(VOVworld) - Vietjet Air has launched the first air route connecting Hanoi and Siem Reap in Cambodia on Thursday.

A VietJet Air plane prepares to take off on Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport  in early 2016. (Photo: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP)

The Hanoi – Siem Reap route is operated on a daily basis, with flight time about one hour and 45 minutes.

The flights will depart from Hanoi at 4:55 p.m. and arrive in Siem Reap at 6:40 p.m. (local time). Return flights will take off from Siem Reap at 7:30 p.m. (local time) and arrive in Hanoi at 9:25 p.m..

Siem Reap is one of Cambodia’s most popular tourist destinations in the world, thanks to its proximity to the world cultural heritage Angkor temples.