9.8 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the SGN median of 21.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from SGN of similar length: Beijing (2,111 mi) at $274 and Harbin (2,668 mi) at $363.
SGN to SEL is the only one of 30 SGN routes where Shandong Airlines priced cheapest. It is the 14th longest of the 30 routes we track from SGN.
Of 24 departure airports with a fare to Seoul, Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) ranked 5th at $218. Lowest: $142 from Osaka (KIX); highest: $1288 from Portland (PDX); 10 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Jetstar (2), Peach Aviation (2), airline 9G (1), airline WE (1), Alaska Airlines (1) and Asiana (1), plus 16 more.
That depends on your passport and trip, so check the official source for South Korea: Republic of Korea: K-ETA. Connecting elsewhere? Check that country's transit rules too.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, Asia/Seoul; flight time is our estimate.