Arriving in Hanoi: Noi Bai Airport Buses, Taxis and Where Grab Picks Up

How to get from Noi Bai into Hanoi: the airport's own list of bus routes and fares, which taxis may pick up at the kerb, where Grab and other ride-hail cars wait, and the emergency numbers.

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✓ Checked and fact-checked November 4, 2026

A Hanoi street in early morning mist, yellow shophouses with green shutters, a vendor's bicycle loaded with flowers and motorbikes parked under old trees

Noi Bai International Airport is north of Hanoi, across the Red River. Check before you fly that your Vietnam e-visa works at Noi Bai, and read what Vietnam customs allows on cash and alcohol. Flying on to the coast? Da Nang’s airport taxis and buses have their own guide. Everything below about buses and taxis comes from the airport’s own public transport page, in Vietnamese, read on 4 November 2026.

Infographic, step 1 of 5. Landing in Hanoi? Noi Bai to the city, three ways in. 1, city bus from 12,000 VND, routes 07, 17, 90, 109 and E10. 2, express bus route 86 to Hanoi Station, 50,000 VND. 3, taxi or ride-hail: franchised taxis at the kerb, ride-hail in the car parks. Check that your e-visa names Noi Bai as your entry gate. — Step 1 of 5. Illustration by Travel Smarter Asia.

City buses from the airport

The airport lists these public bus routes from Terminal 1 and Terminal 2:

Route	To	Fare	Every	Hours
07	Cau Giay	12,000 VND	10 to 20 minutes	05:00 to 22:30
17	Long Bien	15,000 VND	10 to 15 minutes	05:10 to 22:00
90	Kim Ma	15,000 VND	20 minutes	06:40 to 22:30
109	My Dinh	12,000 VND	20 to 30 minutes	05:00 to 22:00
E10	Ocean Park urban area	20,000 VND	20 minutes	06:20 to 22:00

Infographic, step 2 of 5. City buses from Noi Bai Terminal 1 and Terminal 2: route 07 to Cau Giay, 12,000 VND; 17 to Long Bien, 15,000 VND; 90 to Kim Ma, 15,000 VND; 109 to My Dinh, 12,000 VND; E10 to Ocean Park, 20,000 VND. Most routes run from about 5 in the morning to 10 at night. — Step 2 of 5. Illustration by Travel Smarter Asia.

Express buses

Two higher-quality routes run less often:

Route 86, Noi Bai to Hanoi Station: 50,000 VND, every 25 to 30 minutes, 07:00 to 22:05.
Route 68, Noi Bai to Ha Dong: 55,000 VND, every 30 minutes, 07:35 to 22:25.

Hai Van also runs airport routes NB01 (via Ring Road 2) and NB02 (to the urban areas), at 90,000 VND, every 45 minutes.

Infographic, step 3 of 5. Express buses, fewer stops and higher fares. Route 86 to Hanoi Station: 50,000 VND, every 25 to 30 minutes, 07:00 to 22:05. Route 68 to Ha Dong: 55,000 VND, every 30 minutes. Hai Van NB01 and NB02: 90,000 VND, every 45 minutes. — Step 3 of 5. Illustration by Travel Smarter Asia.

Taxis

The airport says only its franchised taxi companies may wait for and pick up passengers at the terminals. Other taxi companies “chỉ được chở khách lên sân bay”, that is, they may only bring passengers to the airport, and may not wait or pick up at the halls or car parks. Franchised taxis run from the first flight of the day to the last, including holidays.

The airport also says taxis must have a meter that is within its inspection date and sealed, and a complaints hotline displayed where passengers can see it. Its page lists the taxi fares in force from 1 March 2025 as an image, so ask the fare before you set off.

Grab and other ride-hail cars

Vietnam’s state broadcaster VOV reported on 3 August 2026 that ride-hail cars with fewer than nine seats, such as Grab and Xanh SM, were moved into central car parks. At Terminal 1 they pick up at car park P2 near Hall E, and at Terminal 2 at car park P1, with overflow to P7. Franchised taxis kept their kerbside lanes: lane 2 at Terminal 1 and lane 4 at Terminal 2.

Other reports two days later said kerbside ride-hail pickup was restored at Terminal 1, so follow the signs on the day.

Booking Grab or Xanh SM to one of those car parks needs data as soon as you are through immigration. A Saily data eSIM installed before you fly gives you that at Noi Bai, with no SIM counter. If Hanoi is one stop of several, top up the same Saily profile for the next country.

Infographic, step 4 of 5. Taxis and Grab: who picks up where. Franchised taxis: kerb lane 2 at Terminal 1, kerb lane 4 at Terminal 2, with a sealed meter in date. Grab and ride-hail: car park P2 at Terminal 1, car park P1 at Terminal 2, overflow to P7. Other taxi firms may drop off only, not pick up. Follow the signs on the day. — Step 4 of 5. Illustration by Travel Smarter Asia.

Emergency numbers

Vietnam’s national numbers are 113 for police, 114 for fire and 115 for an ambulance, as listed by the UK government’s travel advice, which notes that the services generally operate in Vietnamese. The airport’s own hotline is 1900 636 535.

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