An international flight route connecting Harbin in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province to Nha Trang in Vietnam opened on Jan 23.

The flight is served by Airbus A321 Neo and runs every Wednesday and Friday with flight number VJ5164/5.

The flight departs Nha Trang at 9:20 local time and arrives in Harbin at 16:00 Beijing time. After a one-hour layover at the Harbin Taiping International Airport, the flight lands back in Nha Trang at 22:10 local time.

Nha Trang is a famous coastal city in Vietnam and has a reputation as the “Oriental Little Maldives”. It has a pleasant climate with annual temperature around 28 C and beautiful natural landscapes.

It is an ideal holiday destination for coastal tourism with increasing numbers of tourists coming from China in recent years.

The new service is being offered to meet the increasing demand for travel and trade between Harbin and Nha Trang.

A plane running the Harbin-Nha Trang route departs Harbin Taiping International Airport on Jan 23. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Tourists get off a plane from Nha Trang in Vietnam at Harbin Taiping International Airport. [Photo/MY399.COM]

Staff members of VietJet Air celebrate the opening of the Harbin-Nha Trang flight route at the Harbin Taiping International Airport on Jan 23. [Photo/Chinanews.com]