Viejet opened a direct air route linking Hanoi and Hiroshima on May 12, marking the first connecting Vietnam and the Japanese prefecture and the eighth of Vietjet between the two countries.

Addressing the launch, Hiroshima Governor Yuzaki Hidehiko said his prefecture boasts close relations with Vietnam, as seen in many of its large enterprises in Southeast Asia and a Vietnamese community in Hiroshima.

He added that he hopes the new air route will open up many more cultural, economic, and tourism cooperation opportunities between the two sides.

Yasuhiro Nakamura, CEO of Hiroshima International Airport, highlighted the special importance of Vietjet's Hiroshima - Hanoi route, the first international air route to this airport to open after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yasuhiro expressed his hope that the Vietnamese airline will launch more routes to Hiroshima to expand connectivity with the southwest of Japan, pledging that the airport and relevant sides will support increasing flight frequency when travel demand grows.

Deputy General Director of Vietjet Nguyen Duc Thinh said the firm operates 116 flights per week between Vietnamese cities and leading Japanese destinations such as Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, and now Hiroshima.

It will continue expanding its flight network between Vietnam and Japan to generate more low-cost travel opportunities for people and tourists between the two countries and in the region at large.

Flights on this route last for more than four hours each. There are currently two round-trip flights per week, every Thursday and Sunday.