Moc Bai crossing: current hours and how to avoid the queue
Timing decides whether the Moc Bai crossing takes twenty minutes or two hours. Here is how our drivers plan around the peaks.
· 4 min read · Operations Desk
The daily pattern
Moc Bai handles a steady flow of commercial and passenger traffic. The counters are busiest late morning and again in the early evening.
Our timing
Departures at 06:00 put you at the checkpoint before the first coach groups arrive. That is why the schedule looks early — it buys back an hour at the counter.
### Public holidays
Around Tet and Cambodian holidays, expect longer processing on both sides. We reduce seat counts on those days so groups move faster.
Practical notes
Carry your original passport, keep small notes for on-the-spot fees, and stay with your agent between the two immigration halls.
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We publish departures every week from Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hanoi.
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