Da Nang airport eSIM (DAD): land online

Buses to the city and to Hoi An leave from Da Nang's arrivals kerb. With the eSIM on, the first ride and the first map are already working.

DAD
T1 domestic, T2 international
Buses at the arrivals kerb
Hoi An bus from the airport

Illustration: a traveller walks out of the Da Nang terminal toward a shuttle bus, the Han River and the dragon bridge beyond.

The short answer

Install the eSIM at home before you fly to Da Nang (DAD) and switch it on after landing, with data roaming on for the eSIM line. The airport runs two terminals, T1 for domestic flights and T2 for international ones, and city buses, taxis and ride-hailing all pick up outside arrivals.

Checked October 2, 2026

Where the signal holds

Buses
Routes at the kerb
Danabus routes 12 and 6 and the Hai Van Bus stop at pillar 2 outside the domestic arrivals hall, and at pillars 7 and 8 outside the international one.
4G and 5G
Vietnam's four networks
Viettel, VinaPhone, MobiFone and Vietnamobile all run 4G mobile services, and Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone list 5G as well.
Data roaming on
Your eSIM
The eSIM runs on a Vietnamese network and shows that network's name in your phone's settings. Turn data roaming on for the eSIM line.

Practical notes

Getting into townDanabus route 12 links the airport with the city for 8,000 dong a trip, and route 6 crosses the Dragon Bridge; both run from 05:30 to 19:00. The Han River is a little over 40 minutes away on foot.
Taxis and ride-hailingTaxis pick up outside arrivals in the second lane, past the fare chart at pillar 2; rideshare apps such as Grab and GoJek collect from pillar 3. Say which terminal you are at when you book.
PayingThe airport lists money exchange among its services. You must also declare cash over 15 million dong or 5,000 US dollars at customs.
When to goThe central coast takes its rain from October to December, and typhoons are possible from June to December; February to August is the drier half of the year.

Arrival, step by step (Da Nang airport)

Install the eSIM at home on Wi-Fi before you fly, and keep the line switched off. After landing, turn off airplane mode, switch the eSIM line on, choose it for mobile data and turn on data roaming for that line only. Outside arrivals, the bus stop, the taxi lane and the rideshare stop all sit just outside the doors. If the phone does not connect, restart it once and work through the checks in the help pages one by one.

The plan for this trip

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Questions

Is there a bus from Da Nang airport to Hoi An?

Yes. The Hai Van Bus runs between the airport and Hoi An's Cua Dai parking lot, 07:30 to 16:00 daily, for 120,000 dong a trip, stopping at the arrivals kerb.