Long Bien is the course to choose when you have one free afternoon in Hanoi and no wish to spend two hours in a car. It sits about 10 km from the city centre, across the Red River in Long Bien, and the club calls itself the first and only open-to-the-public course in northern Vietnam. There are 27 holes, a 52-bay two-level range and a lighting system across the course, so a round can start after lunch and finish well after dark. It opened at the end of June 2014 and is run by Long Bien Investment JSC, which also operates the 36-hole Tan Son Nhat course in Ho Chi Minh City.
Long Bien Golf Course green fees and tee times.
Visitors are welcome every day. The club’s own site has a booking form for date, tee time, group size and anything from 9 to 54 holes, and its booking team promises to call back within eight hours to confirm. You can also phone the booking line on +84 24 3323 2999, the hotline on +84 94 666 0099, or email booking@longbiengolf.vn. Golfasian caps groups at four. Rates are not published online; Golfasian says they vary by season and day of the week. Tour operators such as Golfasian sell confirmed tee times, and KKday sells an 18-hole day trip from Hanoi with lunch, which suits visitors who would rather pay in advance than arrange things by phone.
The round, in perspective.
Nelson & Haworth Golf Course Architects laid out three nines on about 119 hectares of gently rolling ground with hollows and dips, and you play any two of them as an 18. Course A is the longest at 3,635 yards and par 36. Course B is 3,448 yards, also par 36. Course C is a par-35 nine of 3,083 yards. Fairways are Paspalum Platinum and the greens TifEagle. Golfasian picks out the short par-five fifth as a birdie chance after a well-placed drive and the sixth, a dogleg left, as the hole that bites when the wind blows against you. The opening-day report in VnEconomy put the practice range at 250 yards long, and the club’s own text says each nine was built to a different level of difficulty.
Know before you go.
Group size
Maximum four players (as listed by Golfasian)
Night golf
Course and range are floodlit for evening rounds
Range
52 bays on two levels, open day and night
Rentals
Cart about US$40, clubs US$50, shoes US$10 (as listed by Golfasian)
Make the trip work.
Ask for a tee time between about 14:00 and 15:00 in the dry months and you will play the back nine under the lights as the air cools; the club pitches night golf at people finishing a working day. The clubhouse covers about 10,000 square metres, with almost 600 lockers, a jacuzzi and dry and steam rooms, an à la carte restaurant seating 350 and a conference and wedding centre for more than 1,500 guests on the third floor, so evenings can be busy with events. Ask for A and B if you want the longest combination.
The course is in the Regiment 918 area of Long Bien, about 10 km east of the Old Quarter and 20 to 30 minutes by taxi depending on bridge traffic. Noi Bai International Airport (HAN) is about 35 km away, so a round on arrival or departure day is realistic. Grab cars are the easiest way back into town after a night round.
There is no hotel on site, and you do not need one. Stay in the Old Quarter or around Hoan Kiem Lake for street food and walking, or in the West Lake (Tay Ho) district for quieter hotels and lakeside cafés. Both are within half an hour of the first tee outside rush hour, which on Hanoi’s roads means before 07:00 or after 19:00.
Make a trip of it.
Long Bien is the easy city round in a Hanoi trip built around bigger days out: Legend Hill and the Soc Son hills to the north, Sky Lake and Phoenix to the south-west, or a night in Ninh Binh with Royal and Trang An. Off the course, walk across the 1902 Long Bien Bridge at dusk, see the Temple of Literature, and spend an evening on the beer corners of Ta Hien Street.
Find your season.
Northern Vietnam has a real winter. October to December is dry, clear and comfortable. January and February can be cool, often 15–20°C, with grey drizzle building into March. From May to September the heat and humidity are heavy and afternoon storms are common, which is when the floodlights earn their keep.
Yes. It is a public course open every day. Book through the form on longbiengolf.vn, by phone on +84 24 3323 2999 or by email, and the booking team confirms by phone within eight hours. Golfasian sells tee times, and KKday sells a day trip that includes the round.
Does Long Bien have night golf?
Yes. The course and the 52-bay two-tier range are floodlit, so you can tee off in mid-afternoon and finish under the lights. Evening slots are popular with local players after work, so book a day or two ahead for weekdays and earlier for weekends.
How far is Long Bien from Hanoi Old Quarter?
About 10 km, or 20 to 30 minutes by car depending on traffic over the Red River bridges. It is the closest full-size course to central Hanoi, and about 35 km from Noi Bai airport.
Last checked 11 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
