You can take a bus from Hanoi to Vientiane, Laos, but bear in mind that it's a 24 hour ride - a night and a day. It is the fact that services have improved, with better roads and a more modern bus with sleeper bunks, daily departure. all buses are with sleeper bunks, operates on the other days
Vietnam Open Bus is a daily bus, soft bunks, departs from Hanoi for Hue. You are picked up from you hotel in Hanoi. It takes 11 hours to get to Hue. This bus only stops at Ninh Binh town.
If you could not book the night train from Hanoi -Lao Cai, Hanoi - Lao Cai, Sapa Open bus, sleepers, is the best choice, departing every day. It starts from Hanoi at 18h00 pm and arrives Sapa at 09h00 am the next day. Go back from Sapa at about 16h00 and arrive Hanoi at 07h00 am. This time table is like the train time so travellers can join the tours like others going by train.
With Open bus Along Vietnam, you can get on and get off at many tourist places like Ninh Binh, Hue, Danang, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Da Lat, Mui Ne and Sai Gon. The price of Open bus is the most economic way of travel along Vietnam. Book just one ticket then use it for all of your voyage.
