Border Crossings With Vietnam

Bavet Checkpoint: Moc Bai, Vietnam / Bavet, Cambodia (Route 1 from HCM City to Phnom Penh) Cambodian visas available at the border. Vietnamese visas NOT available at the border Transport between Phnom Penh and HCM via Moc Bai includes the following: 1) The direct Ho Wah Genting bus is a large, air-con bus, which departs Phnom Penh from the station at the southwest corner of the Central Market TIT/Sat at 6:30AM. Departs HCM at 6:00AM. $14, 8 hours one way. 2) A bit cheaper are the daily minivans from Capitol GH and Neak Krorhorm Travel in Phnom Penh for around $5-$6. 3) Cheapest, local taxis depart from Market Chhbar Ampeou. 10,000R for a cramped and harrowing ride to the border. With the exception of the direct bus, you will taxi as far as the border, walk across and pick up another vehicle on the other side. Kha Orm Nor Checkpoint: Chau Doc, Vietnam (On the Mekong River) Cambodian visas available at the border. Vietnamese visas NOT available at the border (To/from Phnom Penh) The crossing at Chau Doc on the Mekong is open to foreigners. In Ho Chi Minh, Saigon Tourism can make transport arrangements to Chau Doc in which you will boat up to the border, enter Cambodia and change to a speedboat that goes from the border to Neak Luong. At Neak Luong, disembark and take a taxi to Phnom Penh along Route #1. In Phnom Penh, guesthouses and travel agencies such as Capitol Guesthouse and Neak Krorhorm Travel offer daily transport to Chau Doc for about $8. Pick up a bus to HCM from Chau Doc for about $3.

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