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$562 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City

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Cheapest round-trip
$1,203
Typical prices: $1,105-$1,013
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Wed 9/9Tue 9/15
DSM - SGN • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$637
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Sun 4/26
DSM - SGN • 2 stops
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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City (DSM-SGN)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City

Wed, Sep 9 - Tue, Sep 15
Cathay Pacific Logo
4:13 pm - 10:05 am
DSM
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SGN
29h 52m
2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:05 am - 9:10 am
SGN
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DSM
34h 05m
2 stops
$1,203Cathay Pacific
Tue, Sep 1 - Wed, Sep 30
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9:32 am - 10:05 am
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SGN
36h 33m
2 stops
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6:20 pm - 6:20 pm
SGN
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DSM
36h 00m
2 stops
$1,205Cathay Pacific
Mon, Apr 27 - Sun, May 10
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12:06 pm - 10:05 am
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SGN
33h 59m
2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
6:20 pm - 6:25 pm
SGN
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DSM
36h 05m
2 stops
$1,208Cathay Pacific
Tue, Sep 1 - Wed, Sep 30
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9:00 am - 12:20 am
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SGN
27h 20m
2 stops
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7:10 am - 11:07 pm
SGN
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DSM
27h 57m
2 stops
$1,246Multiple Airlines
Thu, Oct 1 - Thu, Oct 22
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7:32 pm - 5:20 pm
DSM
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SGN
33h 48m
2 stops
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11:05 am - 9:10 am
SGN
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DSM
34h 05m
2 stops
$1,253Multiple Airlines
Sun, May 3 - Wed, Jun 3
Cathay Pacific Logo
7:05 pm - 5:20 pm
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SGN
34h 15m
2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
6:20 pm - 6:17 pm
SGN
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DSM
59h 57m
2 stops
$1,255Cathay Pacific
Tue, Sep 1 - Wed, Sep 30
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9:00 am - 12:20 am
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SGN
27h 20m
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Multiple Airlines Logo
7:10 am - 11:07 pm
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DSM
27h 57m
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$1,267Multiple Airlines
Thu, Oct 1 - Thu, Oct 22
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7:32 pm - 5:20 pm
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SGN
33h 48m
2 stops
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11:05 am - 3:13 pm
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DSM
40h 08m
2 stops
$1,274Multiple Airlines
Wed, Sep 30 - Wed, Jan 27
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7:32 pm - 5:20 pm
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SGN
33h 48m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:35 pm - 2:50 pm
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DSM
32h 15m
2 stops
$1,331Multiple Airlines
Tue, Sep 29 - Thu, Jan 28
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6:50 pm - 10:15 am
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SGN
27h 25m
2 stops
STARLUX Airlines Logo
11:40 am - 11:58 pm
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DSM
25h 18m
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$1,346STARLUX Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City departing in September.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City is November, where tickets cost $992 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,719 and $1,546 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$637
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 15% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City

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FAQs for booking flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City

  • What is the cheapest flight from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City was $562 for a one-way ticket and $1,203 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Des Moines and Ho Chi Minh City?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Ho Chi Minh City from Des Moines.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

    Des Moines and Ho Chi Minh City are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Des Moines from Des Moines and will be arriving at Ho Chi Minh City.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Des Moines and Ho Chi Minh City, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City, ANA or Japan Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City are ANA and Japan Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,099 and an overall rating of 8.4, ANA is the most popular choice. Japan Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,068 and an overall rating of 8.3.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Ho Chi Minh City from Des Moines is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Ho Chi Minh City with an airline and back to Des Moines with another airline. Booking your flights between Des Moines and SGN can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Ho Chi Minh City from Des Moines up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to Ho Chi Minh City? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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ANAOverall score based on 1175 reviews
8.6Boarding
8.7Crew
8.0Entertainment
7.8Food
8.2Comfort
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The staff is amazing, I cannot stress that enough! The food is really good and snacks at stations to take for yourselves. Economy seating is fine, not the most comfortable, but our friends in Premium Economy said they were very comfortable! Decent entertainment options, but being built in, you have to use their cheap headsets unless you have your own plug in ones. I only have Bluetooth earbuds.

8.0 ExcellentSarah, Apr 2026
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The staff is amazing, I cannot stress that enough! The food is really good and snacks at stations to take for yourselves. Economy seating is fine, not the most comfortable, but our friends in Premium Economy said they were very comfortable! Decent entertainment options, but being built in, you have to use their cheap headsets unless you have your own plug in ones. I only have Bluetooth earbuds.

It was good. The crew was efficient, food was good

Seats were extremely cramped even for economy. Food was atrocious. Crew was fine but no follow up, additional drinks offered etc. For a 14 hour flight I expected more.

Boarding was good. Inflight service was good. Alcoholic drinks could have been served free.

Suite lounge in Honolulu is the best lounge in Honolulu. I love the huge bathrooms in ANA first Class on the A380 Honu plane. Japanese meal was outstanding and service was amazing. Everything was just excellent. Can’t wait to fly again

Their was $200 charge for 2nd luggage, airplane very new and flight smooth. Flight time seem faster then Asian stoping Korea then china.

Flight was late boarding. United crew were not friendly and cordial unlike the ANA crew.

Seat was broken. Check in was not possible until we reached the gate, by then we were separated.

They are very helpful and friendly. The entertainment is great with many choices. They will refill your drink and there is plenty of meal service. I’ll fly with them again when I transit Tokyo.

The food was not great; but I don’t expect much from airline food. However, the staff was incredible! I had gotten to the gate when I realized I had left my computer at the security checkpoint! I told a staff member and she said, “well, you will miss this flight if you go back to get it” It was a long way from the gate. I asked if I might get on the next flight. She sent for another staff member, and he took me to the gate desk. He found an open seat, and said,”okay, go run to get your computer, I will get you a new boarding pass.” I rran back, retrieved my computer, and returned to the gate. It was closed, but I found the gate nearby where the next ANA flight was leaving. Another staff member was ready for me, and printed me a new pass, and even made sure I still had an aisle seat that I requested! I got in line and continued my trip. These people are amazing, helpful, and friendly. My trip could have been ruined, or postponed at a great expense, but they saved the day! 5 stars!!!!

Horrible like always, flight was supposed to be at 11:40am, we ended up getting a different airplane at 3:25pm.

Overall, a solid flight experience. Boarding was quick and efficient, even with a full and overbooked flight. The flight crew did a great job providing attentive and friendly service throughout. I flew in economy, and while the seats were acceptable, they could definitely use more cushioning, especially for a 14-hour flight. By the end, it was quite uncomfortable to remain seated. Legroom was also limited, particularly with a bag stored under the seat and the passenger in front reclining. That said, everything else went smoothly, and I appreciated the professionalism of the crew.

The flight was delightful overall. The check-in and boarding were on smooth and on time. Amenities and staffs were elevated. However, if glasses were served instead of cups, there should be a complete premium.

Sure I would’ve liked a little more space, but it was better than economy. I bring my own food because I have food allergies it would be nice if they offered larger salads or more vegetables instead of starch it was really a good flight. I don’t wanna complain. I’m grateful to fly at all safely. Thank you to the pilots.

Flight crews are very attentive and polite. Cabin and toilets are clean. Food is above average for economy class. We missed our connecting flights because the first flight was delayed, the ground crews at Tokyo were very helpful, providing all the information and support (including cash for our train ticket) to get us to our destination. Very impressive. No wonder they are always at the top ten lists.

No food at all so it was a bit of a culture shock for international travellers with connecting domestic flights.

Excellent! So happy that the crew members were so helpful and friendly and able to understandably communicate. They’re very receptive with someone like me, with disability. I love that I did not even have to ask for luggage help like, having to place and take down my carry-on luggage in and out of the over-head compartment. Hope, help is extended to disabled passenger(s) through out class classifications they’ve bought; economy or business class it might be. As a disabled person myself, I’m truly of great appreciation of this kind of help. Means a lot !!! Thank you so very much JAL crew. You out done others on this customer service part of the trip. Please continue to do so. From now on, I’ll choose JAL as my airline whenever I have to fly to any southeast asian countries. And I will disseminate my excellent travel experience with you to others.

My only complaint is that the flight attendant that I encountered was not receptive, unhappy to help me out prompted for help with my carry-on luggage to be put up into the over-head compartment. At time of booking, I’ve informed the customer service about my medical-surgical history necessitating assistance in carrying luggage(s)/baggage(s) especially lifting over head. I know crews’ policy of doing such. But, there should be exception(s) to that rule; a consideration for disabled people.. Especially noting given the passenger’s med/surg’s history. Hope, something will come out of this survey. Thank you for your kind understanding and cooperation regarding this issue. So I can still continue flying with any airlines in the near future.

American Airlines food is horrible. Also, paid to fly JAL on all segments, but received a much lower quality. I was disappointed to learn that we would be using American Airlines on this flight, which has less comfort, entertainment, choices, and lower standard of service. Overall not satisfied.

American Airlines has horrible food. Also, since I booked a trip with JAL for all segments, I was surprised and disappointed I was on American Airlines from LAX to Haneda. I paid for JAL and received a much lower quality.

The tray table was broken and the food was terrible.

The gentleman at the gate I think his name is RIE was exceptional

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

One of the flight attendants was a little cranky. I appreciated the free wifi and plug to charge my laptop

No entertainment. Plane was so small had to pink tag a carry on ive used for 20 years easily on board. The fact the flight got in at midnight, had to wait for crew in fort wayne to allow the plane to approach the gate, THEN had to wait for bag on jet bridge made experience irritating at best.

Crew was great. Near on time departure and early arrival. Snacks are always meh. Not a fan of the "pay for everything including miles " proposal unless base flight rate going to be 100 bucks.

Would have been better if there was a nonstop flight from Tampa to Norfolk or Tampa to New Port News.

Overall Good! The weather delayed our takeoff from Atlanta and our arrival in Miami! If Mother Nature can mess up a flight she will do it every time!

The flight was smooth, the crew was great but the plane was quite old

Everything was great until I lost my water bottle and they can’t seem to locate it. I know I left it on the plane though.

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

Packed in plane small uncomfortable seats elbow to elbow nobody wants to be in that situation for the money they paid

Vegetarian selection could be better. Bread was too hard to chew.

Crew was friendly and competent. Food, wine, and entertainment were excellent except the raw tuna on the flight to Split. Recommend against serving that - at least as the only option. Many medical conditions do not allow people to eat raw fish.

Overall flight was ok. Flight attendant was receptive to assisting passengers with tight connections.

Checking in united could not figure out my star alliance gold. Baggage did not get marked priority and didn't receive boarding passes. When got to SFO lounge personal fixed everything Immediately

Very comfortable flight, snacks and drinks were good, good communication from crew. Could have used a little more information on timing of boarding for group 5

It's a long flight and I would have liked better snacks between lunch and the arrival meal. It's fine to have fruit and nuts but I really don't like ramen because it's salty junk soup. I'd suggest sandwiches. They're not expensive nor are they hard to store for a long flight. The FA's had a couple of big services and they were super busy preparing, executing and then cleaning up. Then they disappeared.

Great flight. Got to watch a movie. Smooth flight and early arrival at ORD.

This was the first flight in the morning. We boarded fine. The cabin door was closed and we were ready to go. We were notified by the Captain that ATC issued and ground stop for 40 minutes. So, without even pushing back from the gate, we were already 40 minutes late. We actually were released to push-back and taxi at 30 minutes. But, some passengers had tight connections and were not going to make their connections. Some passengers asked about the delay and the effect on the connections and were told by the cabin attendant that all flights will be delayed and so they should be OK. However, that was not true. My connecting flight was on time and I arrived at IAH with 21 minutes to make my connection. I did and I'm happy about that, but the flight crew should not have given assurances to the passengers who might have missed their connections.

Flight was fine, but not having WiFi was a major negative

Friendly crew is the only nice thing. Seats uncomfortable. Food and snacks horrible. Movies were the same as the first 10 hour flight two weeks before

When I booked my flight a month ago - I selected a seat. That seat was NOT the one I ended up with when I checked into my flight the day before. This is the second time this has occurred. So, I checked my next flight on Wednesday and Thursday and no seat was assigned. Poor, very poor customer service.

The staff and service on American Airlines were truly outstanding. I had requested wheelchair assistance for my mother due to her knee issues, and the team went above and beyond every step of the way—from boarding in Boston to our arrival in Chicago. Their care, professionalism, and attentiveness made the entire experience smooth and stress-free. I’m very grateful for the support they provided.

Incredibly delayed. First delay was due to plane coming in being late. Resulted in 30 minute delay. Boarded and then had multiple mechanical issues. Was on plane for an hour until they told people they could get off if they wanted but couldn't come back. Then gate agent rushed in and said they had lost control of who went off and we would all have to deplane and then get back on. They said flight had not been cancelled. Then while sitting waiting to board again they announced it would take two hours to get new plane and to wait at new gate. New plane arrived, reboarded only to find out that pilots had timed out. Waited for new pilots. In that time one of the flight attendants timed out. Never received food or water while waiting. Was confusing mess as to what was happening. Even flight attendants and gate agents were getting frustrated. Almost 6 hours delayed. Called American to received flight credit but can't get anywhere as Kayak reservation and don't have a ticket number. Reached out to Kayak but never heard back.

American flight was diverted and delayed but app didn’t show that information so I wasn’t able to change my connection until the last min.

Wifi was spotty. Tray table was very dirty when I sat down.

Very disappointing. Flight was delayed by 1.5 hours and food options are very underwhelming even for first class seats (same food given to economy seats)

Was not able to do a online check-in because the American Airlines system doesn't store our visa or other passport information, allowing us to have a trouble-free check-in. We were forced to have to check-in at the counter which Changes are upgrade status given that we were not able to check in much earlier.

The plane was very creaky and lots of ringing. Plane was dirty and dingy. I couldn't hear the captain's announcements from the flight deck. Not sure if it was the captain or the audio equipment, but good thing there wasn't an emergency where we needed clear instructions. The overhead compartments were clearly full, but the flight crew allowed people to stand in the back with their carry on luggage. Then after everyone boarded, they had to go to the front to gate check their luggage because there was no room for their bags and then they returned to their seats...such a waste of time when clearly the overhead compartments were full when they originally boarded.

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